The German photo brand Leica has long cooperated closely with Huawei, and it seems that the company's flagships have been recognized as one of the best in the field of mobile photography not without its participation.
But Leica does not want to be on the sidelines and limit itself only to the presence of a name plate on smartphones of third-party companies. Ambitions grew and already led to the release of the first smartphone - Leitz Phone 1.
Its announcement took place in Japan, and the choice of the country of release was not accidental. The fact is that after learning the characteristics of the Leitz Phone 1, they will seem familiar to many. The German brand simply changed the Sharp Aquos R6 nameplate to its own.
They are essentially twin brothers, and to avoid confusion between them, the Leitz Phone 1 changed the design of the main camera from a rectangular platform to a circular one.
This is a collaboration between Leica and Sharp. We give you the nameplate and optics, and you get a re-release of the same smartphone, but under our brand.
Leica Leitz 1 phone
The device will be available only in the Japanese market, and for "prestige" they demand 1700 dollars. Whereas the Sharp Aquos R6 costs "only" $1056.
It will be difficult Leica explain to the consumer why he should overpay $650 for the brand.
The smartphone has a 6,6-inch OLED screen with a refresh rate of 240 Hz, a Snapdragon 888 processor, 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of permanent memory (Sharp Aquos R6 offered 128 GB).
The battery capacity is 5000 mAh. The main advantage of the device also remained intact — a 20,2-megapixel image sensor in the main camera.
Here is a reminder of the technical specifications of the Sharp AQUOS R6 smartphone:
Technical characteristics of Sharp AQUOS R6
- 6,6-inch (1260 x 2730 pixels) WUXGA+ Pro IGZO OLED display, 1-240 Hz refresh rate, 2000000 : 1 contrast ratio, up to 2000 nits brightness, 10-bit color, HDR, Dolby Vision
- Octa Core Snapdragon 888 5nm mobile platform with Adreno 660 GPU
- 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM, 128 GB UFS 3.1 memory, microSD up to 1 TB
- Android 11
- 20,2-megapixel camera with LED flash, f / 1,9 aperture, Leica Sumicron 7P lens, EIS, Low Light ToF AF
- The front camera is 12,6 MP with an aperture of f / 2,3
- Built-in Qualcomm 3D Sonic Max fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 162 x 74 x 9,5 mm; Weight: 207 g
- Waterproof and dustproof (IPX5 / IPX8 / IP6X)
- 5G SA / NSA, dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS + GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C
- 5000 mAh battery with fast charging
