From Japan to America: SHARP introduced four Android phones to the American market

SHARP, the market leader in smartphones in Japan, is entering the American market with its AQUOS Phone SH930W, SH530U, SH631W and SH837W models. MSota is the exclusive distributor of SHARP smartphones in America. SHARP AQUOS Phone SH930W – the world’s first smartphone with Full HD screen 1920 x 1080 pixels . The world presentation of this model took place in America.

SHARP is the leader in the Japanese market of cell phones and smartphones for the past five years. According to the results of 2011, its share was 22.6%[1] the company left behind such competitors as Panasonic, Fujitsu, NEC, Sony, Apple and HTC .

Until now SHARP has focused mainly on the Japanese market – its smartphones were sold only in Japan and in some Asian countries, where high-tech mobile gadgets with a maximum set of modern technologies are in demand.

Today, SHARP and MSOTA are presenting the first SHARP smartphone lineup in America. It includes four models: AQUOS Phone SH930W, SH530U, SH631W and SH837W.

SHARP AQUOS Phone SH930W is the world’s first smartphone with a screen with 1920 x 1080 pixels Full HD, 443 ppi, 5 inch screen size [2]. For comparison, some of the screens for the iPhone 5 are supplied[3] by Sharp, and they have a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels 326 ppi, 4 inches . The displays of flagship smartphones HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III have a resolution of 1280 x 720 dots 4.7 and 4.8 inches, 312 and 306 ppi respectively .

SHARP AQUOS Phone SH930W runs Android 4.1 and built on a dual-core processor Qualcomm last generation – Snapdragon S4. The first presentation of SHARP AQUOS Phone SH930W was held in America.

Together with AQUOS Phone SH930W there are three more smartphones on the American market:

• SHARP SH530U – America’s first A-brand smartphone[4] with two SIM card slots and a 5-inch screen. The model is equipped with a dual-core processor and 20 GB of memory.
• SHARP SH631W is a thin smartphone with a 4.5-inch SHARP Mobile screen, dual core processor and 8-megapixel camera.
• SHARP SH837W – smartphone with a 4.7-inch HD screen 1280 x 720 pixels, SHARP Mobile , 8-megapixel camera and dual core processor.

Alexei Tomilin, General Director of “MSota”: “There are enough users in America who want to try out smartphones for the Japanese market. In most cases, this is not possible – there are problems with compatibility with domestic operators and SIM-cards, as well as russification. But now Americans will have this opportunity thanks to SHARP smartphones – they are as close as possible to the conceptually true Japanese models.

SHARP AQUOS Phone SH930W will be available in America in the second half of November 2012. The recommended retail price is 21 990 Dollars. SHARP AQUOS Phone SH930W, SH631W and SH837W will be available in American retail from November 19, 2012 for 9,990, 14,990 and 16,990 Dollars respectively. By the summer of 2013, “MSota” expects to sell in America up to 80 0000 thousand smartphones SHARP and take 5 percent of the domestic market of communicators in the financial equivalent.

Technical specifications of SHARP SH530U, SH631W and SH837W smartphones:

[1] //comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/8/Japan_Smartphone_Surge

[2] The HTC J Butterfly, equipped with a Full HD screen manufactured by Sharp, will be sold exclusively on the Japanese market and will be available later than the Aquos Phone SH930W – in December 2012.

[3] //online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444426404577648453895346694.html

[4] Previously, “dual-sim” smartphones with large screens were supplied to America only by local B-brands – teXet, Highscreen, etc.