Leica cellular phone announced by SoftBank in Japan

SoftBank has announced a Leica-branded cellular phone for the Eastern market. Leica has lent its name to cellular phone camera systems sooner than, but this Leitz Cell phone 1 is the first time the Leica label and iconic red dot has taken priority on a smartphone.

The camera system is clearly going to be paramount for a machine luxuriate in this, and the hardware here is undoubtedly irregular. There’s a single 20-megapixel 1-tear sensor — the largest in any cellular phone — with a 19mm-similar f/1.9 ultrawide lens, meaning other focal lengths must use digital zoom.

If that sounds acquainted, properly, Provocative announced the categorical similar factor a month ago. The Aquos R6 has the the same Leica-branded camera system — even though the Leitz Cell phone 1 makes it undercover agent loads bigger — and other specs luxuriate in its 120Hz Pro IGZO OLED cover are additionally a match.

On the change hand, the Aquos R6 doesn’t advance with a lens cap and matching case.

SoftBank is additionally promoting the Aquos R6 alongside the Leitz Cell phone 1, and isn’t making an are trying to veil the similarities in the relief of the 2 phones. As an change, it’s positioning the R6 as a mannequin for someone who reliable wants the Leica camera, and the Leitz Cell phone 1 for folk that price Leica’s hardware create. And besides, what could perhaps maybe properly be extra in step with Leica custom than tweaking existing merchandise with a red dot?

Preorders for the Leitz Cell phone 1 launch the following day in Japan. It’ll price 187,920 yen, or about $1,700.