On July 2, Sharp (Taiwan) Electronics Corporation (STE) held a press conference to introduce AQUOS R5G. This is the first 5G corresponding smartphone by Sharp, marketed to the Japanese market earlier this year.

Steven Chang, STE Managing Director (center) with others posing with AQUOS R5G

SHARP AQUOS R5G features Sharp’s exclusive new evolutionary 6.5″ Pro IGZO display with 120Hz refresh rate and 1 billion color rendering capability, together with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G mobile platform processor, realizing process ability boost compatible with 5G requirements. These features help support gaming use, reducing ghost effects and realizing smooth display content movement. Other features are AI shooting, such as AI Live Story Pro mode, allowing the user to shoot video clips freely, and the smartphone edits a 15-second short video automatically choosing highlighted scenes by AI.

SHARP AQUOS R5G will be introduced to the Taiwan market from July 6, marking its debut to overseas market outside of Japan.