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Japan Gets 8 New Cell Phones: KDDI’s Entire Winter Line-Up

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Japan's second biggest carrier KDDI took the wraps off [JP] a total of eight new cell phones for the domestic market today. To be more concrete, the telco (which is likely to become the second in Japan to provide the iPhone 5) showed six Android handsets (the Arrows Z is the most impressive) and two feature phones.

Here are all models that KDDI showed today:

Fujitsu Toshiba Arrows Z ISW11F
(Android 2.3.5, 4.3-inch LCD with 1,280×720 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, waterproof body, 13MP CMOS camera, infrared, e-wallet function, digital TV tuner)

Kyocera DIGNO ISW11K
(Android 2.3.5, 4-inch OLED screen with 480×800 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, waterproof body that’s just 8.7mm thick, Snapdragon dual-core MSM8655 CPU (1.4GHz), 8MP CMOS camera, infrared, e-wallet function, digital TV tuner)

HTC EVO 3D ISW12HT
(Android 2.3.4, 4.3-inch 3D LCD with 960×540 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, Snapdragon dual-core MSM8660 CPU (1.2GHz), two 5MP CMOS cameras, 1.3MP sub-camera)

MOTOROLA PHOTON ISW11M
(Android 2.3.4, 4.3-inch LCD screen with 960×540 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1＋EDR, dual-core Tegra 2 CPU (1GHz), 8MP CMOS camera)

Sharp AQUOS PHONE IS13SH
(Android 2.3.5, 4.2-inch LCD screen with 960×540 resolution, 2.1-inch LCD screen with 56×304 resolution, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA support, Snapdragon dual-core MSM8655 CPU (1.4GHz) CPU, 8MP CMOS camera, waterproof body that’s just 8.9mm thick)

NEC MEDIAS BR IS11N
(Android 2.3.5, 3.6-inch LCD with 480×800 resolution, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Snapdragon dual-core QSD8655 (1.4GHz) CPU, 8MP CMOS camera, waterproof body, digital TV tuner, infrared, e-wallet function)

Fujitsu-Toshiba F001
(3.3-inch LCD with 854×480 resolution, 0.8-inch OLED sub-screen, 13MP Exmor R for mobile CMOS camera, Bluetooth, digital TV tuner, infrared, e-wallet function, waterproof body)

Sony Ericsson URBANO AFFARE
(3.3-inch LCD with 854×480, 1.1-inch e-ink sub-screen, 8MP CMOS camera, Snapdragon dual-core QSD8655 CPU, Bluetooth, digital TV tuner, infrared, e-wallet function)

ARROWS Z: Fujitsu-Toshiba Outs Waterproof Android Phone With Wimax, 13MP Camera

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:20 AM PDT

It will probably take a few more months until Japan’s five major cell phone makers really start shipping smartphones to the US and other regions, but in their home market, all signs point to an Android future.

Japan’s second biggest carrier KDDI au, for example, unveiled [JP] a total of six new Android phones for its winter line-up today, and Fujitsu-Toshiba Mobile’s ARROWS Z ISW11F is probably the most interesting model.

The device comes with the following features: