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Taiwan gets a taste of the 1" camera action with the Sharp Aquos R8s Pro, vanilla R8s tags along - GSMArena

m.gsmarena.com Taiwan gets a taste of the 1" camera action with the Sharp Aquos R8s Pro, vanilla R8s tags along

In case you're wondering how these are related to the Japan-exclusive Aquos R8 duo, the R8s phones are basically the same except for selling in a new market.

$735 for regular $1k for pro

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Glad I'm not the only one with some high quality 1" action.

- Yes, it has both!
  
  Blobmojis sent me down memory lane
  
  Relevant username
- The 256GB storage is expandable via microSD cards up to 1TB. Both phones have 3.5mm headphone jacks.
- Article says it has an SD card slot. But didn't see anything about a headphone jack.

19mm equivalent lens though, ooof. Great for certain types of photos, but it's definitely a niche FoV.

Sharp is a way less known phone brand here in Taiwan. For the price of the regular, you could get the Xiaomi 13 or a Galaxy S23, and for the price of the pro you could straight up get the Xperia 1 V. All of the phones above would probably also have better customer support than Sharp.
- Sharp gives 3 os updates and 5 years of security updates. Unlike Sony
  
  Can't deny that. It's quite absurd a company big as Sony can't deliver the same software support as others. Though what I meant by customer support are the availability of stores, accessories, customer online/phone/in store support, repairs, 3rd party repairs and such.
  Like, if your battery went bad or the screen cracked and need a replacement, you're probably more likely to find a replacement for Sony phones than Sharp ones. I think to some extent, that is more important than software updates.

What kind of headline is this?

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