Sharp debuts 904SH, first with VGA display

We've been hearing rumblings of a Sharp VGA phone since before 3GSM, but Vodafone has finally announced the 904SH, a 3G phone sporting four times the fun of QVGA at a 480 x 640 resolution. There's also a 3.2 megapixel camera with 2x optical zoom and autofocus, a 3D motion sensor, Bluetooth, GPS, miniSD storage, and WCDMA (UMTS) data. The phone should be available in Japan late April, let's hope for some swift imports. [Warning: PDF link!]

[Via Phone Scoop]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 10:14AM]

I only saw this site for the first time on Monday 2/27. I really, really, would love to have this phone.

Can you satisfy a phone junkies craving. I hate my phone, want a new one. Love to have it, as would everyone else.

Don't know how you guys give all this stuff away? But, I love it. Keep up the good work.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 10:14AM]

I'm going to Japan in late April and I am in the market for a new phone. Any ideas on a price?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 10:44AM]

i want one.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 10:48AM]

ooo pretty. I think I'll have to import one of these.

[misplaced trust co Posted Feb 28th 2006 11:25AM]

that screen so needs to have a qwerty keyboard under it

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 11:30AM]

Since it'll be Voda-JP's flagship phone, I'll guess about 30,000 yen on contract. You can add about 2500 yen for the contract initiation fee, and 4500 yen to cancel the contract. All totaled up, you'll pay about 35,000 to 40,000 yen for a locked handset.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 11:31AM]

The screen looks awfully small for VGA... These would have been great when I was a kid, but my eyesight isn't what it used to be.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 11:34AM]

So $300 to $350 USD, but the phone is still locked? Hmmm... If that was unlocked, that would be a GREAT price for a phone with these specs....

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 11:44AM]

how have they dealt with the battery life issue? Seems cool, but with battery technology the way it is I can't imagine the battery life would be very good in a package that small.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 12:30PM]

If you get one of these in Tokyo, take it to Tokyo Bikan- they unlock Sharp phones as well as Nokias and Sony Ericssons. They are the only unlock shop I trust.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2006 3:33PM]

Whoa VGA, I wonder how the GUI will look. Now to see the other color schemes.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 1st 2006 12:22PM]

keep trying...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2006 6:14PM]

You missed the phone's best feature: the Universe! Vodafone have used the 3D motion sensor to provide a complete constellation map of the night sky on the phone that rotates in real time as you move the phone. Utterly pointless, but what a great way to show off your phone!

See pics of it here:
http://mobilementalism.com/2006/03/03/the-universe-on-a-phone-vodafone-sharp-904sh-super-phone-turns-into-planisphere/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2006 1:07PM]

hello to see if him fm can put to sharp 904sh radio TV and Windows mobile to see if podeis speak so that they put a greeting to all http://es.geocities.com/pmo178/index.html

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2006 3:39PM]

is there any unlock available yet for this phone?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2006 1:01PM]

i hear this phone will have facial recognition too. as a security device

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2006 1:29PM]

I have 2 of these 904sh phones, any news on unlocking it?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 10th 2007 2:45AM]

i have a 904sh slightly used (colored black)... i want to sell it... any offer??

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 11th 2008 12:07PM]

I have a 904SH, any news on unlocking it?
is there any unlock available yet for this phone?