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Leica Launches Its First Smartphone with A Huge Sensor
German camera maker Leica has worked with many smartphone makers before but never launched a phone under its own banner. That changes with the Leitz Phone 1. This is the first smartphone that not only features a Leica-made camera system but also gets its signature branding. Announced at a Tokyo press event, the new Leica phone might seem familiar to many. It comes bearing a single, huge 20MP 1-inch camera sensor, the biggest one there can be on a phone. The camera module also gets a magnetic circular lens cap. There’s a 12.6MP selfie shooter on the 6.6-inch OLED display with a scalable 240Hz refresh rate. At the core of the phone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chip with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. A 5,000mAh battery powers the Leitz Phone 1. These are the exact specifications of the Sharp Aquos R6, right down to the 1-inch camera sensor. Leica wasn’t shy of acknowledging that the two phones are essentially the same, except for the camera module shape.
German camera maker Leica has worked with many smartphone makers before but never launched a phone under its own banner. That changes with the Leitz Phone 1. This is the first smartphone that not only features a Leica-made camera system but also gets its signature branding. Announced at a Tokyo press event, the new Leica phone might seem familiar to many. It comes bearing a single, huge 20MP 1-inch camera sensor, the biggest one there can be on a phone. The camera module also gets a magnetic circular lens cap. There’s a 12.6MP selfie shooter on the 6.6-inch OLED display with a scalable 240Hz refresh rate. At the core of the phone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chip with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. A 5,000mAh battery powers the Leitz Phone 1. These are the exact specifications of the Sharp Aquos R6, right down to the 1-inch camera sensor. Leica wasn’t shy of acknowledging that the two phones are essentially the same, except for the camera module shape.
