{"id":132773,"date":"2021-06-17T14:09:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=132773"},"modified":"2021-06-17T14:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:09:40","slug":"leitz-phone-1-leica-has-released-its-first-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/leitz-phone-1-leica-has-released-its-first-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Leitz Phone 1: Leica has released its first smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leica, a German camera and optics manufacturer, has released its first smartphone. The phone, called Leitz Phone 1, was presented in Japan together with the local mobile operator Softbank. And all would be fine, only the first Leica smartphone, both externally and internally, resembles the new flagship Sharp, released in May this year.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Leitz Phone 1 from Leica is a rebranded and slightly updated externally version of the Aquos R6.\u00a0Both smartphones sport a 20-megapixel main camera with a huge 1-inch sensor, f \/ 1.9 ultra-wide-angle lens and digital zoom.\u00a0Also Leitz Phone 1, like its twin brother, received a 6.6-inch IGZO OLED with a resolution of 2730 by 1260 pixels and an adaptive image refresh rate of up to 240 Hz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-132774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1184\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-711x400.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-737x415.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Leica smartphone is based on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 flagship chip in combination with 12 GB of RAM instead of 8 GB for the Sharp flagship.\u00a0The new items also have more built-in memory &#8211; 256 GB versus 128 GB.\u00a0Moreover, the storage can also be expanded using a microSD memory card (maximum 1 TB).\u00a0The battery with a capacity of 5000 mAh also remained in place.\u00a0And the case is still protected from dust and moisture (IP68 protection rating).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-132775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-711x474.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-737x491.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Leitz-Phone-1-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Softbank will be the exclusive seller of the Leitz Phone 1 in Japan.\u00a0The mobile operator will start accepting pre-orders for the new smartphone on June 18, and will put it on sale at the end of July.\u00a0The first Leica smartphone costs 187,920 Japanese yen, or about $ 1,700 at the exchange rate.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leica, a German camera and optics manufacturer, has released its first smartphone. The phone, called Leitz Phone 1, was presented in Japan together with the local mobile operator Softbank. And all would be fine, only the first Leica smartphone, both externally and internally, resembles the new flagship Sharp, released in May this year. In fact, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/leitz-phone-1-leica-has-released-its-first-smartphone\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":132776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-132773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}