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SHARP Aquos R2 Compact: the first smartphone with two notches

SHARP Aquos R2 Compact: a phone that has two notches.

Since Apple introduced the notch at the top of the display last year, it has been appearing more and more often on phones from other brands. SHARP proposed not one but two on its Aquos R2 Compact model.

We all know it is the notch at the top of the display is made to make room for the front camera. Did you notice that some phones, despite the notch at the top, also have a thin edge at the bottom, the so-called 'beard'? Inside her they hide the connector through which the screen is connected to the phone's electronics, which somehow needs space. That's why he has an Iphone The XR has a noticeable bezel around the entire screen, and from the looks of it, it's similar with the s The Sharps by phone. Only these are Apple's phones with OLED screens the bottom folds back, moving the connector back and behind the screen. As a result, these phones they have no border around the screen. This cannot be done with LCD screen, because they are much less flexible in this regard. Therefore, on the Aquos R2 Compact, the lower edge, or chin, which Sharp further widened into a notch in the middle, that it can be in it fingerprint sensor. An interesting design approach, because the two notches don't make the phone look bad at all.

Otherwise, the phone is relatively small for today's conditions 5.2 inch screen (13 cm) field HD+ resolution. The number of dots along the longer side is only so much larger that the fashion for narrower and taller ones is satisfied. It is powered by a processor Snapdragon 845, has 4 GB of working memory, 22 MP camera, Android 9 system and 2500 mAh battery.

SHARP Aquos R2 Compact
SHARP Aquos R2 Compact

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