Sharp has launched the Aquos R2 Compact in Japan. It will pack a 5.2-inch display, Snapdragon 845 chip, and a top and bottom notch. A U.S. release is unlikely. Sharp has revealed the Aquos R2 Compact, ...

Most phone makers have embraced the notch in the past year or so. Even Samsung is rumored to be planning to launch phones with camera cut-outs in the display next year. But you know what we haven’t ...

Sharp revealed its newest smartphone, the Aquos R2 Compact, which sports a dual-notch design. This may be the first smartphone we’ve seen sporting two notches. There’s a teardrop notch at the top for ...

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 154 x 73 x 8.8 mm, 146 grams 154.9 x 74.8 x 7.6 mm, 175 grams 153 x 75.7 x 7.9 mm, 155 grams DISPLAY 6.2 inches, 1440 x 2992p (Quad HD+), 536 ppi, OLED 6.21 inches, 1080 x 2248p ...

Just when you thought you had seen every awful notch on a phone, Sharp is here to one-up them all. Like the Essential Phone, the Aquos R2 Compact has a small eraser-shaped camera notch at the top of ...

Sharp is taking the ‘notch’ trend to the next level on its latest smartphone by adding a second to the bottom in order to maximise screen size. The firm has revealed a new Aquos handset called the R2 ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Sharp wasn't the first to imagine a phone like this: in April, we saw ZTE's Iceberg concept phone, which had a flashy glass ...

Sharp has not only decided to embrace the notch trend, but has also decided to expand its horizons in the notch-land, as the company has announced a smartphone with two notches. This phone’s name is ...

Notches are all the rage with smartphones at the moment, most of the new devices on the market have one, although Sharp has gone a little further and added two notches to their Sharp Aquos R2 Compact.

While companies such as Oppo and Vivo are trying their best to eliminate the notch, Sharp just made a phone with not just one, but two. Meet the Aquos R2 Compact, the very first phone to sport dual ...