Sharp 703
Sharp have quite a reputation for building good quality,
advanced handsets, and the Sharp 703 is one of them.
It's fun 3G phone that manages to include all the
essentials while keeping the size and weight down as
much as possible.
It's a slightly quirky looking handset - mainly because
it has been designed for the Japanese market, so it
manages to look just a little bit different from ordinary
clamshell phones. It's quite feature packed too. The
large 240x320 pixel display is one of the best on any
phone on the market, and the Sharp 703 also comes with
a high quality 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and expandable
memory (using mini SD) cards.
There's a multimedia player too, plus a web browser
and email client. 3G support means that the Sharp 703
can download files and multimedia from the internet
very quickly. It can do video calling too, so you can
see someone else using a compatible 3G phone as you
talk to them.
So it's pretty feature packed.. so surely it weighs
a ton? Nope, the Sharp 703 actually only weighs 107
grams which is very light for a 3G phone and about the
same as many other much less advanced handsets.
Another nice thing is that the Sharp 703 is comes
all set up with access to the Vodafone Live! 3G service,
which means a lot less fiddling about to get it working.
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Sharp
703
Technical specifications
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Available:
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Now
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Released
October 2005
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Network:
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3G + Tri-band
GSM
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Worldwide
coverage
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Data:
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3G + GPRS
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Equivalent
speed to a dial-up modem
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels
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High quality
display
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Colours:
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262,000
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Rich colours
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Camera:
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1.3 megapixels
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Good camera
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Can be used
with a compatible PC
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Downloadable
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Vibrate:
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Yes
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Receive
calls discretely
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Java:
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Yes
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Downloadable
games
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Music
Player:
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Yes
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Expandable
memory:
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Yes
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mini SD
cards
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FM Radio:
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No
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Email:
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Yes
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Torch:
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No
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Talktime:
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2-4 hours
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Maximum
call time on a full charge
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Standby
time:
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12 days
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Maximum
battery life while not in use
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Size:
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99x47x23mm
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Large clamshell
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Weight:
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107 grams
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Lightweight
3G phone
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For
more information see our jargon
file
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