Leica Leitz Phone 1: First Smartphone of the Company, But Looks Like a Sharp Aquos R6—Specs, Release Date, and MORE

Leica is getting into the smartphone game with Leitz Phone 1, but the initial reaction and looks at the phone suggest it is a distinct clone or a "rebadged" Sharp Aquos R6. Indeed both smartphones have identical features and that Leica's effort at making their first-ever mobile device may be something from another company, but at least the company tried.

When talking about Leica, the first thing that comes into mind is cameras, and that was what the German manufacturer was initially known for, and has been successful in for a long time. However, as the times evolve and change, so does their branding and focus, hence Leica's move into the smartphone distributing and manufacturing industry as well.

Huawei is one company that is known to sport Leica's lenses for its smartphone camera, and it has been successful to bring both names into being internationally renowned. It highly clashes with another camera lens for smartphones and another tech, which is another German company that is known as Carl Zeiss, but who was the first to develop its smartphone? Leica.

Leica Leitz Phone 1 is a Sharp Aquos R6

This unveils is one for the books for Leica, and its Leitz Phone 1, which is a smart device that was named after its late founder and leader, Ernst Leitz. The device is a great homage to its creator, marking a new milestone for the optics manufacturer, especially as it has focused its technology and other products more on lenses for viewing.

Now, instead of being limited to supply their massively popular smartphone camera lenses, they get to put it in an actual device that they can call their own. The device has been reviewed by a lot of tech influencers who put it side by side with the Sharp Aquos R6 and are not hiding the fact that the company has only rebadged the smartphone by the Japanese tech manufacturer.

The most significant change in terms of external looks is the massive round camera lens in the back, which is now a Leica lens fitted device, compared to that of the square-type camera Sharp's. Both sports the Leica lens, only having a few changes in the design touches of the new device.

Leica Leitz Phone 1 Specs, Release Date, and MORE

Since it has been established that the Leitz Phone 1 is a rebadged Sharp Aquos R6, its specs in terms of internal and external components do not shy away from each other.

The device is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Chip, along with Qualcomm's 3D Sonic Max that widens the region in the screen to scan one's fingerprint. Its screen resolution is at 240 GHz and is a massive 4K display with IGZO OLED. It would debut with Android 11, along with a 5,000 mAh battery, 256 GB of internal memory, and 12 GB of RAM.

Sharp's Aquos R6 is set for a release date by June, and Leica's smart device would soon be available in Japan in July, or later this year. It also was not specified whether Leica's Leitz Phone 1 would release internationally.

Written by Isaiah Alonzo