Leica Leitz Phone 1 packs huge camera sensor at an eye-watering price
$1,700
How badly do you want a 1-inch camera sensor and Leica's famous red dot branding?
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The new Leica Leitz Phone 1 has an impressive one-inch, 20.2-megapixel camera sensor.
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The 19mm Leica Summicron lens gets that soft creamy bokeh.
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For such an expensive phone, it only makes sense to sell a lens cap to protect the glass.
The phone has a 6.6-inch “Pro IGZO OLED” display with a 2,730 x 1,260 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, perfect for viewing highly detailed images captured with the camera.
Not just a nice camera
Like any 2021 flagship Android, the Leica Leitz Phone 1 is powered by Qualcomm’s 888 5G chip.
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Running on Android 11, this 5G-capable phone has 12GB of RAM and an expandable storage slot that accepts up to 1TB microSD cards.
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5,000 mAh
Big battery for longer photo shoots
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A familiar design
The Leitz Phone 1 is a rebrand of Sharp’s flagship Aquos R6, which uses the same Leica one-inch camera sensor.
Unlike previous collaborations between Leica and other phone manufacturers like Huawei, the Leitz Phone 1 has the coveted Leica red dot branding, which suggests the camera is of a higher caliber.
According to the store page, the phone launches after July 2021, with no specific date announced yet. Now, to find $1,700...
