Leica's Leitz Phone 2 is a beautiful Android phone you'll probably never get the chance to own - XDA Developers

Leica has released a follow-up to its archetypal Android smartphone by announcing the Leitz Phone 2.

Last year, Leica, a institution known for its cameras and lenses, debuted its first-ever smartphone with the Leitz Phone. While it had awesome specifications and an fantabulous camera, it turned retired that it was conscionable a rebranded handset antecedently released by Sharp. Now, it looks similar the institution is relying connected the aforesaid look for its merchandise this year, with the debut of the Leitz Phone 2.

Although "rebranded" is specified a harsh word erstwhile it comes to smartphones, the Leitz Phone 2 has a batch to offer. The handset has a ample 6.6-inch OLED show and with a framework constructed from aluminum that features a ribbed borderline that ensures you'll beryllium capable to support it successful your hands, adjacent successful the harshest conditions. In addition, it offers IP68 and IP5X certifications, meaning the handset volition beryllium protected from the elements.

On the rear, you get a agleam reddish Leica logo that sits beneath the ample 1-inch, 47.2-megapixel CMOS representation sensor camera that dominates the apical fractional of the phone. In addition, the telephone is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, which is paired with 12GB RAM and offers 512GB of interior storage. If you necessitate much storage, you tin ever usage a microSD card, with enactment of up to 1TB.

Leica besides adds its ain twist to the software, tweaking the camera to simulate 3 of its iconic M lenses, the Summilux 28mm, Summilux 35mm, and the Noctilux 50mm. Furthermore, it besides offers filters that bring much of the "Leica" look to pictures taken with the phone.

If this each looks bully to you, I'm atrocious to beryllium the bearer of atrocious news, arsenic the Leitz Phone 2 volition lone beryllium made disposable successful Japan from wireless bearer Softbank. But if you're local, you tin ever prime 1 up connected November 18, and for the remainder of us, we volition person to respect it from afar. If you privation an thought of what it's like, you tin ever cheque retired our review of the Sharp Aquos R7, which the Leitz Phone 2 is based on.

Source: Softbank, Leica