Sharp, the Japanese consumer electronics giant who recently made an entry into the Indian mobility market, has announced it will be bringing in 3D smartphones to India, China, and the United States by 2011, probably in the form of the recently introduced Galapagos Android hansets, featured below. This information also matches the 4-5 month timeline Sharp had given us for bringing in high-end smartphones into the Indian market, as well as previous indications that Sharp would launch a 3D smartphone by the end of the year (the Galapagos 003SH is scheduled arrive on Japanese carrier, Softbank’s network by December)
While it is not definite that the 3D-capable smartphones Sharp will bring into the Indian market will be the Galapagos 003SH and 005SH handsets, let us take a look at them to give us a fair idea of what we might soon have in store for us:
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[RELATED_ARTICLE]Both phones are nearly identical, with the 005SH featuring a QWERTY sliding keyboard in addition. Both phones have a 3.8-inch autostereoscopic display similar to that on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS portable game console, with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. They will be powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and run Android Froyo. While both phones are capable of recording 720p HD video, the 003SH has a 9.6MP camera onboard, while the 005SH has an 8MP camera.