Sharp introduces smartphone with 120Hz OLED screen that can ‘simulate 240Hz’

Sharp has introduced the Aquos Zero 2 smartphone in Japan. The smartphone has an OLED screen with a refresh rate of 120Hz. The smartphone can simulate 240Hz via black frame insertion. The phone will be released in Japan in December.

The OLED screen of the Zero 2 has a resolution of 2340×1080 pixels and a screen diagonal of 6.4″. This is a new screen that was probably manufactured by Sharp itself. The refresh rate of the panel is 120Hz, which is equal to the oled screen of the ROG Phone II from Asus.

A refresh rate of 240Hz can be simulated via black frame insertion. This is done by briefly displaying black frames between the different images produced by the source device. This reduces the screen brightness slightly, but reduces motion blur. This is not a ‘real’ 240Hz screen.

The Aquos Zero 2 includes a Snapdragon 855-soc with Adreno 640 GPU, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage capacity. Under the screen is a fingerprint scanner that, according to Sharp, can be long pressed to activate the Google Assistant. The battery capacity is 3130mAh, but Sharp does not say anything about possible support for a fast charging technique.

The back of the device contains a primary camera with a resolution of 12MP. In addition, the Zero 2 has a 20MP wide-angle camera. The selfie camera is incorporated in a notch on the front and has a resolution of 8MP. The Zero 2 comes with Android 10. The smartphone will be released in Japan in December. Nothing is known about the price and European availability.