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Sharp announced a RoboHon robotic smartphone (11 pics + video)


The Japanese company Shapr decided to blow up a mobileindustry, announcing a stunning and unusual RoboHon. The novelty is made in the form of a humanoid robot, performing the role of a smartphone with all modern functions, which include calls, sending messages, an alarm clock, GPS navigation, a projector, a camera, voice assistant and much more. The rosmartphone operates on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 processor. A 2-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels is placed on the back, a microphone in the legs, and speakers, a camera and a projector are built into the front of the head. Declared support for Wi-Fi and LTE. The company did not report the rest of the specifications, focusing on the form factor of the new product. RoboHon can move the body, walk, dance, recognize people (thanks to the built-in voice and face recognition sensors) and respond to the voice commands of the owner - in general, in every way please and amuse your user, becoming his best friend. The gadget turned out to be 19.5 centimeters high and weighing about 390 grams. It is planned that on sale in the Japanese market, RoboHon will appear in the first half of 2016. The cost of the gadget is not named.

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Source: engadget.com