SH-01D or F-05D

**Trution** · 06-02-2012, 08:25 AM

Hi,

May i know everyone's opinion, that whether SH-01D is worth buying, or F-05D? I do know one has bigger and better screen, but other has better processor and camera despite the screen size. Which should i invest on??? Comment please!

**cheeseus** · 06-02-2012, 09:32 AM

As I replied to your question in the other thread - I don't think you will notice any difference between 2x1.0 Ghz and 2x1.2 Ghz -- if you "feel" a difference, then advertising really works - both have the same processor, the Texas Instruments OMAP 4430, only Fujitsu's has been clocked to 1.2 Ghz.

I wouldn't call a camera "better" just because it has 13.1 megapixels and the other one has 12.1 megapixels - see above. What should really matter in this case is the fact that Sharp's camera is the world's first CMOS with built-in optical stabilization. This means that you can have image stabilization ON in all possible shooting modes, which was not the case before (image stabilization automatically switched to OFF if you chose "night" or "night landscape" or anything different from "normal"). If Fujitsu's CMOS can't do optical image stabilization in all shooting modes, then it's a loser for me.

The F-05D has LTE, the SH-01D hasn't. The question(s) you should ask yourself here is/are "Does my carrier offer LTE?", "Do I care about LTE?" and "Do I have an unlimited data plan with my carrier so that I should care about internet connectivity which is faster than 3G?"

I don't think there is that big a difference between 4.3 and 4.5 inches. Last I read, Fujitsu's LCD department was bought by Sharp in 2011 and Fujitsu are buying LCDs from Sharp - that's food for thought here!

And... if you get the Fujitsu, you won't really impress anyone, but with glasses-free 3D on your phone, believe me, that's something!

**Trution** · 06-02-2012, 10:02 AM

Haha! thanks cheeseus! Just that its the battery and camera and the charger made me hesitate. Wouldn't want a phone low batt in emergency when i accidentally used too much for other stuffs.

Camera though u say is very splendid, but from the j-phone.ru, show quite big difference. No Offence though!. Haha~ =D

But design wise, i do love the blue one.

Have the exotic feel.

**cheeseus** · 06-02-2012, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Trution

Haha! thanks cheeseus! Just that its the battery and camera and the charger made me hesitate. Wouldn't want a phone low batt in emergency when i accidentally used too much for other stuffs.

Camera though u say is very splendid, but from the j-phone.ru, show quite big difference. No Offence though!. Haha~ =D

But design wise, i do love the blue one.

Have the exotic feel.

The F-05D has a 1400 mAh battery, the SH-01D has 1520 mAh. There is no smarphone that, if used, will not need to be charged at least once a day.

You will need to buy a charger anyway.

Camera - it's not the camera that takes the pictures, it's you! And it is always much better to have image stabilization unless you want really colourful but blurry images.

The F-05D has FM radio - cool. It also has 8 GB of built-in storage, the SH-01D only has 1 GB (free).

Have you ever seen glasses-free 3D? ... Wait, if you had, you would have made your decision a long time ago

**IonNuke** · 06-02-2012, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by cheeseus

Have you ever seen glasses-free 3D? ...

^^^^ That's a gimmick. But it's a fun feature to show people sometimes.

**cheeseus** · 06-02-2012, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by IonNuke

^^^^ That's a gimmick. But it's a fun feature to show people sometimes.

I love it - I could even use bad English and say "I'm loving it"! I watch 3D movies on the bus to/from work, LOL!

**patrixl** · 06-02-2012, 08:06 PM

I have the ISW11F Arrows Z, the AU equivalent of the F-05D. I've never owned the SH-01D, only tried it in store.

Sure, Sharp may have put the worlds' first CMOS optical image stabilizer in there... on the other hand, the Fujitsu has the Sony Exmor-R CMOS sensor and a pretty fast shutter. It's basically nearly the same camera they put in Sony/Sony Ericsson phones (in 2011), and it's good and fast, surpassed by the HTC One X camera though

3D is dying out, however my Arrows Z had a horrible screen when it became sunny. F-05D probably uses the same screen, although I would hope not. I'm not in Japan right now so can't find a random person with a F-05D to compare

I've found the Fujitsu software less clunky and less Engrish-y than the Sharp one (based on SH-03C and SH-13C), slightly more stable although I was still getting some random reboots once in a while.

More internal storage is great, however a few applications will still refuse to work properly if they detect there's no actual SD Card. Fail on the part of the developers. Can't remember which applications it was though...

**yamanote** · 06-03-2012, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by cheeseus

The F-05D has LTE, the SH-01D hasn't. The question(s) you should ask yourself here is/are "Does my carrier offer LTE?", "Do I care about LTE?" and "Do I have an unlimited data plan with my carrier so that I should care about internet connectivity which is faster than 3G?"

Is NTT docomo's LTE compatible with intl carriers?

Originally Posted by cheeseus

I love it - I could even use bad English and say "I'm loving it"! I watch 3D movies on the bus to/from work, LOL!

How can you watch 3D on a bumpy bus!? Moving my head even slightly causes the image to become all blurry on my SH-03C... I can barely use it in a room

**cheeseus** · 06-03-2012, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by yamanote

How can you watch 3D on a bumpy bus!? Moving my head even slightly causes the image to become all blurry on my SH-03C... I can barely use it in a room

The bus ride isn't that bumpy. I don't mind the occasional loss of focus, it's hardly crucial. And it is so nice to actually have something to do on the bus, it's great!

**patrixl** · 06-03-2012, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by yamanote

Is NTT docomo's LTE compatible with intl carriers?

Barely any carrier are compatible with each other, it's a worldwide problem...

Buying an F-05D with the intention of using LTE outside Japan is a bad idea ;-)

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**cheeseus** · 06-03-2012, 03:16 AM

Originally Posted by patrixl

Barely any carrier are compatible with each other, it's a worldwide problem...

Well, not in all cases. For instance, Docomo's LTE works at 2100 MHz, and where I am from, the first carrier to launch LTE is using the same frequency, and the same goes for all/most of Europe. The US is a different matter but I don't care about the US

**yamanote** · 06-03-2012, 05:05 AM

OP could be from the US or another country where the LTE bands are not the same as docomo's though so it's probably not a good idea to to extol the virtues of LTE without knowing whether or not it's compatible with OP's country's network(s).

It threw me for a sec lol.

**Trution** · 06-03-2012, 06:31 AM

Wow I just read on jp wiki that, SH-01D Has ceased Production! F-05D still does.. I wonder why. And F-05D seem to be more popular to be bought in japan. Hmmmmm is it coz of the magenta colour?

**patrixl** · 06-03-2012, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by Trution

Wow I just read on jp wiki that, SH-01D Has ceased Production! F-05D still does.. I wonder why. And F-05D seem to be more popular to be bought in japan. Hmmmmm is it coz of the magenta colour?

Probably because there's new Sharp models now that the summer collection is on its way? I'm not sure why the F-05D isn't stopped? I was told in February that it had already stopped, then again you can't always trust store employees with having full knowledge of things...