"Yahoo! JAPAN smartphone" release schedule is reported, Google's OS adoption

It was reported that the major portal site "Yahoo! JAPAN" plans to release smartphones bearing their own brands.

It is said to be a model adopting Android OS provided by Google how, Yahoo! It is regarded as a model that makes it easy to use the services of JAPAN. In addition, the above image is said to be the base model "AQUOS PHONE THE PREMIUM 009 SHIt is the thing of.

Yahoo brand smartphone First made by Sharp: Nihon Keizai Shimbun


According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, Yahoo! JAPAN seems to be planning to release smartphones called "Yahoo! Phone (Yahoo! Fong)" that was brand-name brand from late September. It is said that sales will be made through SOFTBANK MOBILE.

This model is Yahoo! It is a preinstalled model of search, maps, news applications, etc., adopting interface that even beginners can use. Yahoo! for purchasers We are offering benefits such as free of charge for 2 years of premium membership in JAPAN.

The first is based on Sharp's AQUOS PHONE THE PREMIUM 009SH made by Sharp which is equipped with 4.0-inch QHD (960 × 540) New Mobile ASV liquid crystal, approximately 8 million pixel camera, One Seg, Osaifu-Keitai, infrared communication etc. It is said that it will be seriesed in the future.

SOFTBANK MOBILE has already been used as a portal site for mobile phones since the feature phone eraYahoo! MobileHowever, as the smartphone of the "Yahoo! JAPAN" brand boasting a tremendous popularity is released, attention will be gathered as to how much users can be captured.