The new Sharp Aquos R11 gains a 38.5MP tele camera, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset

Sony barely bothers to make phones anymore, but there is another Japanese company that routinely comes out with new models – meet the Sharp Aquos R11. A sequel to the Aquos R10, this phone adds a telephoto camera, upgrades to a higher tier chipset, offers a mixed bag of display and camera improvements and removes the microSD slot. Okay, that sentence started strong, but didn’t end on a high note.

The R11 has a 6.5” Pro IGZO OLED display (1,080 x 2,340px resolution) with 1-240Hz refresh rate. With 3,600 nits peak brightness, it is the brightest display on an Aquos phone yet, beating the R10…