1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,920 that's really natural bokra it's so cool 2 00:00:03,199 --> 00:00:10,400 today we are looking at something that you unfortunately probably can't buy 3 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:14,160 because it's exclusive to Japan but I wanted to check this phone out anyway 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:22,080 because on a hardware level it's really cool and it's likea first smartphone the 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,279 lit lights I think lights phone one 6 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:31,880 let's see what's in the box oh it goes from a white box to a 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,880 black box with a little red like a logo 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:41,920 okay here's the phone we'll look at that in a second Sim removal tool and oh we have a 9 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:47,960 case and what looks to be a type c to type a adapter and then 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,160 there's this rubber case oh and it has a little Leica logo so even when you put a 11 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:56,719 case on this phone you never lose your Leica logo that's important guys or you 12 00:00:54,680 --> 00:01:02,399 can tape it oh yeah just a lot of Leica users 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,040 tape their um logos because you don't want people walking on the street 14 00:01:03,559 --> 00:01:11,040 knowing that you have a Leica which is like $10,000 just strapped to you so the 15 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:16,119 price of this phone is roughly $1,700 USD it's not exact because it's actually 16 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:21,600 a Japanese yen conversion it's actually a rebadged version of the shark Aquos R 17 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:25,840 six which is also only available in Japan and a couple other choice markets 18 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:32,240 but the cool feature of both of those phones is that this phone and the sharp 19 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:35,759 have a 1 in sensor on the camera body 20 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:37,720 just like the Sony Xperia Pro I that I 21 00:01:35,759 --> 00:01:41,159 checked out recently now unfortunately for the pro I something that we actually 22 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:45,280 weren't able to mention in the video at the time that we made it was the 1-in 23 00:01:43,479 --> 00:01:53,119 sensor in that phone doesn't actually use the entire sensor I'm not 100% sure 24 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:55,399 if this phone uses an entire 1-in sensor 25 00:01:53,119 --> 00:01:59,360 but I think it does okay so let's take a physical tour of the phone on the right 26 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:03,200 we have a volume rocker an assistant button and then power and lock and then 27 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:08,360 you actually notice on the phone it's nural on both sides for grip which is a 28 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:14,239 nice touch on the bottom we have a headphone jack type-c a speaker and mic 29 00:02:11,319 --> 00:02:20,760 on the top we've got a is it dual SIM let's see no but it has a single Sim and 30 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:25,519 a Micro SD expansion which apparently is up to 1 TB which is pretty solid I 31 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:30,519 really like how it feels in the hand we've got a gorilla glass matte black 32 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:35,920 silicone feeling back if you've ever used or held Al Leica this feels like it 33 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:40,959 is very inspired by the design of their cameras because you have that 34 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,920 cylindrical smoothness to the entire 35 00:02:40,959 --> 00:02:49,040 phone and then it's a black and silver finish with the obviously lovely like a 36 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:56,080 red badge and then we have a lens cap guys a lens cap on a smartphone camera 37 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:59,480 it sticks on magnetically you see 38 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:01,000 that it's kind of silly like that they 39 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:06,000 have this I mean I get it cuz the camera bu is like almost as thick as the phone 40 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:10,920 guys like look at that the case Andy do you see this aesthetically 41 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:16,000 even though it's a thicker phone and it's kind of on the bigger side I really 42 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:21,760 like it so far now this phone is $1700 us and what do you get for that 43 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:27,879 well it has a Snapdragon 888 obviously the one-in sensor that we're going to 44 00:03:23,239 --> 00:03:30,319 test in a second a 6.6 in EXO OLED 1 to 45 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:34,560 240 HZ variable refresh rate display but it feels like pretty good for variable 46 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:41,319 refresh rate this phone kind of has a weird resolution it's 2730 X 1260 with a 47 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:44,480 2,000 nit Peak prus 12 gigs of RAM and a 48 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:45,680 5,000 mAh battery so you can start to 49 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:50,000 see with all those things that kind of adds up to a lot and that's probably why 50 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:54,040 they're charging 1,700 USD but the biggest selling feature of course is 51 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,640 this 1in sensor all right let's open the camera app now like I has said that it's 52 00:03:56,239 --> 00:04:03,280 a pretty simple app that lets you just completely 53 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:08,720 focus on taking photos honestly it looks like a pretty 54 00:04:06,239 --> 00:04:14,640 standard smartphone camera app so we've got yeah 3x2 20 megapixels we're using 55 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:16,959 the full thing um no inbody image 56 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:22,280 stabilization so it's all electronic image stabilization for the photo and 57 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:24,759 video when you go from 1.0 to 2.0 it 58 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:30,560 zooms in digitally but when you go from 7 to 1.0 it just shows you grid lines I 59 00:04:28,199 --> 00:04:36,960 think of what it's taking let me see that photo let's see yeah okay 60 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:40,120 interesting the 7 is the full sensor and 61 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:42,199 the 0.1 is just taking a crop of that 62 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:48,600 full sensor image so the camera in the Leica if I haven't gone over it already 63 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:51,080 is the sumon 1.9 19 mm asph which stands 64 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:55,720 for aspherical the quick explanation of that is that the lens is sharper than a 65 00:04:53,160 --> 00:05:01,039 non- aspherical version of this design take a photo here and I actually have an 66 00:04:58,199 --> 00:05:06,600 iPhone and a pixel 6 Pro Leica has a very interesting mode that they've added 67 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:10,479 to the camera app called light looks and 68 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:13,160 it's a black and white version that 69 00:05:10,479 --> 00:05:18,639 they've kind of color toned it it looks good like right off the bat it has that 70 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:24,280 feeling that you get taking a black and white image on like a like a monochrome 71 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:27,080 camera it has like the depth guys I know 72 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:32,560 it all feels vague in description but Leica is a feeling brand they want to 73 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:39,880 emit a feeling in the use of their cameras in the looks of their images and 74 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:45,800 the vibe of that is what they're trying to translate to this phone now also I 75 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:47,440 realize in the camera app there is an m. 76 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:52,120 photo mode and if you go to the settings for this mode that is where you see the 77 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,400 format where you can save JPEG and RAW and it has a little balancing so you 78 00:05:53,479 --> 00:05:59,639 know if you're kind of off-kilter so I just realized that on top of leica's 79 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:06,280 version of the camera app there's also Al the lights camera and that's just a 80 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:12,400 really simple camera app that gives you a focus Point middle grid frame 81 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:17,120 autofocus Gallery button and then a shutter that's it so I think this is 82 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:19,319 what they meant by an experience that is 83 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:24,560 completely uninterrupted by any of the stuff that you could do with your camera 84 00:06:21,599 --> 00:06:29,730 and it's just to focus on taking photos why don't we have a look at how the 85 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:33,899 speakers sound and how the display looks 86 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:43,120 even though they're stereo one of them is front facing it's not good um okay 87 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:50,039 let's take a look at the display so just looking at the HDR quality of this 88 00:06:45,919 --> 00:06:52,080 display it looks pretty good yeah the 89 00:06:50,039 --> 00:06:55,840 display on this thing is pretty awesome and even though the audio isn't good the 90 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:59,639 main focus of this phone is the camera so why don't we also test the video but 91 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:02,919 first a word from our sponsor secretly ABS thanks to 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00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:53,680 a quick video test to give you an 103 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:57,199 idea of what this looks like it's also 104 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:58,680 taking AI photos oh yeah there's some 105 00:07:57,199 --> 00:08:03,639 shallows at the field there that's actually not bad but yeah I'm actually 106 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:05,120 like I'm as I get closer to you and 107 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:09,879 closer to your camera the bokeh gets better all right 108 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:14,319 let's go back inside it's getting cold so I'm just taking a look at the video that we took really quickly video is not 109 00:08:12,879 --> 00:08:20,560 really the focus of this phone I don't expect it to be very good here's jonno 110 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:24,080 it looks okay and the Boke up is pretty 111 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,680 natural looking for a phone looks 112 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:30,360 decently Shad out autofocus is struggling a little bit where this phone 113 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:35,360 shines is definitely The Stills that you can get off of it so on the left we have 114 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:41,320 the iPhone which looks very much like an iPhone image super bright hdri almost 115 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:48,320 feeling and on the left this is the Leica image honestly looks pretty good 116 00:08:43,839 --> 00:08:51,320 to me now it's hard to say if the blur 117 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:53,040 is that much significantly better cuz 118 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:58,200 these aren't quite at the exact same angle but even on his bike here you can 119 00:08:56,680 --> 00:09:03,480 see how much sharper that is on the iPhone and how much Less in focus on the 120 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:08,600 Leica and the Leica has kind of like a natural contrasty but like the look that 121 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:13,320 you'd get out of a camera not a smartphone let's look at the pixel as 122 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:17,320 well actually ooh pixel's really contrasty in a way that I actually don't 123 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:22,480 love in this photo it's clear that with the computational photography background 124 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:27,800 stuff the iPhone and the pixel are sharpened on capture whereas the Leica 125 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:32,880 is not okay let's take a look at that photo that we took outside pixels quite 126 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:37,519 a bit warmer it's more contrasty as well and they look like Flagship smartphone 127 00:09:34,279 --> 00:09:39,399 photos and then the Leica so yeah the Le 128 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:46,120 is quite a bit wider than the pixel and the iPhone from the same spot so on this 129 00:09:43,079 --> 00:09:48,560 tree image from a detail perspective I'm 130 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:53,200 sure a lot of people if pulled would like the pixel photo and the iPhone 131 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:57,680 photo more but when I look at it from like a photography point of view which 132 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:02,560 of these images I would prefer to edit and actually kind of try to manipulate 133 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:07,120 and do something with I think I'd go with the Leica because yes it's not as 134 00:10:04,959 --> 00:10:10,680 sharp out of the box but you could probably get it if you like that 135 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:15,680 punchier look but you also have a shallower depth the field like you can 136 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:19,200 see on the closeup of the leaf here how 137 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:20,920 much more out of focus the back Leaf 138 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:25,519 that's a decent amount more shallow it actually is quite noticeable in this 139 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:29,720 image man I'm impressed all right let's take a look at our last photo man the 140 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:36,480 iPhone image is like very bright Shadows are brought up as expected the Leica 141 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:40,120 photo is darker contrasti here but what 142 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:42,839 I was seeing and then the pixel image 143 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:48,519 man the pixel this time around really goes for the postprocessing because you 144 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:53,200 see every little detail in the shadows here again compared to the Leica it's a 145 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,519 lot brighter a photo but the Leica is what I was seeing with my eyes so 146 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:00,279 between the three of these cameras the Leica is the most real some of you out 147 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:07,079 there might prefer the iPhone and the pixel image and it is very convenient 148 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:09,720 but for me someone who enjoys editing 149 00:11:07,079 --> 00:11:13,560 photos and who would potentially edit a photo off my phone if I thought it was 150 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:17,639 good enough I think I'm going to go with the Leica in the photo examples that I 151 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:21,360 have here it's really quite an enjoyable camera to use now I want to test one 152 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:26,639 more thing I actually don't know that even if you went through all the effort 153 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:30,560 to order this phone from Japan can you use your sim and just pop it in with no 154 00:11:28,639 --> 00:11:36,360 issues let me just see if I can call you Andy it's ringing Branda is calling okay 155 00:11:34,839 --> 00:11:41,320 so that part Works how come my data is not working I'm not sure why it's not in the 156 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:47,360 scope of this video for me to troubleshoot 157 00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:49,680 that yeah yeah depth of field is clearly 158 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:54,600 more shallow and the photos I think are in my opinion better than the iPhone and 159 00:11:52,639 --> 00:11:59,240 the pixel from a like photographer's perspective you can edit this the colors 160 00:11:57,079 --> 00:12:06,240 are very true to life that's really nice natural bokeh it's so cool okay cool see 161 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:08,720 you later bye so if you put the effort 162 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:13,440 in to buying this phone just make sure you know that it'll work in your region 163 00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:18,000 and I hope if they ever make a phone like this again if like it keeps going 164 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:21,519 that they released this worldwide because now I want one even though it's 165 00:12:20,079 --> 00:12:26,680 expensive I hope you guys enjoyed this video as much as I enjoyed making it this phone is really cool and I hope 166 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:30,240 it's just a sign of the future of smartphones and the cameras that can be 167 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:35,240 put into them because I have no confirmation of this if this phone uses 168 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:37,399 the entire 1-in sensor on the phone 169 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:42,199 unlike the Sony this might be one of the best smartphone cameras ever made and 170 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:46,040 not for everybody to be very clear but for me absolutely