Sharp’s new humanoid phone handles more than just calls

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A woman poses with Sharp’s humanoid RoBoHon smartphone on Thursday at a Sharp’s Tokyo office. The product hits stores on May 26. | KAZUAKI NAGATA

by Kazuaki Nagata

Staff Writer

Sharp Corp. has announced the launch of a small humanoid smartphone that responds to voice commands and can project movies on a wall.

Debuting May 26, RoBoHon resembles a robot and has a screen that reflects its cellphone ancestry. It is priced at ¥198,000 with an additional monthly usage fee, the Osaka-based firm said.

“Sharp has a new vision of adding artificial intelligence to electronics products,” said Yoshisuke Hasegawa, a Sharp executive.

He said this merging of artificial intelligence with consumer products will be an ongoing project, dubbed “Kokoro” (“heart”). RoBoHon is the first in the series.

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