KDDI Unveils New Winter Mobile Lineup for Japanese Market

KDDI (TYO:9433) unveiled its winter mobile line up this afternoon in Tokyo, with a number of new Android devices stepping into the spotlight. All 10 devices (nine smartphones and a tablet) on display are compatible with the carrier’s 4G LTE service.

Here’s a quick rundown of the new line up, and a brief overview of their specs.

• HTC J Butterfly
• Sony Xperia VL
• Samsung Galaxy S III Progre
• Sharp Aquos Phone Serie
• Fujitsu Arrows ef
• LG Optimus G
• Pantech Vega [1]
• Casio G’zOne Type L
• Kyocera Digno S
• Sharp Aquos Pad

HTC J Butterfly

The headliner of KDDI’s event was the HTC J Butterfly, running on Android 4.1 with a quad core processor. It boasts a 5-inch, 440ppi, super LDC 3 display, and with Beats Audio built in that makes it a pretty impressive mobile media device. The Butterfly will have 2GB of RAM and 16 GB of onboard storage, and feature NFC, mobile wallet functions, and one-seg video. It will be available in Japan in December.

Sony Xperia VL

• Android 4.0
• 4.3 inch HD TFT display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 120 grams
• NFC, Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Samsung Galaxy S III Progre

• Android 4.0
• 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display
• 2 GB of RAM
• 32 GB of onboard storage
• weight 141 grams
• Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Sharp Aquos Phone Serie

• Android 4.0
• 4.7 inch HD S-CG Silicon display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 148 grams
• NFC, Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Fujitsu Arrows ef

• Android 4.0
• 4.3 inch HD TFT display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 8 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 139 grams
• NFC, Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

LG Optimus G

• Android 4.0
• 4.7 inch HD IPS display
• 2 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 143 grams
• NFC, Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Kyocera Digno S

• Android 4.0
• 4.7 inch HD TFT display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 157 grams
• NFC, Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Pantech Vega

• Android 4.0
• 4.3 inch HD TFT display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 134 grams
• NFC, Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Casio G’zOne Type L

• Android 4.0
• 4.0 inch WVGA IPS display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 8 GB of ROM
• weight: 181 grams
• Mobile wallet, One seg
• Coming in November

Sharp Aquos Pad

• Android 4.0
• 7 inch WXGA IGZO display
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB of onboard storage
• weight: 280 grams
• NFC, One seg
• Coming in December