Created: 7 May 2013 · Last edited: 14 September 2026

The AQUOS PHONE Xx 206SH is SoftBank and Sharp's flagship in the Summer 2013 collection, wielding an impressive 5-inch Full HD (1920 × 1080 px) S-CG Silicon screen. It is part of the same trio as the au AQUOS PHONE SERIE SHL22 and DoCoMo's AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-06E, but while its siblings get Sharp's new IGZO LCD technology, the 206SH sticks with S-CG Silicon and goes for the biggest display of the three.

To power this beast, Sharp are using a quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064T processor running at 1.7 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of onboard storage (plus support for microSDXC cards). The phone runs on Android 4.2.

And to keep all that hardware running, Sharp are adding a hefty 3080 mAh battery!

The AQUOS PHONE Xx 206SH comes with a 13.1-megapixel main camera using a back-illuminated CMOS sensor and a bright f/1.9 lens. Although it lacks the optical image stabilisation found on the previous 203SH, it still has share reduction. The camera also offers 16× digital zoom with super-resolution processing, HDR still photography, high-precision scene detection, Voice Shot and Sharp's FEEL photographer image-processing engine. Video recording is supported at up to Full HD (1920 × 1080). The 2.07-megapixel front camera also uses a back-illuminated CMOS sensor and can record Full HD video.

Featured are OneSeg TV and FullSeg TV — which means it will be able to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting services with a maximum resolution of Full HD — as well as water- and dust-resistant construction, Bluetooth 4.0, Infrared, mobile wallet, and Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac.

Further enhancements include Dolby Mobile v3 (5.1 channels), audio processing by Wolfson Microelectronics (used in high-end equipment), as well as "Sweep ON" and "Shake OFF" gesture functionality for turning the phone on and off. Also featured is voice launching of applications, not just the camera.

The 206SH supports 4G (AXGP), 3G (2100/1500/900 MHz) and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), which means that it should work, if or when unlocked, in most corners of the world using your own SIM card.

The 206SH is available in white, black and blue.