Created: 2 October 2014 · Last edited: 21 September 2026

Sharp follows up its original Simple Sumaho with the aptly named Simple Sumaho 2 (401SH), once again targeting people who want a smartphone without all the usual smartphone complications. It keeps the large buttons and simplified interface, but gives the hardware a substantial upgrade.

The Simple Sumaho 2 features a 4.5-inch S-CG Silicon display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 px (HD). The interface uses large text and icons, while dedicated physical buttons for the phone, email and home functions make the basic operations particularly straightforward. Incoming calls and messages are also indicated by illuminated buttons.

The main camera has an 8-megapixel CMOS sensor with autofocus and an LED flash. A 1.2-megapixel CMOS camera is provided on the front. The large on-screen viewfinder is designed to make photography easier even for users unfamiliar with smartphones.

This smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 processor having four cores, each clocked at 1.2 GHz. The amount of RAM is 1.5 GB and the amount of on-board storage (ROM) is 8 GB. A microSDHC card slot is provided.

The Simple Sumaho 2 supports FDD-LTE on the 900 MHz, 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz bands, as well as AXGP at 2.5 GHz and W-CDMA on the 900 MHz, 1.5 GHz and 2.1 GHz bands. GSM is also supported for overseas use.

Supported are Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth. GPS, tethering, infrared communication and One-Seg digital TV are also provided. The phone even comes with LINE, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Weather and a train-route search application pre-installed, giving users access to some useful services without having to go hunting for them.

Sharp has retained several of the features intended to make the phone easier to use. The Simple Sumaho 2 supports the company's "Triple Crisp Talk" technology for making conversations easier to hear in noisy surroundings, while an emergency buzzer provides a simple way of attracting attention when necessary. The phone is also waterproof (IPX5/IPX7).

The battery has a capacity of 2400 mAh, enough for more than three days of typical use according to Sharp. The phone measures approximately 65 x 134 x 11.1 mm and weighs about 132 g.

The Simple Sumaho 2 runs Android 4.4 KitKat, although Google Play is not supported. Instead, Sharp and SoftBank provide a selection of applications intended to cover the basics without exposing the user to the full complexity of the Android ecosystem.

The Simple Sumaho 2 comes in Silver, Navy Black and Pink. It goes on sale through SoftBank in November 2014, replacing the original 204SH with a considerably more capable piece of hardware while keeping the same philosophy: make a smartphone that doesn't require a manual just to make a phone call.