Created: 13 March 2010 · Last edited: 17 October 2026

Launched in July 2007, behold the next W-ZERO3 advanced [es], model number WS011SH.

This advanced W-ZERO3 smartphone sports a 3-inch Mobile ASV LCD display (the same type used in AQUOS TVs) with a WVGA resolution of 800 × 480 pixels. The typical mobile phone in 2007 had a QVGA (320 × 240 pixels) display, making the WS011SH's resolution five times greater in terms of the total number of pixels! Viewing angles of 160° in all four directions were unheard of among competing displays.

This smartphone retains the now-traditional dual-keyboard design introduced with the WS007SH: a full numeric keypad and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The numeric keypad also incorporates a four-direction navigation key with a built-in Xcrawl function. Similar to a jog dial, it lets users scroll through menus and web pages by sliding a finger across its surface, much like using a scroll wheel. Unlike the touchpads found on devices such as the iPod, Xcrawl uses sensors beneath the navigation key to detect finger movements, so it can even be operated while wearing gloves. Its sensitivity can also be adjusted. The touchscreen can be operated with a finger or the included stylus.

The built-in camera uses a 1.3-megapixel CMOS sensor and can also record video at 320 × 240 pixels in WMV format.

Running Windows Mobile 6.0, the WS011SH comes with a ton of useful software.

Connectivity options include PHS (at up to 204 kbps), built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b/g (at up to 54 Mbps) and IrDA. Bluetooth, GSP, and One-Seg TV are available as accessories.

The WS011SH is powered by a 520 MHz Marvell PXA270 processor and has 128 MB of SDRAM and 256 MB of flash storage (155 MB available to the user). Storage can be expanded using microSD cards of up to 2 GB.

This Advanced/W-ZERO3 [es] weighs just 157 grams, a noticeable improvement over the previous model's 175 grams. It measures 135 × 50 × 17.9 mm and comes in platinum silver, peach blossom (only 1000 units), and brownie black.