Created: 24 December 2011 · Last edited: 8 September 2026

At the end of December 2011, carrier AU launched another touchscreen slider, the IS14SH. It was the successor to the summer 2011 IS11SH and was closely related to SoftBank's AQUOS PHONE THE HYBRID 101SH, although it introduced a redesigned keypad and several other changes.

This smartphone comes with a 3.7-inch touchscreen with a 960 × 540 New Mobile ASV display and a 19-key pad with a 4-way cursor, reminiscent of the traditional controls found on the now nearly forgotten flip-style keitais. The slider also adds dedicated call, end-call, mail and browser buttons, making it possible to operate many functions much like a conventional feature phone.

The AQUOS PHONE IS14SH is equipped with an 8.04-megapixel autofocus CMOS camera capable of recording HD (720p) video.

The IS14SH runs Android 2.3, and no official OS upgrades were released for it.

Hardware specifications were hardly impressive by the end of 2011: the phone is powered by a single-core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor, accompanied by 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of ROM storage. A microSDHC card can expand the storage by up to 32 GB.

The AQUOS PHONE supports Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS and infrared communication. It also includes FeliCa-based Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet functionality and One Seg digital TV. A number of applications and services were pre-installed, including Skype, Twitter and au's own services.

The IS14SH measures approximately 56 × 117 × 14.7 mm (W × H × D), with a maximum thickness of 15.4 mm, and weighs 136 grams. It is available in three colour variants: Champagne Pink, Shiny White and Night Black.

Although the IS14SH looks remarkably similar to DoCoMo's AQUOS PHONE slider SH-02D, the two are actually separate models. The SH-02D uses the slower 1.0 GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, weighs considerably more at 155 grams and has a different keypad layout. It also has a larger 1,370 mAh battery, waterproofing and dust resistance, as well as Qi-compatible wireless charging. The IS14SH, by comparison, has a 1,030 mAh battery and is neither waterproof nor dustproof. The two phones therefore share the same basic concept and 3.7-inch QHD New Mobile ASV display, but differ considerably in their hardware and features.