Premium smartphone models have become powerful communications and entertainment tools with bigger and clearer screens, high-spec processors and camera quality as good as their compact digital counterparts.
But it has become tough for handset makers to differentiate themselves from their rivals, as hardware variations in cameras or chip speeds are too subtle for many consumers to worry about.
This is why Sharp Corp. came up with a new idea — a smartphone that speaks spontaneously to its owner.
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