Sanyo has targeted the Japan market with a new handset called IPX7 with waterproof capability, planed to be released next month.

It is waterproof but don’t imagine swimming with it and taking pictures all daylong in the ocean.

The cell phone can resist under water for up to half an hour and at 1 meter deep.

More than that, it supports 1-Seg and KDDI EV-DO, coming with a large 2.8-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels, and sporting a built-in 1.87MP camera.

The internal memory is expandable up to 2GB via a microSD card.

It is a small clamshell measuring 51 x 106 x 19.5mm with 138 grams weight and a battery working time of up to five hours.

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