Sharp GX22

  • Released 2003, Q3
    102g, 25mm thickness
    Feature phone
    2MB storage, no card slot
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    240x320 pixels
  • 0.3MP
    No video recorder
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  • 720mAh
    Li-Ion

Sharp GX22 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Yes
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2003, Q3
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 94 x 49 x 25 mm (3.70 x 1.93 x 0.98 in)
Weight 102 g (3.60 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type CGS, 256K colors
Size
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio
 Second external display (80 x 60 pixels), 65K colors
Four-way navigation
Status light in 7 colors
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 500 entries, Photo call
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
Internal 2MB
Main Camera Single VGA
Features LED flash
Video No
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, recorded ringtones, composer
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes
Languages English, Traditional Chinese
Java Yes
 Predictive text input
Organizer
Voice memo
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 720 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 250 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min
Misc Colors

Sharp GX22 - User Reviews

  • Can i get a USB connection for my GX22. I havent used it in years and theres loads of my kids baby pictures on it id like to print off. xxx

  • why i can not do outgoing calls? when i call it says call failed. its just started this morning. its been working for how many years now, i dont know what happen. can you hel me

  • I've had my phone for 4 years and I love it. I had to buy a new battery and charger on ebay recently which only cost a little and has extended it's life!

  • my fone is not charging any more. its kind of scary....can i get help.

  • who knows how can the T9 (Dictionary) can be enabled/disabled ?

  • Hello to everybody . "To John " , well I hope that I can help you to get GPRS service in your mobile again . I think there are 2 problems which can make your mobile doesn't get GPRS and then you can't recive any MMS . 1/ Maybe you sit your GPRS in (off) , in that case you can return and sit it again on (on) . 2/ Maybe the calling center which is you are client in , doesn't offer the GPRS servise . In that case you have to ask them about that . I hope that you will find the solution of this problem . With my best whishes . Marwan

  • please help me out. i am connected to vodafone but i cannot recieve MMS a and my gprs is not working. please help me out

  • how to restart gx20 i mean it have problem now~~plss tell me..[urgent]

  • you go to settings then turn on infared i think. my aerial doesnt seem to work and i cant call or text anyone, can you buy aerials for phones?

  • i have the gx22s , but does anyone know how to turn on the IR on it. it seems like there's something wrong with it

  • GX 20 /22 are the best phones i've seen! Only Gx32 impresses me more! GX20 has 65k but GX22 256k colors. That's the only diference. I've them both. i dont understand how somebody can say that those phones are dificult to use? They are very simply and useful, the only thing i dont like is 2mb memory. Another features r the best!

  • they are similar gx20 and gx22..and they are the best mobil phone I have ever seen...my phone is gx20 and ı think its 256k,because its similar gx22,so I cant understand this difference things.2mb shared memory is bad,but ıt take photo better than same digital photo machines:).everyone wake up and buy sharp gx20 or gx22...No nokia no cry:)...

  • I can pimp your phone in fact i can superpimp it. I can give you a ten megapixel camera and possibly blacktooth. I can also make it have afifty billion color front screen. I am up for the challenge

  • how many phtos can it store? do the videos have sound?

  • Best thing about it is the camera.Drawback is the memory. How to get in the games into the phone?

  • Hi.i'm from USA. Could anyone can share GX22 software to me.Please . I'm lost mind. Thanks

  • YEAH!!! Finally i got to find the phone!!! just bought it yesterday!!! it's really the best phone ever!!!! thanks for u guys those posting to here and share urs opinion the phone to me... really really appreciate it!!! u make my way guys... THANKS A LOT!!! STAY COOL!!!

  • hey guys.. does anyone of you know how to use the Infrared fuction to transfer the pics to the PC? i will be so appreciated if anyone could help me with this...

  • I've had the Sharp GX22 for about one year now, personally, I think that the phone is too big for its own good. However, you can print some pretty nice pictures with it!

  • can someone tell me if you can download your tex messages from your gx22 to your laptop and if so how? i have a sharp manager disc on my laptop and i have a infrared lead and also set my phone to infrared but so far i have had no luck. any idea's Cheers Eric

  • I give anyone $1000 that is able to pimp the gx22 with a 260k front colour screen, 2mp cam, 90mb internal, and an external port, bluetooth, MP3, video recording with sound, quadband, 72bit polyringtone with mp3 support, symbian would be nice... so anyone up for the challenge??

  • Hello im from cambodia . i want to know how to infrared GX22. i dont know can you help me ? thank you !

  • I'm from Malaysia. I want to know how much the phone in Malaysia and where to get it ?

  • Hello i�m portuguese and i have a Gx20..any one can tell me if i can update the software of my phone to the gx22,if is possible.. the display of gx22 have 262k right?why the gx20 don�t have...;(

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  • OK, after looking at several GX20 series I found the following: The GX22s, GX22 and GX20N all have the 262k support. Why always the Asians :P Why can't the European Versions from Vodafone have 262k? Well I flashed mine to the GX20N and the menu is wickid! There seems to be some difference in color, but it's hard to tell the difference between 16-bit and 18-bit. The Display is brilliant...all I can say.

  • @ Eric Bluetooth isn't a software. You cannot download it. The technology is either built-in or not. So this phone doesn't have bluetooth, only IrDA. There is no way to upload Java games either. I have heard of a "LibDownloader" that can do the job for the GX10i, and I got the program, but it needs a password for uploading files. Even if I've had the password I'm not sure if I could upload Java or not.

  • for all: This has been answered a lot,but I'll say it again. The GX22 is exactly the same as the GX20, but the software is made for the Asian (HongKong, Chinese) market. People say that it has the capability of displaying 262k colours for jpg, but I haven't found proof of that yet. I'll call sharp to confirm this. So there are not many differences to the GX20, other than the screen capabilities and software (much nicer menu).

  • I know this question might have been raised already, but can the gx22 take mp3 ringtones?

  • Does any one know if you can download Bluetooth to the GX22? it's a great phone but now i want to bluejack some people any ideas?

  • Hey guys, i hope you can help me out on this one... How do i play wav files on my gx-22? When i upload the file on the phone and try to play itm it just says: Illegal file.. what can i do? tnx, bye

  • The GX-22 Is MAD BUT the 2mb of memeory IS FUCKED it got mad cam quality but u cannot fit many photos!!!!!!!

  • Anybody knows how to download Java Games into my GX22 mobile? As i can't find ways to do even i am using the handset manager programme..pls help!!!!! ^_^

  • I owned this phone for 3months and ive sold it. It is far too bulky and misses letters when you are typing texts fast. Sure the GX22 has a great picture and screen quality but only if it was smaller...

  • Its the same as gx20, sharp are trying to refresh the gx20 because the name of it spoken in public is not so common anymore. I've got gx20 and the other day my friend bought a gx22 and we compared them in height,all measurementz and then the features . the only difference was the gx22 gives a different colours when texting. Sharp - WERE DISAPPOINTED IN U MAN- COME ON!!!

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  • I'm using it now.. like the picture though but I really hope this phone can have true tunes/tones for its ringing tones.

  • After reading all of the spectacular reviews of the GX-20 on various websites like mobileburn, I tried to buy a GX-20 in NYC but I could not because every cell phone store & supplier told me that it was by now discontinued for a while, & it would now be impossible to find a new factory sealed one anywhere to purchase. Instead, I bought a GX-22 since every store & supplier I spoke to swore to me on bibles that it has the exact same level of quality in the display & in the camera as the GX-20. Is this true ????? When comparing the GX-22 to the GX-30 in stores, I actually preferred the GX-22 to the GX-30. Although the picture quality appeared slightly more detailed in the GX-30, it was not as bright and dazzling as what I see on the display of the GX-22.

  • i've check about gx 20 n gx22...gx 20 is for european countries,n gx22 is for asian countries...so gx 22 hav chinese display...n gx 22 is much more interesting,cos it hav a animation display manu..i've seen it in asian..now can any1 tell me,can i upgrade d software to bcom gx22?

  • Basically, the gx20 was released in europe exclusively for the vodaphone company....the gx22 is basically the same phone but released for international sale

  • yo im thinkin of buyin a gx20 but da fing is i want it on 02 is it possible that it can be unlocked on all networks?? how much does it cost???

  • it has a 262k screen only for viewing JPEG files!! you idots get your self better informt!! that's the only difrence!

  • hi... izzit possible to transfer java games into the phone without using GPRS? do inform me if there is a way... thks!!

  • Does it have a zoom?

  • May I know the difference of Sharp GX 22 and Sharp GX 20 ? Coz most of the ple said they are the same, however, when I did the comparsion, the size is abit different.

  • ok for all people out there. SHARP GX20 and SHARP GX22 are exactly the same, the difference is that the gx20 is locked to vodafone and the gx22 is unlocked, so all networks can be used on it. OK. NOw can some one help me, i need to know if theres a way that when theres a call coming i can just open the phone to answer the call insted of opening it and pressing answer or select? is there is there???????

  • does sharp have an offical website for there prouducts?

  • where can i get this phone? how much this is phone? about screen.. 256k or 65k?

  • This phone has the best image qulity on the market!!! its amazing!!!!! kinda big though but alot better then (TO) small asain phones/ 9/10

  • This is one of the phone I want to buy because of the brilliant display, but the size of the phone really turn me off. Wish it could be a little smaller.

  • Very disappointing effort from sharp. Time they moved forward in a radical way instead of simply tweeking existing models. I'm almost certainly switching to panasonic, their X70 seems to be exceptional.

  • Why have a burger when there is steak in the fridge???? Panasonic phones make sharps'look like kids toys..

  • I've got gx20 for 2 weeks and I am very happy, but I haven't found any wap sites, where I could download free sharp java games.Nokia and siemens java are not working on gx20. Could you give some addresses where is posible to download free java...

  • The GX 22 needs to have a better organizer with atached alarms, voice dialling options, and an active flip would be very useful. Otherwise the phone is absolutely great.

  • how much it costs in Deutchland?

  • the infrared on the phone doesn't work good...

  • sharps picture (both on screen and sent) quality has always been better than nokias. i dont see the point of 256k lcd when the bottom line is the camera quality is not good enough to print photos. who cares how good it looks on screen. when sharp gets mmc support and i can print a half decent picture, i'll buy one. they will be the first to do it though, not nokia or s.e. etc.

  • Display and camera quality are superb! Anyway should have an expansion memory capability (etc. MMS), no external antenna would be better and finally I hate flip phones!

  • why bring this out after i buy the gx20 new only 2 months ago ,sombodies trying to piss me off great phone tho dont get sucked into buying nokia cam phones they suck i no i sell them for a living

  • dude.. this sharp phone is nice..i just got it.. 262K colors in the inside and 65K colors on the outside monitor.. great quality pictures.. the camera is nice.. i really like this phone

  • also in Europe?

  • well look, its sharp its tryin to capitalize on the success of the 20, dont deny it. like alot of companies they think they can do better, yes, gx10 to 20 was a HUGE improvement, but the 20 to 22 is not, infact its a con, only simple ppl go on about the gx22 being better for its 256k colours cause thats all its got on the gx20! - think, its only got 2mb shared memm, JUST LIKE THE 20!, so pictures MAY be better, but u get less! infact the number is halved... duch bag. in the end, 1 years time, the 20 and 22 will be obsoleet, so just quit havin a go at the phones, and think, they r only gonna get better, so shhh.

  • on the 6 december inthe the vodaphone shop in oxford street london,i went to ask the assistant about the gx22 and he said to me it dont exist. I NOW REST MY CASE....THIS GUY KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT PHONES.

  • This phone isn't the gx20 it's the gx22, i tdoesn't have a 65k screen it has a 265k scrren you idiots!this phone looks fantastic, it is super sharp and picture/videos look as good a a 2 mil pix dig camera.very high quality. In japan oyu can get a gx7something that can get a software that translates dog noises to english(i read it in T3) how cool is that?

  • Big In Japan?!

  • I have a GX20 and to be honest this isnt a very good improvement. It still hasnt got the greater memory people requested and the only new arrangement is the bigger and better colour screen. Im still happy with my GX20

  • Great display but for me personally, I find it a bit too big, no it's just TOO BIG! :S

  • Sharp will be the number one in the near future