Kyocera Corporation (President: Goro Yamaguchi) today announced the release of the new rafre smartphone for Japanese service provider KDDI Corporation. The product is a successor to the orignal DIGNO rafre, which launched in December 2015 as the world’s first hand-soap-washable smartphone. In addition to resistance against foaming hand soap, the second-generation model possesses resistance to foaming body soap. The product will be available from March 2017 in Japan, and will be offered in three colors: Pale Pink, Clear White and Light Blue.