Panasonic
has officially introduced its new Eluga U flagship in India at an event
in Delhi today. The smartphone has been priced at Rs 18,990, and it
will be competing against the likes of the Xiaomi Mi 3 and the Micromax
Canvas Knight in this price range.
The
Panasonic Eluga U runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box, with some
customisations in terms of the home screen and we can also expect some
apps developed by the company preloaded on to the phone. It’s a dual-SIM
(Micro-SIM) smartphone with 2G and 3G support.
Up
front there’s a 5-inch (1280×720 pixels) IPS HD display with OGS
process. That immediately puts it a peg lower than competing handsets in
the price range. In terms of fire power too, the Eluga U trails with a
1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor coupled with 2GB of
RAM. With a lot of the competition moving on to octa-core SoCs, and with
Xiaomi launching a Snapdragon 800 smartphone for under Rs 15,000, the
Eluga U might struggle to catch the attention of a market saturated with
options.
The
Eluga U will come with a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED
flash, and a 2-megapixel front shooter, which is standard nowadays. It
has 16GB of internal storage with a microSD card for expansion up to
32GB. In terms of battery life, the 2500 mAh Li-ion unit sounds great
given the other specs. It doesn’t look especially distinct and the
patterned back reminds us of the Google Nexus 4. Connectivity options
include Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS/
A-GPS.
We
are at the launch event and will be bringing you a hands-on with the
device as soon as we can. Stay tuned for more on the Panasonic Eluga U.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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