Panasonic Eluga Ray Max and Eluga Ray X have gone on
sale in India from Monday, and are available via Flipkart. The Eluga Ray Max is
available in two inbuilt storage variants - 32GB storage at Rs. 11,499 and 64GB
storage at Rs. 12,499. The smartphone will be offered in Gold and Rose Gold
colour variants. The Panasonic Eluga Ray X on the other hand has been priced by
the company at Rs. 8,999. And is available in Gold, Rose Gold, and Space Grey
colour variants.
The highlight of the two Panasonic smartphones is
the presence of the Arbo virtual assistant. Panasonic boasts the Arbo virtual
assistant uses machine learning to provide intelligent usage suggestions to
users. The name is derived from Esperanto, and means a framework used to
support climbing plants.
The Panasonic Eluga Ray Max, the dual-SIM
(Micro+Nano) smartphone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and packs a 5.2-inch
full-HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The device is powered
by a 1.4 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor coupled with 4GB of
RAM.
In terms of optics, the Panasonic Eluga Ray Max
comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash. At front, we have an
8-megapixel front-facing camera with a wide-angle lens and flash support. It
sports a fingerprint scanner that's Android for Work certified on the home
button.
The Eluga Ray Max bears 32GB/
64GB of inbuilt storage, which is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).
The connectivity options offered by the smartphone include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS/ A-GPS, FM radio with RDS, and Micro-USB with
OTG support. The phone houses a 3000mAh battery with support for Quick Charge
3.0. Sensors on the device include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor,
barometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, proximity sensor, and temperature sensor. It
weighs 165 grams and measures 148 x 73 x 9.5 mm.
Moving on to Panasonic Eluga Ray X, the dual-SIM
(Micro+Nano) smartphone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and comes with a 5.5-inch
HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek
430 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. It also bears a fingerprint scanner on
the home button in front.
The Panasonic Eluga Ray X has a
16-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash, and a 5-megapixel camera at front
for taking selfies. The connectivity options offered by the phone include 4G
VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS/ A-GPS, FM radio with RDS, and
Micro-USB with OTG support. It comes with 32GB of inbuilt memory, which is
expandable via microSD card (up to 64GB). It runs on a 4000 mAh battery, weighs
193 grams, and measures 153.4 x 77 x 10.5 mm. Sensors on board include an
accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, gyroscope, magnetometer,
proximity sensor, and temperature sensor.
