2/21/2012 11:07:00 PM
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Japanese company Panasonic announced yesterday plans to enter European smartphone market. The first Panasonic handset to be released in Europe this year is the ELUGA.
Unveiled at the Panasonic Convention 2012, the Android smartphone comes with all the traits that Japanese handset makers include onto their devices. In this regard, it is important to highlight the waterproof and dustproof body of the ELUGA.
Panasonic ELUGA has been approved with an IP57 certificate, which is no small feat. The phone was tested by being immersed into water at a depth of up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes.
In addition, the smartphone comes with some kind of “Eco Mode,” which helps users save energy and get a longer battery life.
Basically, as soon as the battery's power reaches certain amounts, the smartphone will automatically turn off certain features and change some settings.
Design-wise, Panasonic ELUGA is a masterpiece. The smartphone measures 123 x 62 x 7.8mm and weighs only 103g (battery included). It comes with a large 4.3-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen display that supports 960 x 540 pixels resolution.
The phone is equipped with a dual-core Texas Instruments OMEP 4430 processor clocked at 1 GHz and packs 8GB of internal memory and 1GB of RAM.
According to Panasonic, the smartphone will be powered by Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, but an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will be deployed sometime in spring.
On the back, Panasonic ELUGA boasts an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus, image stabilizer, and HD video recording.
In the connectivity front, the smartphone offers NFC (Near Field Communications) support, HSPA+ and HSUPA, W-Fi and Bluetooth support, as well as DLNA and microUSB.
Panasonic ELUGA's 1150 mAh battery might be the phone's soft spot, though the manufacturer rates it at 300 hours for standby time or 4 hours of talk time.
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