Panasonic had launched two smartphones named as – Eluga Ray Max and Eluga Ray X last month. Priced at Rs 11,499 and Rs 8,999 respectively, both the smartphones come with company’s own smart AI-powered (Artificial Intelligence) assistant named – Arbo. While the 32GB variant of the Eluga Ray Max is priced at Rs 11,499, the 64GB variant is priced at Rs 12,499. Both the smartphones will be up for sale exclusively via Flipkart starting April 17th. Both the devices come in Gold, Space Grey and Rose Gold colour variants.
Talking about the new Arbo smart assistant, Panasonic claims that the new virtual assistant is a self-learning technology that understands the user behaviour and then maps their daily activities for them accordingly. With its ‘location identification’ feature it recognises the places often visited by the user and sends out prompt responses asking them to make changes to their phone settings. The AI-powered assistant takes care of all the daily tasks and activities like calls and messages that need to be framed and sent out on a regular basis. It also keeps a detailed list of all the applications functioning on the smartphone, gathers detailed information on their habits and informs them about it accordingly.
Briefing the specs, the Eluga Ray Max comes with a 5.2-inch Full HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Underneath the hood, the device is powered by a 1.2 GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Chipset with Adreno 505 GPU. We have two variants here, one comes with a 32GB of internal storage and one comes with 64GB of internal storage, both of which boasts 4GB of RAM. The device runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Dual SIM functionality. Coming to the optics, the Eluga Ray Max features a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash coupled with an 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash here as well. The handset does come with a fingerprint scanner at the front and offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB OTG, GPS etc. connectivity options. Lastly, we have a 3000 mAh battery underneath with Quick Charge 3.0 support for the juice.
On the other hand, the Eluga Ray X sports a 5.5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The handset comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage which is further expandable via microSD. Further, we get 1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 Processor with Mali-T720 GPU. The device runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and also boasts a fingerprint scanner at the front. In the camera department, we get a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash along with a 5-megapixel front camera with front-facing LED flash. For the stamina, we get a 4000 mAh battery inside with connectivity options such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, 4G VoLTE etc.
Pankaj Rana, Business Head – Mobility Division, Panasonic India, said, “Further to taking forward the legacy of the highly successful Eluga series, we are happy to inform that our new AI assistant – Arbo featured smartphones Eluga Raymax and Ray X will be available on Flipkart from 17th April onwards. With increased internet penetration and growing popularity of online shopping, combined with growing demand for smartphones, we have exclusively tied up with Flipkart in order to reach out to our customers in every corner of the country. With this partnership, we aim to make technology accessible to all and amplify our reach to a larger audience.”