With its new octa core offering, Panasonic is trying to break into the upper mid range category dominated by the likes of Micromax and Karbonn. The unique selling point here is the presence of an octa core chipset and the promise of superior construction. The internals are fairly consistent with most of the competition including the Micromax Knight. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 Review”
Earlier this month, Panasonic revealed its first entrant into the Octa Core race. The Panasonic P81 powered by MediaTek’s MT6592 chipset is the company’s flagship device. The phone has a 5.5 inch 720p display and runs on the 1.7Ghz variant of MediaTek’s chipset with Android Jellybean onboard. We put the handset through a series of benchmarks to pit it against the competition. Follow through to take a look at how the handsets copes up with synthetic benchmarks. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 Benchmarks”
Panasonic India has entered into feature phone market with two new phones- EZ180 and EZ240. The company entered into the smartphone market with P51 last year. Later it expanded its smartphone segment with new mid-range smartphones. These new affordable feature phones are the only devices in the Indian feature phone market which are CE certified, says the company. Continue reading “Panasonic launches its first feature phones EZ180 and EZ240 in India starting at Rs. 1350”
Panasonic announced and launched its first and only smartphone for the Indian market – the Panasonic P51 last week. It is supposed to be its splashing entry into the crowded Indian smartphone market and everybody expected it to make an entry in the low-mid end segment where the volume is, so did we. But instead of following the “new manufacturer – low price” route, Panasonic did the opposite in bringing a flagship-like device with a price tag that you would attach to a mid-high end smartphone. Does Panasonic deliver in providing a premium experience for the price? Or is it just another me-too entry that is exorbitantly priced? Read on to find out.
Panasonic has just sent over press invites for its launch event on 16th May where the company plans to introduce a brand new smartphone in India.
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Panasonic today launched two new tablets amidst a range of products as part of their Toughpad range. The Windows 8 and Android running tablets have been built according to the MIL-STD-810G specification. The rugged shock proof, water proof and dust proof tablets are aimed at use in industries with harsh working environments and can survive falls from up to 4 feet.
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Panasonic ELUGA Power, new 5-inch Android smartphone is now on pre-order in UK from Clove. It has 5-inch (1280 x 720 HD) display and is powered by 1.5GHz Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and is IP57 water and dustproof similar to the ELUGA. It has 8MP auto focus camera with 1080p Full HD video recording. It offers superfast charging, 50% charge takes just 30 minutes, and 80% takes 57 minutes. Continue reading “Panasonic ELUGA Power up for pre-order in UK, coming late April”
Panasonic caused excitement when it announced that it was planning to come back to the global market after a gap of few years. It introduced the Eluga which plans to conquer global markets, starting off with a European launch.
Panasonic just took the wraps off its brand new smartphone , the Eluga Power. With a massive 5″ screen , you’d imagine it to be a usability nightmare but the ergonomics turned out to be pretty good. The above average looking handset is powered by a Qualcomm S4 chip clocked in at 1.5Ghz.
Panasonic has announced a new waterproof Android smartphone, Panasonic ELUGA for Europe. This phone is sleek, which is just 7.8 mm thick and weighs 103 g. It has 4.3 inch, (960×540 pixels ), capacitive OLED display that has 66% display area ratio, 1GHz dual-core processor (OMAP4430) and 8MP auto focus camera. It is protected for up to a depth of 1 metre for up to 30 minutes in water, and protected against dust if left near or in it for 8h or less. Continue reading “Panasonic ELUGA waterproof Android smartphone announced for Europe”
Panasonic has grand plans with it’s smartphone which is expected to hit Europe by March 2012. The company has released few details along with some pictures of the Panasonic prototype Android phone. The device uses a 4.3 inch qHD OLED display with a really slim bezel.The design will be ultra-slim and sport a D-shape.The front shows off the Panasonic branding along with the Menu , home and Back keys. Since waterproof phones are pretty common in Japan , Panasonic is bringing its expertise to the table and claims that it’s first smartphone will be waterproof and dustproof. Continue reading “Panasonic to launch ultra-slim, waterproof and dustproof Android phone with 4.3 inch OLED display in March 2012”
Panasonic is all set to announce it’s first Lumix smartphone at CEATEC 2010. The launch date is shown as 5th October 2010. Continue reading “Panasonic Set to Announce 13MP Lumix Phone”
This means that the Panasonic Mobile plant in the Philippines will be closed. The GSM production lines at the Czech plant will also be shut down and the GSM manufacturing in Beijing will be retooled to focus on 3G phones. The company also announced that it is working to shift all of its future handsets over to the Linux based platform that the company is currently using in the Japanese market.
This past week Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd, the parent company of mobile phone maker Panasonic Mobile, announced that Panasonic will no longer compete in the GSM handset business due to “severe global competition”. The company said that it will refocus all of its efforts on 3G handsets, where it has been quite successful so far.
This means that the Panasonic Mobile plant in the Philippines will be closed. The GSM production lines at the Czech plant will also be shut down and the GSM manufacturing in Beijing will be retooled to focus on 3G phones. The company also announced that it is working to shift all of its future handsets over to the Linux based platform that the company is currently using in the Japanese market.
This shift towards Linux means that the Panasonic R&D facilities in the US will be closed, as these offices had been working on devices based on the Symbian OS. The Panasonic R&D labs in the UK will refocus on 3G technologies.
