Soon after launching the P9 smartphone in India, Japanese electronics company Panasonic on Monday added a new budget-oriented smartphone to its Eluga series of smartphones portfolio, called the “Panasonic Eluga Ray 700”. Priced at Rs. 9,999, the Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 is currently listed on domestic e-commerce platform Flipkart’s website with “Coming Soon” tag, revealing almost everything including specifications and features about the smartphone. Carried a such an attractive price tag, the new Eluga Ray 500 will be made available for purchase in India exclusively via e-commerce website Flipkart.com in Champagne Gold, Mocha Gold and Marine Blue colour options.
Besides this, the company also announced a budget smartphone, Eluga Ray 500 in the country. As we reported earlier, the Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 was earlier spotted on Flipkart.com with a price tag of Rs. 8,999. On the other side, the Japanese vendor has already started sending out the media invitations for its two budget smartphones launch event, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 19 in the land of New Delhi, India. Both the smartphones are currently listed on Flipkart’s website with “Coming Soon” tag that means the Eluga Ray 500 and Eluga Ray 700 are on the way. The sale for the handsets will kick start on Flipkart from September 21 (Thursday) at 12 am IST, during its Big Billion Days Sale.
As far as specifications are concerned, the Panasonic Eluga Ray 700 flaunts a 5.5-inch full-HD IPS display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a scratch resistant 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top. Under the hood, the device is powered by a 1.3GHz Mediatek MTK6753 octa-core processor clubbed with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card slot (Hybrid Memory Slot). On the software front, the smartphone runs on Google’s Android 7.0 Nougat operating system out-of-the-box. The Eluga Ray 700 sports a full-metal unibody design and features a front-mounted fingerprint sensor that is housed underneath a physical Home Button of the handset.
In terms of optics, the Panasonic Eluga Ray 700 features a 13-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, an f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens and an LED flash module. On the front, the smartphone sports an another 13-megapixel front-facing camera with an f/2.2 aperture and an LED flash for capturing bright selfies even in low-light conditions.
For connectivity, the Panasonic Eluga Ray 700 is a dual-SIM smartphone that accepts two Nano-SIM cards. Apart from this, the smartphone also offers various connectivity options including 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/A-GPS, a 3.5mm audio jack and a microUSB 2.0 port for charging and data transfer. Sensors on the smartphone include an Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Magnetometer, and Fingerprint Sensor (front-mounted). On the battery front, the Panasonic Eluga Ray 700 comes packed with a high-density 5,000mAh non-removable battery. Dimension wise, the handset measures 153.75 x 75.35 x 8.9mm and weighs 182 grams.
