Panasonic has launched a new Android smartphone, the P31 at a price of Rs 11,990. It will be available to consumers from the second week of this month.
The P31 sports a 5-inch FWVGA (480 X 854p) display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. The phone comes with 4GB internal storage expandable through a microSD card and a 2,000mAh battery.
The dual-sim phone (3G+2G) sports an 8MP rear camera (with autofocus and LED flash) and a VGA front-facing camera. It runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Panasonic has included additional bells and whistles such as support for gesture unlock, a pop-out player for playing videos while doing other tasks and a battery saver mode, among others.
Panasonic also claims to have introduced the "Heat-Sink" design based feature to maintaining device temperature through controlled heat dissipation.
In terms of connectivity, the phone comes with 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and GPS. Panasonic has bundled freebies worth Rs 10,399 with the phone which includes a screen guard, and apps and content from Evernote, Hungama and Sony, among others.
P31 is Panasonic's sixth smartphone in the Indian market after its re-entry in the country in 2013. Panasonic has entered into partnership with Jaina group which also owns the smartphone brand, Karbonn. The phone competes with the likes of Xolo Q1000, Sony Xperia M, Karbonn Titanium S9 and Micromax Canvas HD.
