Panasonic launches Eluga Ray Max and Eluga Ray X in India

Panasonic is launching two new smartphone in India called Eluga Ray Max and Eluga Ray X, along with a smart AI assistant, Arbo.

According to Panasonic Arbo uses machine learning to provide intelligent usage suggestion to users. It learns the user's behavior, alongside time and location to offer profile-based suggestions, like prompting setting changes or highlighting most frequently used apps. The assistant will be available for the phones via an over-the-air update by the end of April.

Speaking of the phones, the Eluga Ray Max and Eluga Ray X sports unibody metal design with 2.5D curved glass (on the front) and Gorilla Glass 3 protection, runs Android Marshmallow and comes with fingerprint scanner, selfie flash, 4G, VoLTE and dual-SIM slots.

The Panasonic Eluga Ray Max features 5.2-inch Full HD display and is powered by Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 430 chip backed by Adreno 505 GPU and 4GB RAM. It comes in 32GB and 64GB storage variants, and the storage is expandable via microSD card. For photography, there's 16MP PDAF rear camera with LED flash and 8MP selfie camera assisted by LED flash as well. A 3000mAh battery runs the show.

The Panasonic Eluga Ray X on the other end has 5.5-inch Full HD display, 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6737 chip (w/ Mali T720 GPU), 3GB RAM and 4000mAh battery. Storage capacity on-board is 32GB, and can be expanded via microSD card. The camera department includes 13MP rear camera with LED flash ad 5MP front camera with LED flash.

The 32GB version of Panasonic Eluga Ray Max is priced at Rs. 11,499, while the 64GB version costs Rs. 12,499. It will be available exclusively on Flipkart starting April 1 in Rose Gold, Space Grey and Gold color. The Eluga Ray X will set you back by Rs. 8,999, and will also be available exclusively via Flipkart. The phones will be offered in Rose Gold, Space Grey and Gold colors.