Logo of Panasonic Corp. is seen at CEATEC JAPAN 2011 electronics show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 4, 2011. The IT & Electronics comprehensive exhibition goes on till October 8.
Logo of Panasonic Corp. is seen at CEATEC JAPAN 2011 electronics show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 4, 2011. The IT & Electronics comprehensive exhibition goes on till October 8.Reuters

Panasonic on Friday launched its mid range smartphone P31 in India with a price tag of ₹11,990.

The phone sports five-inch FWVGA (854x480p) screen and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor paired with 1GB RAM. It packs 4GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 32GB with microSD card.

On the software front, the phone runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system and comes equipped with 8.0-megapixel autofocus rear camera with full HD recording and a VGA front-facing camera.

In terms of the connectivity features, the new Panasonic P31 supports 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS and is backed by 2,000mAh battery which claims up to 9 hours of talktime on 3G and up to 600 hours in standby mode. 

Other features of the P31 include FM with RDS, GPS, G-Sensor, Light sensor, Proximity sensor and E-compass.

The Panasonic P31 comes with Panasonic's 'Play Life' user interface, which has four innovative features - Gesture Play', 'Pop-i Player', 'Music café' and 'Ultimate Saver'. The company also introduced 'Heat-Sink' design based feature that claims to maintain device temperature through controlled heat dissipation.

Earlier in February, Pansonic launched two new handsets- the EZ240 and EZ180 with the price tags of ₹1,790 and ₹1,350, respectively. The EZ240 sports 2.4-inch display and houses 1.3MP rear camera. Other features of the phone include FM recording, FM Alarm, GPRS support, Bluetooth A2DP support, Mobile tracker and LED torch light. It supports dual SIM and dual standby and comes loaded with 1200mAh battery.

On the other hand, Panasonic EZ180 feature phone comes with 1.8 inch display with 128 x 160 pixels resolution and packs an internal memory which can be expanded by up to 16 GB with microSD card. Other features include 0.3MP camera, Indian Calendar, FM recording, FM Alarm, GPRS support, A2DP Bluetooth support, Mobile tracker and LED torch light.

(Edited by Anu James)