Panasonic Eluga Turbo launched at Rs 10,999; 5 Inch, 13MP camera

Panasonic launches the Eluga Turbo smartphone in India for a price of Rs 10,999. The device will be available in a blue color variant, exclusively on Snapdeal via flash sales. However, there is no specific date mentioned for the sale.

In terms of specifications, the Panasonic Eluga Turbo will feature a 5-inch HD display, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and with a 1280 x 710 pixel resolution. It is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core processor paired with 3GB RAM. It includes an internal storage of 32GB which can be further expanded via microSD card. The Dual SIM smartphone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop.

On the camera front, the device comes equipped with a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording and a 5MP front-facing camera. In terms of connectivity, the smartphone includes 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. A 2350mAh battery completes the package.

Recently, Panasonic announced that it has developed freeze-ray, an Optical Disc-Based Data Archive System in collaboration with Facebook. By collaborating with Facebook, Panasonic was able to design freeze-ray to meet the growing demand for more efficient and sustainable ways to store and access cold data — infrequently or never accessed data stored for the long term — in the world’s data centers.

The freeze-ray solution reduces data center operating costs and energy use with strong data integrity. This data archiving solution provides optimal cold storage for protecting data integrity and reducing costs in data centers thanks to the special characteristics of optical discs, including their longevity, immutability, backward compatibility, low power consumption and tolerance to environmental changes.