Well, it’s been coming for months, but now it’s finally been made official; the phone that Panasonic have been looking to release in Europe has finally been officially unveiled, and it still looks gorgeous. However, to counterbalance that karmically, it now also has, according to their own press release (Google-translated link) a silly name.
Yes, it’s called the Panasonic Eluga…
Right, so, we know it has a name that sounds like something you’d pull out of your nose, then. That’s kinda sub-optimal, really, so the phone is going to have to be that much better, just for me to be able to get past the name. So, does it do enough for me to say it’s worth looking at?
Weeeeeeeell, if I’m honest, I’m not sure that it does, ‘cos the specs are good, but not outstanding (except for one very cool bit that I’ll get to in a minute). The processor this thing has is a 1GHz dual-core chip, and that seems a bit tame in a world where the HTC Sensation XE exists. Furthermore, the screen, although it measures 4.3 inches, only has a qHD resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, and that seems a bit tame in a world where phones like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus have got full 720p HD screens.
Also, the camera still hasn’t got a flash, which is a rather big letdown.
However, there is one brilliant bit in the list of specs, and that’s the bit where it confirms the phone is dust and water-resistant. Yes, it’s a phone that could be approaching the toughness of Sonim’s range, while still only being 7.8mm thick.
And no matter how tame the other specs are, or how stupid the name is, that is brilliant…
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