This year itself, Panasonic launched its Eluga Arc handset for Rs 12,490. Although its specification is entry-level smartphone, the company has tried to give something new to the user for safety by giving fingerprint sensors. It is also good in appearance. Come to you Panasonic Eluga Arc Explains in detail about this through review.
Look and design
The most important feature of Eluga Arc is the design that we liked. The front glass is slightly curved on the edges. It gives a stylish look to the phone to a great extent. The phone is not a metal build, but its plastic unibody gave us a feeling of metal. Clearly, it is a great smartphone to appear from every angle.
Its size also goes in favor of the phone. The screen of Eluga Arc is 4.7 inches. Because of this, it is easy to hold and grip the phone in the hands. Power and volume buttons are at the top on the right. Micro-USB port is present at the bottom. The sim tray is on the left side. And at IR Emitra and 3.5mm socket top.
There is a speaker in the back of the phone. Apart from this, cameras, flash and fingerprint sensors have also been given a place on the rear part. The phone is always active when switch is turned on. As a result you can unlock the phone directly with standby mode. The fingerprint sensor can store five fingerprints at a time. It is very easy to use. It was very accurate and worked almost every time, but it is not very fast. You will realize that it takes some time to keep the fingers on the fingerprint sensor and unlock the phone.
The screen of Panasonic Eluga Arc is with an IPS LCD panel with 720×1280 pixels resolution. It is neither too bright nor too sharp. The color tone is slightly strange. If you are going to use your phone for gaming and video, then Eluga arch is not the best option for you.
Specification and software
Although its price is close to Rs 11,000, but you will generally find the specification of Panasonic Eluga Arc in more cheap phones. It uses a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset, which is two years old. But it is known for low battery consumption. It also has 2 GB of RAM. Inbuilt storage is 16 GB (microSD card support up to 32 GB) and is equipped with a 1800 mAh battery.
The primary sim slot of this dual sim phone supports 4G. It has Wi-Fi B/G/N, Bluetooth 4.0, USB OTG and FM radio connectivity features. You will also get a 5 watt charger in the handset box. It is not a competent charger from anywhere.
The phone runs on Android 5.1 on which the custom interface has been used. You will have a standard lollipop launcher and fit home to use. We liked Lollipop Launcher because we are accustomed to using it. This does not mean that Panasonic has its own fit home interface bad. The company has kept it very simple. Settings are very basic, that is, you will not be able to gain too much control on your phone.
Panasonic Eluga Arc uses Swiftki or Android keyboard. Apart from this, WPS office is present to read and edit the document. There are many useless apps on the phone, the good thing is that you will be able to remove most of these. Only 11 GB internal storage will be available for use. In such a situation, you will need a microSD card. It is to be known that the phone comes with a hybrid SIM slot, that is, you will not be able to use another SIM card on increasing storage.
Camera
The Panasonic Eluga arch has an 8 -megapixel primary and a 5 -megapixel front camera. Both cameras will be able to record videos of 1080 pixels resolution from both cameras. You get a flash with a rear camera. Let us tell you that Panorama and Slow-Motion Video Mode are not given in the phone’s default camera app. You will be able to use it for regular photos and videos. There is a pro mode from which you get more control on photos. We tried to use the third party camera app, but the phone app either does not allow the camera to access, or it crashes again and again.
The camera takes pictures of average quality in daylight. Colors are dull and there is also a lack of details. Pictures are granny and they cannot be called anything other than satisfactory. There is no detail in pictures even in good light inside the houses. Photos appear out of focus. At this stage noys and grains are more visible.
It is better to say anything about the pictures taken in low light. According to us, it was the worst output ever in this price range. The same can be said about video output. The output of this phone is not around the output of the rest of the smartphone with a range of Rs 10,000.
Performance
Panasonic Eluga Arc was the most disappointed in terms of performance. As long as this phone remained with us, there was frequent crash. This also happened in a simple and less difficult task. We cannot say that this problem is only with our review unit.
When the phone does not crash, it moves very slow. Unlocking the phone, using interfaces, running apps and browsing internet, everything is slow. Based on the results of the benchmark test, we can say that almost all the smartphones of this price range were better than this handset of Panasonic.
The call quality is satisfactory. The sound coming from the rear speaker is a bit weak. The phone supports 4G network and is usually connected to 4G network. Eluga Arc’s battery lasted for 8 hours 9 minutes in our video loop test. In common use, it was barely able to last for the whole day.
Our decision
Panasonic Eluga arch is good in appearance and its build quality is also good. Its size will draw many users towards itself. We cannot say anything more than this in praise of the phone. Screen, performance, software, battery life and camera, it is an average device in every department. We cannot suggest you to buy this phone at this price because even better options are available.
The biggest problem is that the phone is not reliable. It used to crash repeatedly while performing a small task. At a lower price than you Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 ,Review) It will be found which is a better device.