Panasonic Eluga S Mini selfie phone rolled out

Panasonic has released the smaller version of its selfie smartphone Eluga S in the Indian market. Named Eluga S Mini, the new smartphone is priced at Rs 8,990.

Like it bigger sibling, the new Eluga S Mini also comes with the Blink Play feature that enables the device to capture selfies with the blink of an eye.

Though its name carries the 'mini' tag, its screen size is 4.7-inch, making it only 0.3-inch smaller than that of Eluga S.

On the hardware and software front, Panasonic Eluga S Mini shares all other features with the original model.

Eluga S Mini sports a 720X1080p display resolution and packs a 1.4GHz MediaTek octa-core processor and 1GB RAM under the hood. It comes with 8GB internal storage and supports microSD card slots of up to 32GB for expansion.

The phone has a 1,980mAh battery and runs Android 4.4 KitKat and has connectivity options like 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.

Pankaj Rana, business head, mobility division, Panasonic India, said, "Indian customers desire multiple options for whatever they start liking, we worked on the consumer demand and came up with a Mini version of ELUGA S."