Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 is just a little lighter variant of Ray 700. However, it seems good in Camera section. Priced at Rs. 8999, the Ray 500 comes with Dual rear camera setup unlike single camera on Ray 700. Coming out of the box with Android 7.0 Nougat OS, it supports Dual SIM cards with Hybrid slots. The phone is packed inside unibody metal body and features a Fingerprint sensor too in the front for better security of the device and data stored on it.
The new Ray 500 features a 5 inch HD IPS Oncell 2.5D curved glass display with NEG2 Glass protection and offers 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. The phone is powered by 1.25 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor along with Mali-T720 GPU and 3GB of RAM from which you can expect faster performance and smoother multitasking. In terms of storage, it carries internal 32GB memory with support of up to 128GB MicroSD card for expansion.
Coming to the camera section, Eluga Ray 500 sports a 13 Megapixel primary rear camera with LED Flash and f/2.0 aperture along with secondary 8 Megapixel camera with wide-angle lens with f/2.4 aperture. For Selfie fans, it has a 5 Megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture. Furthermore, we also get FM Radio with 3.5mm audio jack for nonstop music.
Talking about connectivity, it supports 4G VoLTE with other standard connectivity options such as WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. Panasonic has charged up the phone with 4000mAh battery that can accompany you for over a day in single charge.
Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 Specifications:
- Android 7.0 Nougat OS
- Hybrid Dual SIM support
- Fingerprint sensor
- 5 inch HD IPS Oncell 2.5D curved glass display with NEG2 Glass protection
- 1280 x 720 pixels resolution
- 1.25 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor with Mali-T720 GPU
- 3GB of RAM
- 32GB internal storage memory, Expandable up to 128GB using MicroSD card
- 13 Megapixel primary rear camera with LED Flash and f/2.0 aperture
- Secondary 8 Megapixel camera with wide-angle lens and f/2.4 aperture
- 5 Megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture
- FM Radio with 3.5mm audio jack
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS
- 4000mAh battery
You can make the most out of your Eluga Ray 500 by using some external tools such as its PC Suite which is a computer based free client for the phone. You can download the same from below links along with official Panasonic USB Driver in just one click and that too for free. PC suite not only keeps the phone updated and optimized with latest firmware but also provides better security to each data and information stored on the device by letting you Sync them with PC, Office Outlook as well as with major cloud services including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and more. It is also very helpful when it comes to sharing mobile internet. PC Suite lets you share internet instantly over USB cable in just one click.
Using this small tool, you can also Sync all your videos, music and pictures between phone and PC. Best of all, using this small tool you can Backup the entire phone on PC with all its content including installed application, SD data, files, folders, documents, settings, etc If something goes wrong with the phone, you can Restore it back anytime without loosing even a single file. There’s lots more to do. Similarly, USB Driver is must too because unless your computer finds proper drivers installed, it will just not detect your Panasonic phone. You must also have the same if you want to Root or install any Custom ROM on your Panasonic phone.