The camera can make calls, use Panasonic's Leica lens

Lumix CM1 owns 4.7 inch Full HD screen, Android 4.4, but the camera features a one-inch sensor and Leica lens mechanical shutter.

Panasonic Lumix CM1.

Panasonic's latest product line of its popular camera is the Lumix but in the form of a genuine smartphone. Each failed to enter the smartphone market with the Eluga two years ago but this comeback, the Japanese manufacturer has decided to promote the strengths photography to new heights for the CM1. This model weighs only 204 grams and 21 mm thin, the design parameters of the capital just for the usual smartphone.

Lumix CM1 features a sensor size of 1 inch image resolution up to 20 megapixels, similar to some high-end compact cameras is the Sony RX100 Nikon 1. Never use the line or there, there CM1 Leica lens with a large aperture of f / 2.8 and a mechanical shutter system and manual adjustment rings like a conventional camera models. Interestingly, while shooting, the lens protrudes behind but not to zoom. Machine only true shooting at a focal length (zoom number) and within only used to adjust focus.

The rest of the CM1 proved not inferior to many high-end smartphones on the market with a 4.7 inch screen Full HD, quad-core Snapdragon processor speed of 2.3 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of internal memory expansion card slot, the maximum capacity to 128 GB good support for 4K video recording capabilities of the machine standards. Products run the Android 4.4 operating system.

2,600 mAh battery CM1, pretty good size with a 4.7-inch smartphone, but by more advanced imaging features, duration of use may not be as good as the smartphone equivalent on the market.

Panasonic will sell CM1 ago in France and Germany for 900 euros (24.8 million). This will be the second market test customer reaction before Panasonic intends to sell globally.

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