Panasonic joins the smartphone race


Lumix PhoneIn a certain shocker, Panasonic announced that they would be joining the international smart phone race, even as word of the upcoming Lumix phone is prevalent in the dingy gossipy corners of the industries alleys.

Panasonic dropped out of the international mobile phone manufacturing industry in 2006, and many are surprised at their return so soon.

The Japanese company is hoping to launch a line of smart phone in Japan in 2011 and a year later, push some of it in to the rest of the world. The company’s phones were available only in Japan for the last four years, since 2006. But it looks like they are ready to stretch themselves outside the country once again.

Panasonic Lumix PhoneThey would be powering their devices with the Android system which is another reason for anticipation. Details about their upcoming devices are slim and scare, but many anticipate its release soon.

Business Analysis Experts state that the brand in questions – Panasonic, is bound to triple the volume of their sales with this new development. Panasonic sell around 5.5 million devices in Japan (as estimated in March 2011) and are however expected to grow to roughly around 15 million units of sale in 2015 by catering to the international market.

It is hard to tell how the Panasonic models will do against brands like the iPhone that has dominated the mobile market, however one can never actually tell.