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Asus PadFone family updated with PadFone mini; Priced at Rs 15,999

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:59:05 +0000

Asus PadFone is an unusual product category. It’s a hybrid with the Phone and a tablet enjoying a symbiotic relationship. The PadFone series has a Smartphone that can be docked upon a tablet, sharing the resources. The PadFone Mini was originally launched earlier this year at CES 2014 but makes the debut in India now at the fag end of the year. The dual-SIM Mini features a 4-inch WVGA (480×800-pixel) IPS+ display, that can be docked on tablet that comes with a 7-inch WXGA (1280×800-pixel) IPS+ display. The PadFone mini is powered by a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2560 processor and 1GB of LPDDR2 RAM and 8GB of internal storage with an option for external memory card. The Mini runs on Android Jelly Bean but the company states it will get a KitKat treatment. The Android though is given Asus own ‘Zen UI’ makeover which is also found in the company’s ZenFone series of Smartphone. The camera specs includes an 8-megapixel rear camera with a f/2.0 BSI lens from Sony with a five element lens set up and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The camera mode include HDR (High Dynamic Range), PanoSphere, Smart Remove and All Smiles along with burts shot modes. The smartphone gets a 1,170mAh non-removable battery while the tablet dock features an additional 2,100mAh non-removable polymer battery with a combined battery juice of 3,270mAh. The 4-inch Smartphone is sleek and boasts a thickness of 6.3mm, while the tablet measures 11.2mm. The phone weighs in at 116 grams, while the tablet dock weighs 260 grams with a combined weight of 376gms. The PadFone mini will be available in Black, Blue, Red, White and Yellow.

Asus PadFone Mini specifications

Phone: 4″ 800*480 IPS+ Panel
Pad: 7” 1280*800 IPS+ Panel
CPU	Intel Atom Z2560 (1.6 GHz)
RAM	1G LPDDR2
Storage	8G EMMC (Up to 64GB Micro SD Support)
WLAN	802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct
BT	BT 4.0
Camera	Front: 2M
Camera	Rear: 8M with Auto Focus
OS	Android Jelly Bean 4.3 (Upgradable to Android KitKat 4.4)
Warranty	1 Year India
Connectivity	3G Embedded/ Voice Calling
Sensor	G-sensor/ E-compass/ Proximity Sensor
Battery	Phone: 1170 mAh Lithium Pad: 2100 mAh Lithium
I/O Port	Micro SIM/ Micro SD/ Micro USB
Unique Features	2-in-1 Phone + Tablet Design; Dual SIM support
Weight	Phone: 116 g Pad: 260 g

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Asus PadFone family updated with PadFone mini; Priced at Rs 15,999

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:59:05 +0000

Asus PadFone Mini specifications

Phone: 4″ 800*480 IPS+ Panel
Pad: 7” 1280*800 IPS+ Panel
CPU	Intel Atom Z2560 (1.6 GHz)
RAM	1G LPDDR2
Storage	8G EMMC (Up to 64GB Micro SD Support)
WLAN	802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct
BT	BT 4.0
Camera	Front: 2M
Camera	Rear: 8M with Auto Focus
OS	Android Jelly Bean 4.3 (Upgradable to Android KitKat 4.4)
Warranty	1 Year India
Connectivity	3G Embedded/ Voice Calling
Sensor	G-sensor/ E-compass/ Proximity Sensor
Battery	Phone: 1170 mAh Lithium Pad: 2100 mAh Lithium
I/O Port	Micro SIM/ Micro SD/ Micro USB
Unique Features	2-in-1 Phone + Tablet Design; Dual SIM support
Weight	Phone: 116 g Pad: 260 g

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Asus to unveil Phone + Tablet = Padfone on 27th February at WMC

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:50:01 +0000

reports, Asus has confirmed that the product would be officially released on 27th February at World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Between the official announcement last year and now the product seems to have been fine tuned, redesigned and also infused more power both to the layers of software and hardware since the tablets are gaining faster grounds and leaping ahead in technology. Asus has always been a frontrunner when it comes to tablet innovation and it would be interesting to see how consumers react to this new device. The following pic shows how the phone would dock into the backside of the tablet – quiet neatly.

So what is a Padfone ?

Basically you have a 10.1″ tablet and a 4.3″ Asus Smart phone. As you see in the picture above, the tablet has a slot in the rear for the phone to plug into it. Once plugged in, the tablet uses the phone’s processing power while the phone derives the charge from the tablet’s battery. So the tablet in real sense would be only a screen and a battery built-in. Expected to sport latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich and powered by Tegra 3 processor, Padfone is indeed a real out of box innovation. Since all the content would be stored in your phone, you don’t have to bother about syncing between devices. Another advantage Asus is looking at it cost cutting, since the hardware are shared and the tablet shell holds only the display and the battery. How far the cost sharing advantage would be? We have to wait and watch. So what you think? Would you pad up to this Padfone?]]>