Taipei - Asus seemed rather in a hurry to introduce Padfone 2. Therefore, the distance between this second generation tablet smartphone with initial Padfone also accompanied by keyboard actually not too far away.
"Because the virtual keyboard on the Padfone 2 is better, so it no longer needed a physical keyboard. Addition, many other features improvements in this second generation tablet smartphone," said Chang told a number of media including our ina, after the launch Padfone 2 in Taipei, Taiwan.
According to Jeff Chang, Product Manager of Asus Padfone, Padfone 2 is the result of improved first generation Padfone. If Padfone 2 only using smartphones and tablets, Padfone early on there is also a physical keyboard which makes it the product 3-in-1.
With the presence of these 2 Padfone, Asus ina who met on the sidelines of the launch of the Padfone 2 has signaled his first Padfone will lower prices for adjustment, though not sure how much later after the two entered ina Padfone.
In ina, Padfone first generation was introduced last July and have not been marketed though it was priced at around 7.9 million.
In the first generation Padfone, the smartphone is already using a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, ultra-sharp digital camera 8 MP with Fuji image processor, F/2.2 aperture, and a 5-element lens .
Mobile phone with Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now screwed into the dock Padfone Station will also automatically turn into a tablet-sized 10.1-inch screen is capable of presenting a longer talk time, up to 63 hours. DynamicDisplay technology enables seamless transition between the screen and the Padfone tablet Padfone Station.
Then, if in Taipei this product has an option sold separately between smartphone and tablet docks, while the entire product ina Padfone will be sold one package.
In Taiwan, the price of the 16 GB smartphone priced at 17,901 NTD, NTD 19 901 32 GB, and 64 GB 21,901 NTD. If you want to add to dock the tablet, it needs extra cost 6,000 NTD. NTD rates 1 alone is equivalent to 350.
While Padfone smartphone at 2 with 4.7 inch screen and a powerful quad-core processor uses Ice Cream Sandwich operating system 4.0 which can be upgraded to OS Jelly Bean.
The design of this mobile phone are rather large at the top and thinner at the lower end with a thickness of just 9mm with a weight of 135 grams. While the dock tablet-sized 10.1-inch screen is designed lighter and thinner with a weight of just 649 grams.
In addition, the Padfone Station also offers a docking keyboard is also capable of transforming Padfone into an ultra-portable computing devices, with an extended talk time up to 102 hours longer.
The device also comes Padfone Stylus is a stylus pen headset that serves as a Bluetooth headset to make it easier to receive a phone call. Thus, the user need not dispense from the Padfone smartphone tablet Pad Station when an incoming phone call.
Padfone 2 on the brain Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor (8064 + 9215m) quad-core Cortex A15 class (1.5GHz) with Adreno 320 graphics. Smartphone tablet with a choice of black and white is available in three memory options of 16 GB, 32GB, and 64GB.
On the phone that uses 4.7-inch screen with 1280 x 720 HD Super IPS + technology and anti-scratch Corning Glass Fit.
If both are combined, then all the activity going on in the phone will automatically switch to the tablet PC is seamless and tailored to the size of the screen in a tablet.
Age also claimed battery life longer than previous generations. Smartphone tablet that uses a 2140 mAh battery, offering 16 hours of talk time while working on 3G networks and can be increased three-fold when the tablet is plugged into the dock station to 36 hours.
If in the first generation Asus Padfone offers WebStorage cloud over 32GB free for three years, in this 2 Asus Padfone offers greater capacity, which is 50 GB. However, the gratisannya only for two years. After that, users have to pay if you want to extend the lease for this virtual storage media.
