After waiting for so long, and about after 4 months of its official launch, ASUS has announced the launch of its Tegra 3 powered Transformer Prime tablet in India. The Transformer Prime is said to be the first tablet to have a quad-core processor on-board.
Initially the tablet will run on Android 3.2 Honeycomb but an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be released very soon. The Transformer Prime is a 10.1 inch device and has some awesome specs. Read on for more.
Initially the tablet will run on Android 3.2 Honeycomb but an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be released very soon. The Transformer Prime is a 10.1 inch device and has some awesome specs. Read on for more.
The specs of the Transformer Prime are:
- Will run on Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb onboard, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update once available
- 10-inch, 1280 x 800 IPS screen with 178-degree viewing angles and Gorilla
- Glass ruggedness
- 8MP rear camera with LED flash and auto-focus, 1.2MP front camera.
- Video recording at 1080p
- Just 0.33 inch thick
- microSD card slot
- 3.5mm audio jack, and micro HDMI slot
- 18 hours of battery backup
- Attachable keyboard that turns the tablet into a laptop.
ASUS has priced the 64 GB version at Rs. 49,999 and this will include the full QWERTY attachable dock which is transforms the tablet to a great extend. At this price, going by the specs, combined with the detachable dock, the Transformer Prime is a great buy.