ASUS had earlier given us a preview of a device that incorporated a smartphone and a tablet. The Padfone has been officially announced today which is made up of a 4.3 inch smartphone and a 10.1 inch tablet.
The phone will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 with 1GB of RAM and a 4.3 inch 960×540 Super AMOLED screen. When you dock the phone in to the tablet, it powers it up. The tablet has a 10.1 inch display, has various ports and uses the phone’s 8MP camera and has a front camera for video chats.
Specs for the phone half of ASUS’ Padfone:
- WCDMA 900/2100MHz
- EDGE/GPS 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- HSPA+ 21/5.76Mbps (42Mbps Optional)
- Android 4.0 (ICS)
- Snapdragon S4 (dual-core Krait) with Adreno 225 GPU
- 1GB LPDDR2 RAM + 16 – 64GB eMMC NAND
- 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB 2.0
- 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD (960 x 540)
- Rear Camera: 8MP F2.2, AF with LED Flash
- Front Camera: VGA
- Motion sensor, proximity light sensor, gyro sensor, e-compass
- 1520mAh Li-ion
- microSD expansion slot (SDHC/SDXC up to 32GB)
- Dimensions: 128mm x 65.4mm x 9.2mm
- Weight: 129g
Specs gained by the Padfone when docked into the tablet:
- Micro USB + Micro HDMI
- 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 display with Capacative Touch
- Rear Camera: 8MP (via Padfone rear camera)
- Front Camera: 1.3MP (1280 x 800)
- Vibration sensor, 2 color LED indicators for battery status
- 24.4Whr Battery
- 2-in-1 audio jack, 40-pin connector
- Phone/GPS
- Dimensions: 273mm x 176.9mm x 13.65mm (h-average)
- Weight: 724g
No info about the availability or price, so that leaves us nowhere once again. We’ll let you know if there is any more info about the Padfone.