11:16 PM
Diana D'Cruz
Asus Padfone was surprised with this hybrid device that offers to "transform" a smartphone into a tablet. Rather than transformation, it is actually inserted into a slot in this smartphone tablet dock. The latter then works with the smartphone's hardware but has its own battery. A two in one that could even act netbook with the keyboard with the first proposed Padfone. It has not been discussed with the Padfone 2.
Exit the dual-core processor of the first draft, Asus has opted for a SoC Snapdragon CPU with quad core clocked at 1.5 GHz. It is supported by 2 GB of RAM. The terminal can display 1280 by 720 pixels on its screen Super IPS + 4.7 inches . It is also equipped with a main camera sensor with 13 megapixels . A burst mode allows you to take 100 photos continuously at a rate of six per second. It is also possible to shoot 1080p at 30 fps or 720p at 60 fps. 1.2 megapixel camera A is also present on the front. The tablet allows her to display 1280 by 800 pixels on its screen 10.1 inches . Big disappointment on this last point, since it is only slightly higher than the screen of the smartphone, which has a much higher resolution ( dpi 149.4 for tablet screen against 312.5 dpi for screen smartphone ) . It is thinner and much lighter ( 649 grams for the tablet with smartphone ) than the previous model.
Regarding connectivity, the Padfone 2 is compatible with DC-HSPA + allowing a theoretical speed maximum (download) 42 Mb / s, while the compatibility 4G LTE provides up to 100 Mb / s. This new version of the Padfone is compatible with WiFi a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and GPS compatible with aGPS.
Asus refers to a range of 16 hours in audio communication via the 3G network, while it rises to 36 hours when the smartphone is inserted into the dock tablet. Battery 5000 mAh tablet also charges the battery of 2140 mAh smartphone.
The Padfone 2 is available in black and white, and in versions with 32 GB and 64 GB of internal flash memory (which must be added 50 GB Asus WebStorage, the cloud service is free for two years). They are respectively proposed tariffs of € 799 and € 899 (plus all smartphone dock / tablet) in December in Europe (Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Swuède) and Asia. It is not expected in France in the first place.
The other downside is that it runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and not 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is finally his hunger with this new version of the Padfone. The concept remains attractive. But the high price, the feeble resolution of the tablet and the lack of keyboard somewhat spoil the picture.
