Asus PadFone price and features

The Asus PadFone is a dynamic device which can power your tablet and convert it into a laptop! Did your jaw just drop? Read on to know more about this flabbergasting computing device...

The Asus PadFone is basically a blank tablet - till you slide your phone into the dock at the rear. It is then transformed into a tablet.  If you attach an external keyboard to the keyboard dock, you get a laptop. What you get are two pieces - a PadFone and a PadFone station - with one data plan. Super! The Asus PadFone has all the usual media features too - audio, video, camera - and messaging & browsing features.

Furthermore, thanks to its inbuilt technology, the images & text on the screen are automatically adjusted to be displayed on the larger screen  when it is placed into the PadFone Station.

Technical specifications of Asus PadFone

• Platform: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 8260A Dual-Core 1.5 GHz
• Weight: The PadFone is 129 g (with battery) while the PadFone Station is 724 g 
• Memory: 1 GB LPDDR2 RAM
• Storage capacity: 16GB/32GB/64GBGB eMMc Flash  // 32GB free ASUS Webstorage for 3 years  
• Memory slot: Micro-SD card
• Display: The Padfone is 4.3" and the Padfone Station is 10.1"

• Battery: The PadFone has a 1520 mAh Lithium battery, while the PadFone Station is powered by a 24.4 Whr/6600 mAh Lithium battery
• Standby time: 360 /370 hours(2G/3G)
• Talk time: 480 /940 mins(2G/3G)
• Camera: The PadFone has a front 0.3mp camera + a rear 8mp Auto Focus LED Flash F2.2 Aperture with 5 -element lens. The PadFone Station has a front 1.3mp camera

 Asus PadFone station includes:  

• 3.5 mm audio jack,40pin connector
• Micro-USB / Micro-HDMI
• Phone Antenna / GPS Antenna
• High Quality Speakers, SonicMaster

 






Price of Asus PadFone in India
At present, the Asus PadFone will be available initially in Europe only (most likely in Italy first) at the end of May. It would probably cost nearly €700.

Using an online currency converter, I discovered that the cost of the Asus Padfone in Indian rupees (INR) would be Rs. 48,353.56p. This will include the Padfone docking station, but not the keyboard for which you will need to pay extra to the tune of about €149 (that would be Rs.10,290.89p). A very very expensive hybrid computing device!!

For further information on any Asus product, customers in India can call: 1800-2090365