Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Asus official release Padfone 2 with a higher spec and lighter
Padfone 2nd generation Asus officially introduced yesterday October 16 and his plans to be released the first in Taiwan and Milan two weeks after its introduction in Taipei, Taiwan. Specifications at this time will be much different from the previous generation, and design for the Padfone tablet 2 will also much different from the size and weight.
Padfone smartphone devices will use a screen size of 4.7 inches 720p IPS + Super with technology IGZO Sharp, on the processor now uses Snapdragon S4Pro APQ8064 1.5GHz quad-core with 2GB of RAM capacity and fix battery 2.14mAh. Padfone 2 also features a high-resolution rear camera that is 13MP Sony sensor technology, this camera is claimed to be able to record 1080p video at 30fps and 720p at 60fps, and the other advantage is being able to take more than 100 images continuously with a full-resolution. While at the front supplied 1.2MP camera for video-calls.
As for the Padfone tablet 2 will be obvious differences in design, ranging from docking smartphone previously located on the back is no longer available, due to be repositioned in the center shaped like a slot. The resolution of this tablet will remain the same that is 1280 × 800, the capacity of the battery is a bit changed from the previous 6600mAh become 5000mAh, Asus change these features in order to get a docking Padfone 2 being thinner and lighter, but the battery smartphone will look bigger than previous devices.
If we look at the overall weight of the device will be much lighter than its predecessor that weighs 854g, while the 2 Padfone smartphone own weight and the weight is 135g tablet is 514g, the weight of the two devices is 649g. Other specifications offered are connections LTE, NFC, GPS with GLONASS support, Bluetooth 4.0, and a 13-pin connector that supports Micro USB 2.0 and MHL.
The operating system used is Android 4.0.4 which can be upgraded to 4.1 Jelly Bean. For the affairs pricing, Asus provides 3 variants: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB with prices which began from USD 620 to USD 750.