After releasing the 3 in 1 gadget namely Padfone, the company continues its innovation by unveiling the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 tablet. This only comes as two device modes namely Android tablet computer and laptop. Thus, let’s have a look at the following technical specifications overview of Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 to reveal its differences with the predecessor and also to know the benefits and disadvantages.
Design
In terms of design, you will see that the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 comes with the innovative detachable screen concept. So, whenever you want to use this device as the tablet PC you will just need to release it from the mobile dock that consists of standard QWERTY keyboard and track pad. Or else, do the opposite way to utilize it as the Android laptop. The tablet measures 263 x 180.8 x 8.5 mm and weighs about 586 grams. As the comparison, the device is certainly slimmer and lighter than the new generation of iPad.
The display measures 10.1 inches capacitive touchscreen with the high screen resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and 224 ppi of pixel density. The display has also been backed up by Super IPS+LCD and Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Protection. With this display technology, the device should provide the excellent brightness and has less sunlight reflection for the outdoor use.
General Performance
For the performance booster, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 comes packed with the quad-core 1.6 Ghz Cortex A9 (Nvidia Tegra 3) combined with the 1 GB of RAM. The processor is okay but the RAM can be considered to be insufficient enough especially for performing the better web browsing as well as running heavy applications or even multitasking. Towards the operating system, you will be given the latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) along with the ASUS Waveshare user interface. For storing data files, there will be the internal storage of 32 GB with the microSD card slot for the memory expansion up to 32/64 GB. For the power supplier, the standard battery of Li-Po (25Wh) is added which can deliver the talk-time of up to 10 hours.
Camera
The tablet comes packed with 8 megapixels camera with 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, single-LED flash geo-tagging feature. In the front side, there will be the 2 megapixels camera for video calls. These specs are fairly the highest specs that you can get from the quad-core tablet especially when compared to the ZTE Optik, Ainol Novo 7 and Pantech Element.
Data Access and Connectivity
Since this device doesn’t support for GSM voice communication (GPRS), SMS as well as MMS, then you will only need to use the Wi-Fi connection in order to access the web or internet. The default web browser supports for HTML5 and also Adobe Flash so that it can deliver the PC-like web browsing experience. For the local connection, you will be given the latest Bluetooth v4.0 (A2DP) along with the microUSB port v2.0.
Price and Bottom Line
The price of Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 is $599 (32 GB) or $699 (64 B). The advantages of this tablet are quad-core processor with Tegra 3, compact design, good display visibility in outdoor and decent camera specs. The downsides will be the inadequate RAM, heavy-weight body and no SIM card support. [IS]
