The Asus PadFone Overview - The Innovative Three-In-One Gadget
If you are looking for the Android smartphone, tablet and netbook in one product, then the Asus Padfone is going to meet your need. This can be another leading-edge and promising gadget from the Taiwanese company after gaining a great success and response for the Asus Transformer Prime release. This gadget can also be considered as being the first device to feature the hybrid concept. Thus, let-™s take a peek at the following technical specifications of Asus Padfone for your own noticing.
If you are looking for the Android smartphone, tablet and netbook in one product, then the [**Asus Padfone**](http://www.plimbi.com/review/14741/asus-padfone "Asus PadFone - The Innovative Three-In-One Gadget") is going to meet your need. This can be another leading-edge and promising gadget from the Taiwanese company after gaining a great success and response for the [Asus Transformer Prime](http://www.plimbi.com/review/4133/asus-transformer-prime "Lima Alasan Mengapa ASUS Transformer Prime dapat Menggantikan Laptop Anda") release. This gadget can also be considered as being the first device to feature the hybrid concept. Thus, let’s take a peek at the following technical specifications of Asus Padfone for your own noticing.
**Design**
The design of Asus Padfone is basically comprised of smartphone, tablet and netbook which can be very similar with the [Lenovo Ideapad Yoga](http://www.plimbi.com/review/5557/lenovo-ideapad-yoga "Nikmati Ultrabook & Tablet Sekaligus dengan Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga") concept. The difference is that Padfone has the smartphone container at the back side, so that the phone is detachable. The tablet/netbook’s screen measures 10.1 inches capacitive touchscreen with 1280x800 resolution, 16 million colors and multi-touch feature.
The phone itself boasts the 4.3-inch [Super AMOLED](http://www.plimbi.com/review/3691/super-amoled "Display Smartphone Ternama : NOVA Display vs Super AMOLED vs Retina Display vs ClearBlack AMOLED") qHD display with 960×540 pixels and Gorilla Glass technology. Luckily, the tablet has its own power source and then the screen is actually powered by the smartphone. The phone has the dimension of 128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm and body weight of about 129 grams while the tablet is about 595 grams. There will be also the keyboard dock whenever you want to use it as the Android laptop.
**Performance**
The smartphone sports Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) combined with the dual-core 1.5 Ghz Snapdragon S4 processor and 1 GB of RAM. The tablet itself has been loaded with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). When the phone and tablet is joined together, you will have the look of the common [Android 4.0](http://www.plimbi.com/article/6764/sistem-operasi-android "Tips Mengubah Tampilan Android Lawas Seperti Sistem Operasi Android 4.0 ICS") tablet. It means that you can navigate the smartphone directly through the tablet when it is attached. To back up the overall performance, the handset has been added with the standard Lithium-ion battery of 1520 mAh. For the storage space, you will see the microSD card slot on the tablet for additional memory up to 32 GB.
**Camera Spec**
When you operate the Asus Padfone as the smartphone, you will have the 8 megapixels back-camera with the LED flash, Fuji image processor and also the VGA front-facing camera for [video calling](http://www.plimbi.com/review/8295/aplikasi-telepon-internet "Adu Dua Aplikasi Telepon Internet untuk Android: Skype Vs Viber"). On the other hand, the tablet boasts 5 megapixels main camera with 2592x1944 pixels, auto-focus and also geo-tagging features. The tablet also features the 1.3 MP secondary camera for video chats.
**Data and Connectivity**
For the data access, the tablet runs on GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA and also HSUPA networks. The Asus Padfone smartphone works with GPRS, WCDMA, EDGE and HSPA+ network which has the download speeds of up to 42 Mbps. Amazingly, there will be the 1 [SIM](http://www.plimbi.com/review/10604/android-dual-sim "Zyrex OneScribe ZA987, Ponsel Android Dual SIM Indonesia dengan Rasa Tablet") card for the 3 devices functionality included in this gadget. For the wireless connections, you will have the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP) and also the high-speed microUSB v2.0 on the tablet. The advantage contained on the smartphone will be the higher version of Bluetooth which is the 4.0 version.
**Price and Final Thoughts**
The Asus Padfone has been predicted to have the price level of approximately $700. This is really pricey but however you will be given several benefits including the three-in-one gadget with 1 SIM card for 3 devices functionalities and also the super-fast internet speed up to 42 Mbps through the LTE network. [IS]
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If you are looking for the Android smartphone, tablet and netbook in one product, then the [**Asus Padfone**](http://www.plimbi.com/review/14741/asus-padfone "Asus PadFone - The Innovative Three-In-One Gadget") is going to meet your need. This can be another leading-edge and promising gadget from the Taiwanese company after gaining a great success and response for the [Asus Transformer Prime](http://www.plimbi.com/review/4133/asus-transformer-prime "Lima Alasan Mengapa ASUS Transformer Prime dapat Menggantikan Laptop Anda") release. This gadget can also be considered as being the first device to feature the hybrid concept. Thus, let’s take a peek at the following technical specifications of Asus Padfone for your own noticing.
**Design**
The design of Asus Padfone is basically comprised of smartphone, tablet and netbook which can be very similar with the [Lenovo Ideapad Yoga](http://www.plimbi.com/review/5557/lenovo-ideapad-yoga "Nikmati Ultrabook & Tablet Sekaligus dengan Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga") concept. The difference is that Padfone has the smartphone container at the back side, so that the phone is detachable. The tablet/netbook’s screen measures 10.1 inches capacitive touchscreen with 1280x800 resolution, 16 million colors and multi-touch feature.
The phone itself boasts the 4.3-inch [Super AMOLED](http://www.plimbi.com/review/3691/super-amoled "Display Smartphone Ternama : NOVA Display vs Super AMOLED vs Retina Display vs ClearBlack AMOLED") qHD display with 960×540 pixels and Gorilla Glass technology. Luckily, the tablet has its own power source and then the screen is actually powered by the smartphone. The phone has the dimension of 128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm and body weight of about 129 grams while the tablet is about 595 grams. There will be also the keyboard dock whenever you want to use it as the Android laptop.
**Performance**
The smartphone sports Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) combined with the dual-core 1.5 Ghz Snapdragon S4 processor and 1 GB of RAM. The tablet itself has been loaded with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). When the phone and tablet is joined together, you will have the look of the common [Android 4.0](http://www.plimbi.com/article/6764/sistem-operasi-android "Tips Mengubah Tampilan Android Lawas Seperti Sistem Operasi Android 4.0 ICS") tablet. It means that you can navigate the smartphone directly through the tablet when it is attached. To back up the overall performance, the handset has been added with the standard Lithium-ion battery of 1520 mAh. For the storage space, you will see the microSD card slot on the tablet for additional memory up to 32 GB.
**Camera Spec**
When you operate the Asus Padfone as the smartphone, you will have the 8 megapixels back-camera with the LED flash, Fuji image processor and also the VGA front-facing camera for [video calling](http://www.plimbi.com/review/8295/aplikasi-telepon-internet "Adu Dua Aplikasi Telepon Internet untuk Android: Skype Vs Viber"). On the other hand, the tablet boasts 5 megapixels main camera with 2592x1944 pixels, auto-focus and also geo-tagging features. The tablet also features the 1.3 MP secondary camera for video chats.
**Data and Connectivity**
For the data access, the tablet runs on GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA and also HSUPA networks. The Asus Padfone smartphone works with GPRS, WCDMA, EDGE and HSPA+ network which has the download speeds of up to 42 Mbps. Amazingly, there will be the 1 [SIM](http://www.plimbi.com/review/10604/android-dual-sim "Zyrex OneScribe ZA987, Ponsel Android Dual SIM Indonesia dengan Rasa Tablet") card for the 3 devices functionality included in this gadget. For the wireless connections, you will have the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP) and also the high-speed microUSB v2.0 on the tablet. The advantage contained on the smartphone will be the higher version of Bluetooth which is the 4.0 version.
**Price and Final Thoughts**
The Asus Padfone has been predicted to have the price level of approximately $700. This is really pricey but however you will be given several benefits including the three-in-one gadget with 1 SIM card for 3 devices functionalities and also the super-fast internet speed up to 42 Mbps through the LTE network. [IS]
