Asus Padfone officially announced!

Asus’ re-entry to the smartphone market (after a failed partnership with Garmin) is highlighted by their flagship Android handset called the Asus Padfone, an ICS smartphone that transforms into a tablet.

First unveiled in Computex back in May 2011, the Asus Padfone is a combination of a tablet that’s powered by a detachable Android phone.

Asus didn’t have full specifications of the Padfone then.

Asus Padfone specs:
4.3″ Super AMOLED display @ 540×960 pixels
Qualcomm MSM 8960 Snapdragon S4 Krait 1.5GHz dual-core
Adreno 225 GPU
1GB RAM
16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
HSPA+ 42Mbps
8MP autofocus camera
GPS w/ aGPS support
1520mAh Li-Ion battery
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

The handset itself is also pretty thin at just 9.2mm. The Padfone comes with a 10.1-inch tablet which you an tuck inside (from the back) and turns the whole set up into one large ICS tablet.

The Padfone comes with only 1520mAh battery but states the tablet adds 5x more battery life to the handset. There’s also an optional keyboard dock which is sold separately (much like the Asus Transformer).

We expect Asus to release the Padfone this April but we’re not sure it that includes the Philippines.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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19 Comments

aedos says:

13 years ago

works separately? or the tab works only when the phone is inserted?
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Neuee says:

13 years ago

“the Asus Padfone is a combination of a tablet thatâ€™s powered by a detachable Android phone”

it means the phone is the main hardware

didn’t mention the stylus also doubles as a phone receiver :P
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JmBalicano says:

13 years ago

The tablet only works when the phone is docked inside it.
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Marc says:

13 years ago

WOW! Very unique! Now this got me thinking if i should wait more months for this or just get Asus Prime when fresh stocks arrive.
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adfhjlkasdhfjkl says:

13 years ago

now if they can do something like that once windows 8 is released, then I’m sold.
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Roegan Taron says:

13 years ago

I smell a patent infringement comin’ up. That Padfone looks like an iPhone. A great looking iPhone too!
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roiji says:

13 years ago

it also transforms into a laptop too!

phone -> tablet -> laptop

I can’t wait for Ubuntu for Android on this thing!
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iRonzkie says:

13 years ago

Quad Core is better than this. I think i should wait for the next version like Asus Prime, though all i can is WOW!!!very Unique as usual.. Great Job Asus..You made me thinking twice to choose between you and MSi Gaming Laptop.. hahahaha! ^_^
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iRonzkie says:

13 years ago

Quad Core is better than this. I think i should wait for the next version like Asus Prime, though all i can is WOW!!!very Unique as usual.. Great Job Asus..You made me thinking twice to choose BRAND between you and MSi Gaming Laptop.. hahahaha! ^_^
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noni says:

13 years ago

well if you have done some googling. thepadfone processor the snapdragon s4 dual core beats the tegra 3 quad core. because the snapdragon s4 uses the new cpu architecture cortex A15 while the tegra 3 uses the old cpu architecture cortex A9. it does not translate more cores to being better.
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Marc says:

13 years ago

And hows that translate into real world performance? Is the difference significant enough to be noticed? No synthetic benchmarks pls.tnx
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Donna says:

13 years ago

Still no news for the release date here in the Phil? Thinking too much of getting the T.Prime or the PadFone. :)
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ZeKeR says:

13 years ago

either it will be delayed here (I’m thinking by July or August) or not at all (Eee Slate, why?) in cases, but lets hope that it will come here. this thing is quite handy for those who have a little trouble reading the letters in the phone.
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Ernie says:

13 years ago

do you have update on when it is comming?
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Pan Cit says:

12 years ago

I emailed ASUSTek and their representative said that PadFone will not be released on Philippine market. :(
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