Presented by ASUS PadFone 2

ASUSTeK Computer introduced the second generation of the ASUS PadFone smartphone in Taipei.

The smartphone has an enlarged display with enhanced image quality and a diagonal of 4.7 inches, Super IPS + technology, Sharp IGZO, and the resolution is 720p. The screen protects the glass Corning Fit Glass (the same is used in the tablet Nexus 7).


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There is a 13-megapixel f / 2.4 camera with a BSI-sensor from Sony and a 1.2-megapixel front camera.

The device runs on a quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064 chip and is equipped with the Android operating system version of Ice Cream Sandwich , but ASUS promises an upgrade to Jelly Bean.

• The smartphone has an NFC system, as well as it is able to work in the networks of the third and fourth generation WCDMA (900/2100 MHz) and LTE (800/1800/2600 MHz).
• 2 GB of RAM, 16, 32 or 64 GB of flash memory
• Battery capacity of 2140 mAh
• There is no memory card slot, the company offers 50 GB for two years on the ASUS WebStorage cloud service as an “excuse”.
• micro-SIM

• PadFone Station tablet has become much thinner.
• There is a 10.1-inch IPS-display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels
• The battery capacity of the tablet 5000 mAh (compared to 6600 mAh of the first version of ASUS PadFone)

In Taiwan, the device in the black version will be available next week, the white version will appear a little later.
The cost varies from about 620 to 750 US dollars (for the Taiwanese market), depending on the amount of internal memory.