Asus PadFone Smartphone Review

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PadFone is a newly launched phone that provides complete functionality of a Smartphone and can also be used as a tablet or a notebook. The introduction of PadFone by Asus has brought revolution in the market. The design of the PadFone is threefold that has the phone, a tablet-like docking station called the PadFone Station and the keyboard dock that looks similar to Transformer tablets. The screen is made of Gorilla Glass and the body is made of alumnium and the look of the phone is really nice. For connectivity there's a microUSB port, microHDMI, and three contacts for the docking station. the PadFone Station is nothing more than a tablet without the innards and comes with a 10.1 inch HD display. It runs on Android 4.0.3 operating system. The PadFone is powered by a Qualcomm S4 MSM8960 SoC running at 1.5GHz. This dual-core CPU is based on the new 28nm ‘Krait’ architecture and features the Adreno 225 for graphics. The media player is quite good. The phone is a quad-band GSM device, but supports only two bands for 3G: 900 and 1200. Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth but no NFC. It comes with 16GB internal storage which can be expanded to 32 GB. It has a 8MP camera with LED Flash. The PadFone only has a VGA front camera and the station comes with a 1.3MP cam, so for video chats. The phone is priced at Rs. 65,000 which makes it the most expensive Smartphone and is just average in terms of performance, especially the battery.