ASUS unviels the Padfone 2 in Taiwan ahead of official launch

16 October, 2012
Features a faster processor, higher resolution camera, bigger battery and NFC in a thinner and lighter design.

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  • 16 Oct 2012

[deleted post]Apart 4m d battery, pretty top range specs! 13 mp cams r now becoming d trend as is 2 GB RAM! Cool, but jst wish 3000 mAh + batteries wud also become d trend as set by Motorola Droids!

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    • chris
    • 0Fg
    • 16 Oct 2012

    AnonD-40280, 16 Oct 2012Learn to read: Type Super IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscr... morethe "super" part just means the screen is closer to the touch screen overlay, meaning you get better image qaulity

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      • AnonD-68690
      • 6pC
      • 16 Oct 2012

      nice phone but i hate their gimmicks, sucks

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        • AnonD-40280
        • n}r
        • 16 Oct 2012

        Anonymous, 16 Oct 2012it actually comes with super amoled NOT IPS+Learn to read:
        Type Super IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
        Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density)

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          • Anonymous
          • xv7
          • 16 Oct 2012

          How about the keyboard. Will there be one? Is it included?

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            • Anonymous
            • Sgv
            • 16 Oct 2012

            it seems nice.. when you install your phone into the station you have a 3G tablet with its own battery. when you take it out you have your phone + charged from the tablets battery I guess :).

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              • AnonD-59657
              • 2mC
              • 16 Oct 2012

              Why would you want to dock your phone into your tablet PC? This is a big waste of resource!

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                • kavi
                • U@K
                • 16 Oct 2012

                give us a phone, 16 Oct 2012what's with the 4.7" screen Asus?! I want a phone in m... more4" inch max? These are multimedia consumption phones, not fisher price phones! Why not try a 14" inch tv at home, believing that use atleast 25" or tv at home! Asus released smaller phones too, why dont complaint then! I assume that u got this 4" is correct from some closed ui company which advertises with thumb! Wait for another year, they will intro 4.5" screen do some diff marketing campaign for that! Did u really think when that company says 3.5" is perfect size, what about people who believed it so much. The bottom line is, if u dont like a phone, just try to crticize constructively even if u re a fan of other company! Some even said here at forum that side metal looks like apple, just see the pic and comment. Dont be blind!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • v7X
                  • 16 Oct 2012

                  it actually comes with super amoled NOT IPS+

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                    • Anonymous
                    • pBk
                    • 16 Oct 2012

                    Whaaat? No keyboard dock? Ahh now im disapointed.. would have loved to see this running windows 8!

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                      • UDTQ
                      • n9R
                      • 16 Oct 2012

                      AnonD-3664, 16 Oct 2012Any news on when this is available in Europe, UK? Will it b... moreThe Padfone 2 will be officially launched later today. Contracts and such will probably take at least a week before operators takes it into account.

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                        • AnonD-58527
                        • uBS
                        • 16 Oct 2012

                        this is great news.

                        Even Asus knows JB needs 2GB ram quadcore specs to keep it smooth.

                        another flagship model that will finally crush the single core lumia 900 for good in been lag free

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                          • AnonD-3664
                          • Bw1
                          • 16 Oct 2012

                          Any news on when this is available in Europe, UK? Will it be available on contract?

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                            • P@1
                            • 16 Oct 2012

                            it also have IGZO Tech from SHARP.. I'll wait for the bechmark of this phone..

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                              • XXXtreme
                              • 3RN
                              • 16 Oct 2012

                              first hd phone who looks premium !!!

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                                • Karl
                                • M1w
                                • 16 Oct 2012

                                PesPlanus, 16 Oct 2012If such a device comes with WP8, I would've bought it as so... more You Cant compare wp with open Android!!!!

                                My Wp is so limited if you compare with Adnroid.

                                Wp missed so much features.....

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                                  • musicalbox11
                                  • LhW
                                  • 16 Oct 2012

                                  I love how they photoshop the presentation pictures of padfone2 and make the top bezel look like it's twice as small than what it looks like in reality - shouldn't it be marked as misleading to customers?

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                                    • musicalbox11
                                    • LhW
                                    • 16 Oct 2012

                                    UDTQ, 16 Oct 20124.7" can be incredibly small and user friendly. As lon... moremy thoughts exactly - dimensions are almost identical to SGSIII. But the screen on the Asus is smaller (4.7 vs 4.8) with even smaller screen estate on it (capacitive buttons takes the space on the screen this time)

                                    Wish it would either be 4.3 inch or have thinner bezel - GSIII is oversized but at least it fits incredible screen in.

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                                      • musicalbox11
                                      • LhW
                                      • 16 Oct 2012

                                      Kevin , 16 Oct 2012What a phone? Can 'Poor' IPhone 5 race with? HW wise, S4 Pro SoC (Qualcomm APQ8064) is having twice as powerful CPU as current iPhone 5 offering when run on JB (due to being quad core indeed) and just about the same GPU performance (Andreno 320) when (again) under JB.

                                      iPhone5 is still GPU king, but quadcores will help S4Pro to compete in rendering even though there's much more pixels to be drawn on its screen despite the resolution.

                                      So again, HW wise it beats iPhone5 heavily, software wise...well, Jellybean is like 10 years ahead of iOS for some time already

                                      but if you play games, iPhone is still the best bet if you don't mind smaller screens

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                                        • 3xp
                                        • 16 Oct 2012

                                        what's with the 4.7" screen Asus?! I want a phone in my pocket and not a tablet. 4" Max!!!! And slim and weightless that I almost can't feel it.