Asus PadFone 2 official, launching in Europe and Asia including India in December

[mmadhankumar]

Asus has officially announced the Padfone 2, successor of the PadFone that was launched in India last month. It comes with a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super IPS+ display with 550 nits brightness and is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 APQ8064 processor with Adreno 320 GPU. It would have Qualcomm’s MDM9215 chip for the LTE support. It has a optional keyboard dock. The specs, images, and the video have already been leaked online.

Asus PadFone 2 specifications

• 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super IPS+ display
• Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 APQ8064 processor
• 13 MP camera with LED flash, 1080p HD video recoding and 1.3MP front-facing camera
• 3G (HSDPA+ 21 Mbps) / 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC, aGPS and GLONASS
• 2GB LPDDR2 RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB internal memory
• 2140 mAh battery

The PadFone station has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS with Capacitive touch panel with Scratch Resistant Corning Gorilla Glass protection and comes with a 19 Whr/5000 mAh Lithium battery.

The Asus PadFone 2 is priced at 799 EUR (~US$1046) for the 32GB version, while the 64GB version would be available for 899 EUR (~US$1177). It would be available in select countries in Europe and Asia, including India before the end of December.

Asus PadFone 2 official, launching in Europe and Asia including India in December