
New Delhi: Asus has announced the launch of its much-awaited 3-in-1 device – PadFone – in India. The Asus PadFone is an Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, but when connected to the PadFone Station, it is transformed into a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 screen) Android ICS tablet with up to 63 hours of talk time.
Asus’ PadFone is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. It has an 8-megapixel camera with Fuji image processor, F2.2 aperture. The Asus PadFone will be available in India at a price point of Rs 64,999.
Further, the Padfone and the Padfone Station, when docked on the bundled Padfone Station Dock, offers the user computing experience like a Netbook, which is said to offer extended battery life of up to 104 hours and access to ports like Card Reader and USBs.
Asus’ PadFone is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor.