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Asus PadFone

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Brand
  
Asus

First released
  
Taiwan: April 2012

Manufacturer
  
Asus

Successor
  
PadFone 2

Compatible networks
  
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850 900 1800 1900 MHz UMTS/HSPA 900 2100 MHz

Availability by country
  
US: June 2012 Australia: August 2012

Asus PadFone is a smartphone manufactured by Asus and released in April 2012. The phone is marketed with companion tablet dock and keyboard dock accessories intended to improve functionality and battery life. It fits into a 10-inch tablet dock. It is not the same as the Asus PadFone mini 4.3, revealed by Asus in December 2013 since that operates on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and is skinned with the Asus' ZenUI.

The Asus PadFone has a 4-inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) IPS+ LED-backlit display. The Asus PadFone mini has 8GB of built-in storage, an 8-megapixel 'PixelMaster' rear f/2.0 BSI camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 4.5Wh 1170mAh non-removable polymer battery. The tablet dock features an 8.3Wh 2100mAh non-removable polymer battery to supplement this.

The successor to this phone is the PadFone 2, which was released in October 2012. It featured a 4.7 inch Super IPS+ screen with HD (1280×720) resolution.

The successor to the PadFone 2 is the PadFone Infinity, which was released in April 2013. It featured a 5-inch Super IPS+ screen with Super HD display, (1920 x 1200) resolution with 441 ppi.

The successor to the PadFone Infinity is the PadFone X, which was released in June 2014.

References

Asus PadFone Wikipedia