ASUS has updated its 7-inch Fonepad phone / tablet hybrid (or phablet) at IFA 2013 in Berlin. The Fonepad made its first debut at MWC 2013 earlier this year and hit Malaysia in April for RM 849.
Now known as Fonepad 7 (previously only Fonepad), the phablet is revamped with a few new features and improvements including a new non-slip finish, faster HSPA+ 3G speeds, dual-front speakers and more.
The phablet features the same screen size of 7-inch and same old resolution of 1280 x 800. As for the processor, ASUS has replaced Lexington Atom Z2420 with Clover Trail+ Atom Z2560 processor with Hyper-Threading technology for seamless multi-tasking performance with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. There’s 1GB of RAM and onboard storage option of 8, 16 or 32GB. 5GB of lifetime ASUS WebStorage is also included. Still not enough? You can further expand the storage up to 32GB via microSDHC card slot.
Fonepad 7 has a 1.2MP front-facing camera and a 5MP rear camera (previously 3MP) with a 100 continuous-shot ‘burst’ mode and 1080p Full HD video recording. It has battery capacity of 3950mAh (previously 4270mAh) which translates into up to 28 hours of 3G talk time, 35 days of standby time and up to 10 hours of video playback. As for connectivity, the built-in 3G with HSPA+ mobile data has download speeds up to 42Mbit/s and uploads of 5.76Mbit/s. There are 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 too.
No detail on the pricing and availability. Will update you once we get hold of new details. 🙂
