Showing posts with label Padfone Mini 4.3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Padfone Mini 4.3. Show all posts

Saturday 14 December 2013

Padfone Mini 4.3: Smartphone With 7-Inch Tablet Enclosure

Padfone Mini 4.3
Asus presented the Padfone Mini 4.3. This time there is no 10 - inch tablet, but one with a 7- inch display. As usual, the Android smartphone will be pushed into the tablet enclosure. After all Smartphone data is available on this 7 -inch tablet. The Padfone Mini 4.3 is the first model that has been combined with a small tablet case. The previous models of Asus Padfone there was only a 10 -inch Tabletdock, the Padfone Mini 4.3 now comes with a 7 -inch tablet case. 

Because all the data is only on the smartphone, the device owner can decide whether he is contented with a 4.3 -inch display or prefer assessed everything on a 7 -inch touch screen. The Padfone Mini 4.3 is used as a basic smartphone with a 4.3-inch IPS touch screen. The display resolution is 960 x 540 pixels, giving a pixel density of 256 ppi. Whether the smartphone has a scratch resistant screen is still un known. In Smartphone Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon processor 400 runs at a clock rate of 1.4 GHz.

The unit has 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of flash memory. In a fit slot micro SD cards that can hold up to 64 GB. The smartphone has an 8-megapixel camera on the back of with auto focus and LED light, in front is a 2 megapixel built-in camera. Even The main camera is still deliver good results in low light. The four UMTS frequencies 850, 900, 1,900 and 2,100 MHz are supported as well as quad-band GSM. An LTE module is not present. There are also single-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 and a GPS receiver . 

A NFC chip not listed the technical sheet against. Asus will bring the Padfone 4.3 Mini pre-installed with Android 4.3 on the market, so the last jelly bean version. Whether and when an update Kitkat appears on Android 4.4, is not yet known. 

There is no information about the battery life of your smartphone which comes with 1,500 mAh lithium -polymer battery. It measures 129.3 x 65.6 x 8.7 mm and weighs 105 grams. The package includes the 7- inch tablet housing in which the phone can be pushed. The 7 -inch tablet case has a IPS touch screen with a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, which corresponds to a pixel density of 215 ppi. 

Whether here comes a scratch resistant screen used is not known. Thus, the tablet provides housing as the smartphone does not particularly have high resolution, but it is a good than the average . In Tablet Case is a 2200 mAh battery, but battery life is not known. Due to the insertion mechanism, the tablet housing is considerably thicker than modern compact tablets which are usually thinner than 10 mm. The measures 199.9 x 119.5 Tabletdock contrast x 17.7 mm. 

The Tabletdock itself weighs 310 grams, so that together with the inserted smart phone gives a weight of 415 grams. While that is heavier than single 7- inch tablets, but in view of the construction tolerable. A weight of 400 grams can be maintained even without effort with one hand. Currently, there is no information about whether or when Asus Padfone serving mini 4.3 available in Europe.