ASUS Fonepad features an Intel Atom Z2420 1.2Ghz CPU and has a built-in 3G phone. The beautifully designed metallic finish and the 7” IPS display combine for your multimedia enjoyment.The Fonepad, is the first tablet from asus to offer voice calling.It's also the first tablet to be powered by an intel processor.
Design GalleryStunning 7” metallic finish designed to fit in your palm. Fonepad is a tablet that retains the flexibility of a smartphone, but removes the need to carry two different devices.Its 7-inch screen dominates the front of the tablet and there are no hardware controls.
- 3.2-megapixel camera
- It's hides the micro-SIM and microSD cord slot
- 3.3mm headset jack
DisplayThe 7-inch display of the Asus Fonepad sports a resolution of 1280x800, the same as that of the Nexus 7. The display of the tablet offers good viewing angles and videos also looked decent.
cameraThe Asus Fonepad comes with a 3-megapixel-rear camera and a 1.2-megapixel front facing camera.
- 1.2 MP front camera
- 3 MP Rear Camera *
1 - Auto focus (rear) 720p Video Recording
Software The Asus Fonepad tablet runs Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.Asus has customised the user interface skinning some elements such as the notification tray and adding another button with the Android onscreen navigation keys, in addition to including some additional apps, widgets and features.The tablet's onscreen controls are at the bottom, and the notification tray and quick access settings are located at the top area in the notification tray.
Asus Studio to browse, manage and edit pictures, Audio Wizard to select pre-defined sound playback modes, an app to block specific callers, BuddyBuzz to browse social networks like Twitter and Facebook, a File Manager app, MyBitCast for taking voice, image and text memos, MyLibrary Lite- another e-book reader app, MyPainter, Press Reader for reading newspapers, Sticky Memo, SuperNote Lite, To Do List and Zinio app for reading magazines. Unfortunately, it's not possible to delete any of these bundled apps.
Asus also offers 5GB of additional data storage space on its servers via its WebStorage service through which one can collaborate and sync documents, photos and videos across devices.
PerformanceThe tablet is powered by a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor, coupled with 1GB RAM and a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The tablet performs decently when it comes to doing routine tasks. It offers 8GB of internal storage which is expandable to 32GB via microSD card. However, out of the 8GB memory we were able to only access 4.39GB.
The Fonepad comes with a 4270mAH battery and we were satisfied with the backup that it offered.
The tablet also offers a Power Saver mode to optimise and extend battery life. It can also be configured to behave differently during different usage scenarios like reading books, watching videos, browsing the Internet, among others.
Price: Rs. 15,999
Here are the device's core specifications at a glance:- - Android 4.1
- 7" LED Backlight WXGA (1280x800) Screen IPS Panel
- 1GB LPDDR2 memory
- 8GB eMMC storege
- HSPA+ UL:5.76 Mbps/DL:21 Mbps
3G :WCDMA : 850/900/1900/2100
2G :EDGE/GSM : 850/900/1800/1900
- High Quality Speaker adio
- 9 hours; 16Wh Li-polymer Battery
- Dimensions : 196.4 x 120.1 x 10.4 mm (LxWxH)
- Color : Titanium Gray a
Here are the Device core specifications at a glance Pros- Decent build
- Good battery backup
- Voice calling
Cons- Camera is underwhelming
- Performance could have been better
- Screen is prone to smudges
Ratings (Out of 5) Design: 3.5
Display: 3.5
Performance: 3
Software: 3.5
Battery Life: 4
Camera: 1.5
Ecosystem: 3.5
Value for Money: 3.5
Overall: 3.5
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