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Earlier in the week, Asus launched its PadFone Mini. It is a device with multi form factor. Actually, it is a phone, which can be plugged inside a big screen to create a tablet. When in a tablet form factor, it has a 7-inch screen. When it is like normal phone, it has a screen size of 4.3 inches.
Essentially, the PadFone Mini is a hybrid of a 7-inch tablet screen which is called a PadFone Station and a 4.3-inch phone. The PadFone Station has a 7-inch 800x480 pixels screen, which is not the sharpest or the brightest in town. The 4.3-inch screen on the phone has a sharper qHD resolution but that too appears washed-out.
It has a quad-core Qualcomm processor clocked at 1.4GHz, which works in tandem with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of memory. The memory can be expanded via a microSD card slot. The device supports dual-SIM feature.
During the time we spend with the device, we found the user interface on the phone to be smooth. But we did not stress test it.
The device has a 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 2-megapixel camera for selfies. We did not test the cameras. This is something we will test in the review.
Unfortunately, the phone runs on a rather ancient version of Android -- 4.3 Jelly Bean, to be precise -- that is pretty unacceptable.
As for the ergonomic and build quality, we felt the product is built well but at 8.7mm, the phone is definitely not the slimmest around. The Pad Station, meanwhile, feels massive with a thickness of 17.7mm.
Overall, The PadFone Mini seems to be targeted at people who want the best of both worlds in one package -- a big screen and a small screen but in single device. We are not sure that there will be many takers for the product, but at Rs.15,999 it is certainly an unique offering. We will have more to say about it in our review.
It has a quad-core Qualcomm processor clocked at 1.4GHz, which works in tandem with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of memory. The memory can be expanded via a microSD card slot. The device supports dual-SIM feature.
During the time we spend with the device, we found the user interface on the phone to be smooth. But we did not stress test it.
The device has a 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 2-megapixel camera for selfies. We did not test the cameras. This is something we will test in the review.
Unfortunately, the phone runs on a rather ancient version of Android -- 4.3 Jelly Bean, to be precise -- that is pretty unacceptable.
As for the ergonomic and build quality, we felt the product is built well but at 8.7mm, the phone is definitely not the slimmest around. The Pad Station, meanwhile, feels massive with a thickness of 17.7mm.
Overall, The PadFone Mini seems to be targeted at people who want the best of both worlds in one package -- a big screen and a small screen but in single device. We are not sure that there will be many takers for the product, but at Rs.15,999 it is certainly an unique offering. We will have more to say about it in our review.
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