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Asus Fonepad Is a 7-inch Tablet That’s Also a Phone for $249

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At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Asus announced the Fonepad, a 7-inch Android tablet that can also function as a phone.

The Fonepad is one of the first Android devices to use the new 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor, the same processor in the Lenovo K900 smartphone. The Fonepad is also one of the largest devices with phone capabilities; the screen is just one inch smaller than the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.

The 7-ich screen of the Fonepad has a resolution of 1280×800, the same as the Nexus 7. The Fonepad uses Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Asus’ skin laid over it, and runs tablet apps instead of phone apps. Without the phone functionality, the Fonepad would compete directly with the Nexus 7, instead of competing with phablets such as the Galaxy Note 2.Asus Fonepad

The Asus Fonepad also looks a lot like Asus’s Nexus 7 tablet. The front of the device looks almost identical, except it has an Asus logo and a speaker grille for the earpiece.

The back of the device has a metallic finish that comes in either gray or gold instead of the matter black plastic of the Nexus 7. It also has a 3MP rear-facing camera on the back, which the Nexus 7 lacks.

The front of the Fone Pad has a 1.2MP camera for video chat. Inside, the tablet has 16GB of storage space, a micro SD card slot, 1GB of RAM and an HSPA+ radio. There is no 4G LTE radio available in the Fonepad, at least not in the model that Asus announced.

It’s not clear if Asus intends to sell the Fonepad in the U.S., but it does have a U.S. price of $249, which is the same as the 32GB Nexus 7 without HSPA+. That price is for the unlocked model, so users can choose to buy it and not bring it to a carrier.

There is no announced release date for the Asus Fonepad.

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Sidney Atta-Ekanan

    02/26/2013 at 8:56 pm

    Good timing too! As I have been playing a waiting game on what will be my next phone, the choices are iPhone 5s,S4, Xperia Z and HTC ONE and of course Motorola X, even Lenovo K900. I can just buy this and use it as my tablet/phone until ….well into the month of June, July 2013.

  2. femi

    03/15/2013 at 7:48 pm

    Nefore I got to discover the new fonepad,my plan was to buy a tablet with a phone…I’m so glad that I can have both in one device…how awesome is that…the good part is I will not have to carry to gadgets at the same time when I step out of my house.thank you so much asus…

    • sidney

      03/15/2013 at 8:31 pm

      Hopefully i t will support Bluetooth as I would hate to have to hold this monster next to my head for calls!

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