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Home > News > 7-Inch ASUS Fonepad Joins Tablet-Phone Market
ASUS Fonepad

7-Inch ASUS Fonepad Joins Tablet-Phone Market

February 25, 2013 By giovanni

And you probably thought the Galaxy Note II was big. Over the weekend we told you about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, a mid-sized tablet with phone functionality. Now ASUS has joined that party, unveiling the Fonepad, a 7-inch tablet that’s also a telephone. Like the Note 8.0, the Fonepad targets users who want to carry a single device and yet want a screen that’s more tablet-sized.

ASUS FonepadThe Fonepad runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on an Intel Atom Z2420 processor at 1.2 GHz. It has 1GB of RAM and 3G HSPA+ connectivity. The screen is a 7-inch 1280×800 display with 10-point multitouch. Storage is available in 8GB or 16GB sizes and it has a microSD slot for up to 32GB more. The front-facing camera is 1.2 megapixels, and a rear-facing 3-megapixel camera that will capture 720p HD video is optional.

The tablet will be available in Europe in March, starting at a price of €219.

A lot of things are easier with a larger device, but using the telephone, (at least without earphones or a Bluetooth headset) may not be one of them. Would you give up a smaller phone for a 7-inch tablet that lets you do it all? Let us know in the comments.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ASUS, Mobility

About giovanni

giovanni is an ad age, emmy, telly, & webby award-winning social media expert, search engine marketer, & web developer from texas who works with brands in entertainment, fashion, food & beverage, sports, and technology.

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Comments

  1. Eolake says

    February 26, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    I’ve long been promoting “phablets” (on eReaderjoy.com), because I’ve always thought that web surfing and reading on a 3.5-inch phone is hopeless. I got the Note 1 and loved it. (Only wishing it’d run iOS.)

    This is great for those of us for whom telephoning is a minor function of the device.

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