New details about the Asus Padfone 2

We got very specific details about the yet-to-be-announced Padfone 2 which will be revealed by Asus in Berlin, Germany during IFA next week.

While it’s already confirmed that the original Padfone will not be released in the Philippines, the Padfone 2 will definitely be sold locally by ~~around 1st quarter of~~ 2013 (although in limited quantities).

The first detail we got was that the Asus Padfone 2 will be bigger at 4.7-inch and still uses an AMOLED display but now at 720p resolution.

The second detail is that the processor will be a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Krait which is a quad-core processor. We suspect it’s the SnapDragon S4 Pro APQ8064 which we wrote about here earlier.

We suspect the docking station (tablet) will also be using a full HD screen resolution. It’s not going to be AMOLED like the handset but will probably use an IPS LCD. The docking port at the back will be thinner with a portrait orientation (instead of the landscape position it currently has).

And yes, it’s going to be a 4G device. That could mean LTE in some regions.

The Padfone2 will be ~~initially~~ revealed in ~~IFA but it will take until~~ GSM World 2013 in Barcelona ~~before we can see the final product~~.

Updated to correct some details.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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16 Comments

ceegii63 says:

13 years ago

“bigger at 4.7-inch and still uses a 720p AMOLED display”

sir 960×540 po ang PF1 not 720p reso
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Abe Olandres says:

13 years ago

Thanks, corrected the statement.

lexty says:

13 years ago

Now this would be interesting! better specs! medyo late kasi yung padfone 1 eh.
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coachjojoc says:

13 years ago

A word of warning to those intending to buy the Padfone 1 abroad: without any local warranty those idiots and know-it-alls at Asus Megamall will not give you the time of day.
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wapski says:

13 years ago

Di kaya medyo late na din ang Padfone 2 kung 1st quarter of 2013 pa ito release?
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Abe Olandres says:

13 years ago

It’s because the S4 Pro Krait chip is also not yet available.
ceegii63 says:

13 years ago

sir yuga i think oct available na yung S4 Quad kasi the Xiaomi Phone 2 is launching on October packing the same CPU
topgun says:

13 years ago

ang LG optimus G S4 quadcore din CPU nya..by october yata ang release nya..hehe

roiji says:

13 years ago

it’s gonna be Ã¼ber mahal T_T
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John says:

13 years ago

Lol absurd price. This would be my second option (the phone) behind the upcoming Nexus device. I would NEVER buy a phone without on-screen buttons (esp if they aren’t even a Nexus). Ew. They are an abomination to Android.
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Art says:

13 years ago

What’s your beef with physical and static capacitive keys? … And aside from the nexus and n9, anong option mo?

So N9 or Nexus ang phone mo now?
Primon says:

13 years ago

hey i had no major problem with my alcatel sapphire – it has no physical on screen buttons to speak of…
John says:

13 years ago

@Art – Galaxy Nexus.