ASUS PadFone X smartphone/tablet heads to AT&T June 6

ASUS announced PadFone X for the US and PadFone S for other countries with both landing later this year

By: Shane McGlaun | Mobile Devices, Tablets & Phones News | Posted: Jun 2, 2014 12:02 pm

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ASUS has been making and selling its interesting PadFone devices for a long time now. The interesting thing about the PadFone line is that the smartphone can slip into a tablet sleeve to give you a bigger screen when you want. ASUS has announced that the PadFone X will be heading to the US on the AT&T network.

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PadFone fans outside the US will get a device called the PadFone S. The PadFone X and S are very similar devices. Both feature a 5-inch smartphone that can be turned into an 8.9-inch tablet. Both use a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor.

Both of the tablets also have 2GB of RAM along with full HD resolution screens. The rear camera on both PadFone models is a 13MP unit for the tablet with the phone having 2MP rear camera and a 1MP front camera. The only difference between the PadFone X and S are the frequencies supported for 3G and 4G networks. Pricing on both models is unknown.

NEWS SOURCES:Engadget.com