The company ASUSTeK Computer officially announced the second generation of smartphone-doll ASUS PadFone. Announcement of new products took place in Taipei, Taiwan. The question concerning the release smartphone-tablet on sale in Europe is still open, but the specifications are already known for certain. Smartphone ASUS PadFone 2 was increased (compared with the original model) display the best picture quality, it is now a diagonal is 4.7 inches.

The display is made by technology Super IPS +, its brightness is 550 nits thanks to Sharp IGZO, and the resolution is 720p. The device is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064, equipped with a 13-megapixel camera with f/2.4 aperture and BSI-sensor, Sony, as well as a 1.3-megapixel front camera. Powered PadFone 2 operating system based on Android version Ice Cream Sandwich, but ASUS promising quick update to Jelly Bean. The smartphone supports NFC, able to work in networks of third-and fourth-generation WCDMA (900/2100 MHz) and LTE (800/1800/2600 MHz), he received two gigabytes of memory, screen glass Corning Fit Glass, like a Nexus tablet 7, the battery capacity of 2140 mAh.

There are no user slot for external memory card, but the company is offering free use 50 gigabytes of disk space on the virtual cloud ASUS WebStorage. Another innovation was the use of the card microSIM. Tablet PadFone Station was noticeably thinner. Its diagonal is 10.1 inches, and its resolution is 1280×800 pixels. Battery capacity component in the tablet ASUS PadFone 2 decreased to 5000 mAh (the original model – 6600 mAh). PadFone Station weighs 514 grams. So that the total weight of the resulting hybrid will be only 649 grams instead of 854 grams of the first generation planshetofona.

Taiwanese people can buy black PadFone 2 next week, and the white version of the gadget will be available a bit later. The cost of a smartphone with a 16, 32 and 64 GB of memory ranges from 620 to 750 dollars.