ASUS kitting out the Padfone range with this mid-range offering that comes in Johnnie Walker Black
Barely 3 weeks after dropping a bunch of new devices on us at CES, ASUS has quietly launched another new Padfone device in its native Taiwan. The Padfone E is a mid-range hybrid offering, that looks like it sits between the Padfone Mini and the more high end Padfone X. Oh, and it comes in the best named color ever; Johnnie Walker Black – and Pearl White, but that’s boring!
Spec wise, the Padfone E comprises a 4.7-inch smartphone and a 10-inch tablet dock, both with 1280×720 resolution displays. As always, the internals are all packed into the smartphone, and we’re looking at a 1.4GHz Snapdragon 400, 1GB of RAM, a 13MP camera and a pretty small 1820 mAh battery – though thankfully the dock has a 5000mAh power plant within.
Details on on-board storage seem to be missing from the specs list, though we imagine it won’t be anything above 8GB at best, though ASUS does provide a microSD card slot for folks that like that sort of thing. It’s going on sale in Taiwan initially in dual-SIM form with a price around $560.
Source: ASUS (translated)