First of all, i want to keep clear so that all of you will not spam me about some common questions that i already know what u guys want to ask. I bought it on e-bay, the dealer is from taiwan so i guess this shipped it from taiwan, i get it around 3.7k included shipping fees, tax, sirim permit bla bla bla.....



This is a Full Spec comes with 32GB padfone with pad station, stylus pen, and station dock. The warranty also in taiwan only, so if u also plan to do so, bare you own risk. The spec you can easily google it so that i wont say much about the basic and cut the crap to my point of view / impression of this machine.




The first one i opening was the padfone of course, the phone itself is very light even after i put on the battery, the total weight is 129g(with battery). Holding it is very comfortable and solid like never before even though its made of plastic. The phone is very very thin but when you holding on your hand it doesn't feel like it will slip off from your hand because of the wave surface design battery cover at the back. The colour and the design makes the phone very noble , stylish.





It contains 3 hard button which is, power button (on top) , and 2 volume button (at the right side of the phone), earphone jack on top middle, the left hand side are the micro usb and micro hdmi and battery charge from the pad station (dun know how to call it)



Then, the pad station with 10.1 inch screen, 1200x800 resolution, 724 gram, 6600 mAh battery capacity. For me,it is a little bit big and the weight still acceptable, but when you jack in the padfone, the total weight is a 853g, so its heavier than an i pad 2. The disappointing part on the padfone station is the speaker only contains ONE on the left hand side so the stereo sound system doesn't that good. The screen is bigger than i pad but the frame is seriously thick just like a China Tablet, if the screen make bigger replace the frame, i think it will much more like a netbook and it will be very good experiences in watch video / movie. Beside, the both side of the pad station wasn't speaker, if do it really does perfect stereo speaker.



Here comes the pad station dock, its 646g weight,has similar battery capacity to pad station, keyboard (similar to netbook format), mouse pad, 2 usb port (the usb port got magnet cover, the cover will be auto close if no sub attach to the port), charger port, and memory card reader.The total all combine weight is 1,499g, for me it is very heavy if you holding around without put in a bag to hang on your shoulder. The main point of this pad station dock is that one of the usb port can SUPPORT EXTERNAL STORAGE (HARDISK) , which very good for people who need huge storage spaces to store their documents / songs / and even movies. After i installed a player application which support mkv file (Hd movie file type). Its amazing smooth but buffering takes longer when u start a movie which takes around 1 minute. IT CAN WATCH HD MOVIES WITHOUT ANY LAGGING EVEN U FAST FORWARD. Btw, the typing experiences is very solid unlike you are typing plastic keyboard. A little disappointing on the mouse pad, it reaction is delay around half second when u slide the mouse pad. But with the touch screen, who else need a mouse pad. (PS: You can use a mouse connect to the pad station dock, the delay problem is not happen to a mouse).



Last but not least, i'm sure everyone who willing to buy this phone one of the reason is the ASUS STYLUS HEADSET, very noble design, with rubber head that able use to slide on the tablet or the phone to avoid any fingerprints. the headset is connected with bluetooth, the headset can be connected to any phone which have bluettoth function (TESTED). There are three button on it, (power on, power off, receive call, end call) 1 button and volume up volume down. One of a feature that i look through is if u left it behind, the tablet and the stylus headset will keep beeping and vibrate, unfortunately that was just a concept, the tablet will only beeping once and vibrate, and the headset will only vibrate a while if they are disconnected.The stylus headset charge very fast (estimate less than 2 hours can be use a day)

(Grammar is not that good, if have any questions or problems you can post in this thread, will answer it when i fell free)

This post has been edited by jackytiao: Jun 11 2012, 07:48 PM

switch on ur fon, so dat i can see it...thnx

This post has been edited by jackytiao: Jun 11 2012, 07:55 PM

Try to connect everything and on it, and snap a pic.

thx for viewing

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Added on June 11, 2012, 7:56 pmalready snap, still processing due to limitation pictures of thread





This post has been edited by jackytiao: Jun 12 2012, 05:24 PM

if you don't want people to spam in your thread
better put it here
http://forum.lowyat.net/EssentialReviewsandGuides

finally got people guide me where this post suppose to put at which thread. this thread need to close too right???
but there cannot anymore comment / add-on correct?

Nice gadget u have there but the price is a bit steep.
I wonder How is the pricing for Malaysian version?

i already did calculation, Singapore package 16gb without keyboard already around 2700myr. so i think the price will be more or less

I'm actually interested to know if the Padfone station can fit into the original Transformer's keyboard dock and vice versa.

Too expensive...
I rather bring a Android phone n netbook.

nice... the phone shape and the back reminds me of SGS2...

can show camera pics?

haha compare to your, i phone + i pad + macbook which more expensive

Cool set.

How's the set after using it? Any pics when you connect the station together?

thx bro, every1 is talking it very expensive but u're the 1st one to admire it.
i admit it is a little bit costly, but i feel its worthy
more picture will upload, sp keep looking for this post

Sorry im a newbie here. The stylus headset u can use on the surface of padfone and pad station 10.1 inches so you don't have to use your fingers. But does it have the function of a headset as well(u can talk to people using it?) so when u r holding your padfone and pad station, do u tag it on your shirt or sth?

Confused, it looked like a pen but its called headset?

This post has been edited by antoniov: Jun 12 2012, 05:26 PM

no problem i'll explain to you, the stylus headset is design for when the padfone slide into the pad station , you no need to take out the phone or holding the whole pad to put on your ear. you can use the stylus pen to answer the call. Amazingly, the headset does the great job, it very sensitive to the screen, the rubber like have spring so that to make you touch more comfortable, speed charge can use a day, and the sound is very clear and loud when you using the it to call.

wow, nice set!!

i personally think that the price is rather reasonable as its a 3 in one gadget. its the same reason people buy 3 in 1 printer. u get to use it in 3 different ways, whenever u want to show ur frens or parents the photo u taken using the phone, the amount of time u wifi sharing to ur pc, or transfer, or hand to them one by one will not be faster than docking the phone into the tablet and show them all togather. since nowadays smartphones always lack of power, whenever someone goes to work, they can just dock it into the tablet and put it into a bag and answer any calls using stylus in the pocket too.lastly someone sent u mail and documents u need go back to ur pc and open, with this, u just simply dock into the tablet and edit whatever u want and sent, in the same device, problem solve, issue done.

i personally think that it worth the price. =) of cos if it released in malaysia the price will be even cheaper i guess.

so basically, u can put the headset on your ears or tag it on your shirt?

Lol. No problem at all. For now, some how the price might be alright if the buyer is alright with it. Just wanna know more on the durability and portability lol.

Saw the launching of it sometime ago and I feel that it's awesome. Keep us posted with the reviews!

as i see, garmin licensed apps has been added to this device somehow you need to download malaysia map by urself, but the graphic is awesome compare to a garmin gps

and below two screen shots are the movie hd playing

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Added on June 13, 2012, 10:38 pmNOW SOMEBODY IS TALKING, THIS IS THE MAIN MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS DEVICE CREATE FOR.This is the reason why this device design for. You can type your own notes on the class WITH KEYBOARD without sucking your phone battery, and you can refer back wherever you go with your mobile device. you no need to copy musics, pictures documents to your i phone, pad i pad, netbook, laptop, desktop, tablet, android phone and any shit else double times or even triple times....

PS: you are my mind reader : )

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Added on June 13, 2012, 10:59 pmsales: "Can i help you sir? what are you looking for?"
I :"I looking for my phone casing, but i think you don't have it yet"
Sales :"what phone you are using sir?"
I :"Padfone"
Sales :"Sorry, what phone?"
Take out my phone from pad station , and the sales face was shock
Sales :"Wow, what phone is this, is it a phone just took out from a tablet?"
I :"its a new phone called padfone. nvm, i'm sure you don't have it. How about find me a phone bag?".......
at the end, the sales only can found a most fit bag for my phone

A FERRARI CASE

This post has been edited by jackytiao: Jun 23 2012, 12:25 AM

hmmm...interesting concept!!
but can the pad works without the phone in it???

nope....if it can, the data wil be separate , the tablet just like a tv that own a battery and a display

Nice ... padfone that day I at taiwan saw it and nearly buy it but talak cents hahaha

I thing I wonder, isnt asus provide a global warranty? Why is urs is taiwan warranty only?

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Added on June 18, 2012, 6:17 pmBtw when I first heard of this padfone, I m really a fan of it, n I think it is a very cool gadget, having everythg in 1.. my biggest disappointment is the price is very pricey for me to spend in one shot.. n I was expecting a quad core.. nvm.. great for u ts for hvg this cool gadget.

This post has been edited by uzary: Jun 18 2012, 06:17 PM

i went through some forum they said can ask for global warranty but that is not my concern by the way. this phone concept was came out from last year, so they already set this is performing a dual core that quad core is launching in this year only. and thx for the viewing, its really good nice piece but a bit clashing when swap into pad station. "this is first concept, what do you expect"

the garmin picture doesnt come out....

the garmin can be use with MFM map?

Can the tablet be used to charge other smartphones with the Micro USB port? Would it fit?

Also, are you able to plug the Padfone (phone) to a HD TV? Some say can some say cannot. Is there a HDMI port on the tablet itself?

If you turn off the stylus headset, when you turn it on, do you need to pair it again?

nice questions:


Can the tablet be used to charge other smartphones with the Micro USB port? Would it fit?
i think the tablet only can fit is the padfone because theres two port jack in the tablet that same ask the padfone. every phone have different sizes and distance between the micro hdmi port and the micro usb port.

Also, are you able to plug the Padfone (phone) to a HD TV? Some say can some say cannot. Is there a HDMI port on the tablet itself?
Second, i haven try out since i can let it become like a netbook and i don't have a hdmi to micro hdmi cable.i went through xda developer forum, they said cannot yet, hope asus will settle this issue and its only due to software issue. And no, there no hdmi port on the tablet. i think asus wont give a chance to let you connect a display and other display.

If you turn off the stylus headset, when you turn it on, do you need to pair it again?
Last, yes it will auto pair back unless you take out / jack into the tablet. the headset will not pair back

This post has been edited by jackytiao: Jun 23 2012, 12:36 AM

too bad the padfone station doesnt have hdmi out

May I know more about the 'Clashing'?
Really thinking of getting one. Eventhough its dualcore, I dont think its too far behind. Heck in my office nobody have a quad core phone yet....i dont think they care also

On Tablet mode, if we received call, can the tablet be used to talk like a normal fon? I dont think i'll be getting the stylus headset

Already launch in Malaysia yesterday...it is about RM 2,399.00

http://www.lowyat.net/v2/index.php?option=...d=7001&Itemid=2

Got official thread ady. Go look for it n continue to post thr.
Close this thread now.
say NO to fragmentation.

I plan to buy this phone because it has Garmin navigation. Can anyone comment on this phone GPS reception? Can it locate the position within a minute? Will it display speed limit and junction view in Malaysia?

Nice job done , TS for u a beer