ASUS unveils updated PadFone Infinity in Taipei

September 17, 2013

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The updated PadFone Infinity is official folks. It gets a beefier processor in the Snapdragon 800 and a microSD slot. You will also find a secondary microphone for noise cancellation, a new diamond cut on the metallic backside, and some minor changes to the UI. The camera is the same (13MP and f/2.0 aperture), but there is a new feature called PixelMaster. It combines multiple pixels to form a 3MP image that promises to be sharper.

The phone itself still has the 5-inch 1080p IPS display along with a 2,400mAh battery. If you already own an existing PadFone Infinity tablet dock, you will still be able to use it with this new phone.

Since a microSD slot is on board for expanded storage, ASUS lowered the internal storage options to 16GB and 32GB. Pricing is going to be NT$18,990 ($640) off-contract, while the tablet dock will go for NT$7,000 ($240).

I would love to finally see one of these bad boys come to the U.S., but not sure which carrier would be keen to it.

source: Engadget

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.