ASUS Padfone shows up on GLBenchmarks with dual-core processor and qHD display

November 21, 2011

ASUS Padfone shows up on GLBenchmarks with dual-core processor and qHD display 4

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The ASUS Padfone was first shown several months ago, but continue to wait patiently to get our hands on one. It's looking more like an early 2012 launch. I had my hopes that it was going to have a quad-core processor like the Transformer Prime, but unfortunately that won't be the case as recent OpenGL benchmark tests reveal that it has a Qualcomm MSM8960 SoC (Snapdragon S4) running at 918MHz. Since it wasn't the final retail unit, it will probably be 1GHz and only two cores. We also found out that it as a qHD (960 x 540) display.

Android 2.3.5 was present, but we are expecting Ice Cream Sandwich when this badboy is released. I would hope we should see an almost final product at CES in January. I'm looking forward to it.

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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.