Asus has launched its bonkers Fonepad in the UK today, with the 7″ tablet now available on the likes of Amazon for £179.99
…it is ALSO A TELEPHONE. Support for 3G connections means you can hold it up to your ear and talk to people on it, although you might want to lock yourself in a toilet cubicle before doing so to lessen the inevitable ridicule that’ll come from using a 7″ device as a mobile phone.
That said, if you’ve been looking for an excuse to finally treat yourself to a decent 7″ tablet, perhaps the fact it can also make and receive calls — and therefore use mobile data connections — could actually make the Fonepad quite a winner. Pair this with a decent data SIM and you’d have a very usable little 3G field tablet.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
BLACKALiCE
/ April 26, 2013Looks like it’s less powerful than the San Diego from a while go, still seems like a nifty thing to have around.
Gino Guillermo
/ April 28, 2013Battery life any good? Screen brightness/colour saturation/sharpness seems to be the same as the Nexus 7 which is not bad but not good either compared to the Galaxy tab lineup. And how about the speakers….loud enough? Are they dual speakers? Is it surround sound?
Gary_C
/ April 28, 2013No idea. Not used it. Given everyone’s expecting Google to update the Nexus range in a few weeks, it’s probably best waiting to see what comes out of the I/O event before plumping for a tablet right now.
lsj
/ May 1, 2013How is this different from a Galaxy Tab with 3G? My Tab can also be used as a phone, send SMS etc…
ThePeninsula
/ May 3, 2013Paul O’Brien (MoDaCo) put up a review yesterday
http://www.modaco.com/topic/362358-asus-fonepad-review/