TAIPEI, Taiwan — Let alone the setback of Q2's revenue report, ASUS is firing on all cylinders to unveil two smartphones PadFone S, ZenFone 5, tablet Fonepad 7 and Tramsformer Pad TF303CL. PadFone S drew a lot of attention for its high specs and low-cost, which is ASUS's flagship smartphone and its price tag is NT$9,999, while ZenFone 5 costs you NT$6,990.
Lin Zong-liang, Vice CEO of ASUS, said “ZenFone sold out 200 thousand units in June, we are confident that it's the No. 1 here in Taiwan. ZenFone 6 and ZenFone 5 traded 45 thousand units and 100 thousand units, respectively.”
ASUS emphasized that ZenFone 5 is cheaper than SONY M2 and HTC Desire 610 but with same or even higher specs. “We have been stocking up our new products, it will not be in short supply.” Lin added.
The specail specs of PadFone S are first supported wireless charging and NFC, shockproof, and water repellent. The PadFone S other specs seem to be identical to the PadFone X, thus comprising of a 5-inch, 1080p Android KitKat smartphone, and an 8.9-inch tablet dock (with a 1,200 x 1,920 pixel resolution).
The smartphone features LTE, a 13MP rear camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable internal memory, and a 2,300 mAh battery. The tablet dock provides an extra 4,990 mAH battery, dual speakers, and its own 1MP front-facing camera.
