GOOFYY GADGETS: ASUS PADFONE X : What will it sell like a Tablet or a Phone ??

ASUS PADFONE X : REVIEW

Asus has been trying to be in the competition of the phone business and trying to introduce the phone line of it. I doubt ASUS knew it was carving out a place in Android history when it revealed the first Padfone . Asus revealed a great amazing product and was looking quite serious in the business But in fact, the people's review was quite opposite. In all that time, though, there's one thing for the US fans could never do: walk into a store and actually buy one. That changes now.
ASUS has finally brought its curious phone/tablet hybrid in the form of the Padfone X. You'd think years of iterating and refining would result in the finest, kookiest model yet, and on paper that certainly seems to be the case. But what is it like to actually use? Has ASUS managed to put its best foot forward for the Padfone ?But will it unite the two worlds of tablet and smartphone?

Let's check the tablet ohh sorry the Smartphone the Asus Padfone X:

The Design :

The truth of the Padfone is not the dock but the the phone itself , literally the brains of the operation is the most attractive thing about it. Why's that sad? Because its design is dull to the point of inducing ennui. That's a shame too, especially considering this newer, faster version of the Padfone doesn't look nearly as handsome as last year's model .
So yes, the Padfone X isn't what you'd call a kickass-looker .Lets take a outer tour: the phone comes with a 5-inch HD display. As you'd expect, the speaker and front-facing, 2-megapixel camera sit just above that satisfying screen, while a shiny ASUS logo greets you from below. Taking a little tour around the rest of the phone yields precious few surprises: You've got the sleep/wake button and volume rocker nestled on the phone's right edge. In fact, the only real hints that the Padfone aspires to something bigger (literally) are two holes on the phone's bottom, on either side of the micro-USB port. They're meant to anchor the phone firmly into the Padfone Station, the beefy exoskeleton that converts 'fone to pad.

That's not to say the Padfone X is completely bland, though. Peer a little closer and you'll see its removable backplate is flecked with tiny silver specks. It's perhaps the most minute concession to style I've ever seen on a phone, if only because the effect is so subtle you'll outright miss it most of the time. The rest of the X's rear isn't nearly as subdued -- a 13-megapixel rear camera lives just left of center, with the LED flash and speaker grille sitting to the east and south of it, respectively. Once those are out of the picture, all that's left to capture your eye are AT&T and Padfone logos emblazoned prominently on the back. Assuming you manage to pry off that rear plate, you'll find the microSD reader (which was notably absent in last year's model) and microSIM card slot parked next to a 2,300mAh battery.
Thankfully, that old cliché holds true here: It's what's inside that counts. In this case, "what's inside" is one of Qualcomm's 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 chips along with 2GB of RAM -- a combination that runs the show admirably. Alas, things get considerably less charming when you dock the device into the Padfone Station. The frame the phone slides into is an unwieldy, chunky thing that creaks and groans even when you apply light pressure to it. And those bezels? Oh my. There's close to a full inch of black nothingness bounding that 9-inch display on all sides, which only serves to make the tablet look like a cheap digital picture frame from holidays long past. In fairness, the bezels aren't all bad -- they provide plenty of room for meaty thumbs to rest, and they house a pair of (sadly lacking) front-facing speakers.

The back of the tablet dock is swathed in the same silver-flecked plastic as the phone, but there's no way you'll notice that before you spot that gaping maw where the Padfone is meant to slot in. It's impossible to screw up the process: The Padfone slides in with its screen facing inward, and once in place, it'll start sipping on a larger 4,990mAh reserve battery. You're also left with a tablet that has a very conspicuous hump on its rear, but at least the edges of that hump provide a place for your fingers to sit when you're grasping the tablet with both hands. This does make holding the Padfone vertically just a little awkward, though it's hardly a dealbreaker.

Oh, and if you're really into the idea of the Padfone as a true all-in-one machine, you can pick up a specially designed Bluetooth keyboard to go with it. It makes the combined device much heavier thanks to a sizable built-in battery (which can't be used to charge the tablet, unfortunately), and the dearth of space ASUS had to work with made for some frustrating design decisions. Consider the layout: It's about as cramped as you'd expect a keyboard this size to be, and certain critical keys like the apostrophe are only accessible by way of the Function key. That's not to say it's all bad, though. The trackpad? An absolute joy to click. You'll also get days of use out of the thing, though whether or not you'll want to is another story entirely. Trust us: Pass on this unless you're absolutely desperate.

Display and sound

The Padfone X comes with a stunning 5-inch 1080p panel screen which is more crisper than the last model, since it packs nearly twice as many pixels per inch as the tablet's screen does (449 ppi versus 214, if you're curious). Colors on both the big and small displays are vibrant and have just the right amount of pop -- no seared retinas here, thanks very much. A preloaded app called "Splendid" lets you muck around with color hue, saturation and balance in case you've got some especially persnickety eyes. Viewing angles are more than respectable, too, with hardly any color distortion even when you peer in from the most awkward angles.

Padfone X is to have a hot-swappable duo of displays, ASUS gets kudos for not skimping on those Super IPS+ LCD panels. That said, it's earned itself a few demerits for some depressing speaker quality. The phone itself has just the one largely wimpy speaker on its back, and the lackluster sound it puts out is right in line with my low expectations. You'd think that with a pair of front-facing speakers, the Padfone X's tablet form would be able to pump out jams with at least a little more panache.

Camera

We've already established that the Padfone X doesn't stand out much -- did you really think the camera would help matters? Surprise: It's much better than you'd think, if not quite on par with other flagships. Images captured at full resolution during the day with that 13-megapixel camera were sufficiently vivid (if a tad noisy), and were detailed enough to reassure me that I wasn't missing anything crucial.
But crafting a camera that works well in the day is a relative cakewalk. What about when the sun goes down and things really start to get interesting? As it turns out, the Padfone X is a surprisingly capable shooter in dim conditions, too. ASUS likes to talk up its PixelMaster imaging mode, which lets that rear camera capture up to 400 percent more light than a less sophisticated sensor. The results are cut-and-dry: In spite of more noise to contend with, you'll wind up with an image that's much brighter than you'd see otherwise.
Footage recorded at 1080p was perfectly adequate, though colors didn't pop as much as I would've hoped for, and there was still a bit of noise creeping in where it shouldn't have. Oh, the Padfone X records video in 4K too, though it's not like the screen will actually show you your footage in all its glory.

Performance and battery life

The X has power , thanks to the 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 ticking away in that woefully unimaginative shell. It's not Qualcomm's newest bit of silicon magic, but make no mistake: The Padfone X runs like a champ. Part of that has to do with ASUS' mercifully light touch with software, letting KitKat's natural snappiness shine through as you flick past home screens and dive into menus. All that horsepower really makes itself known when you're taking corners in Need For Speed: Most Wanted -- there's nary a visual stutter or dropped frame to be seen.

	ASUS Padfone X	HTC One (M8)	Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Quadrant 2.0	22,032	25,548	23,278
Vellamo 2.0	2,308	1,804	2,501
3DMark IS Unlimited	19,523	20,612	18,828
SunSpider 1.2 (ms)	906	782	537
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen (fps)	12	11.2	9.3
CF-Bench	32,937	40,223	33,785
SunSpider: Lower scores are better, compiled on Chrome.

The tale of the tape only confirmed what I already knew: the Padfone will easily tackle whatever you throw at it during your day-to-day grind. If only things were as peachy after you plop the phone into that tablet dock. What once was snappy and responsive becomes very slightly less so -- it's a little jarring to feel that shift when it happens, but I seriously doubt most people would pay it much mind.
Since there are two different screens and two different batteries to work with, I've had to rejigger our standard video rundown test a bit. Normally we'd fire up a 720p video file, set it to loop indefinitely at 50 percent screen brightness and let 'er rip. Under those circumstances, the Padfone hung in for eight hours and 24 minutes before finally giving up the ghost. From there, I popped the thing into the fully charged Padfone Station and cued up the video on that bigger screen, a gauntlet that lasted another six hours.

The competition

No other device tries to bridge the smartphone/tablet divide the way the Padfone does. Its closest evolutionary cousin would probably be the phablet, and there's no shortage of those taking up space on store shelves. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 sports a 5.7-inch screen, so it doesn't always feel like a tablet, but its slew of S Pen features makes sure it feels fresh compared to less ambitious competitors. The silicon inside is awfully similar to what's ticking away in the Padfone X, too -- there's a quad-core Snapdragon 800 running the show.
Sony's Xperia Z Ultra might fit the bill too, since it doesn't try to hide its tablet ambitions. It's got a hefty 6.4-inch display, making it one of the biggest phablets you could try and squeeze into your skinny jeans. It too packs a Snapdragon 800, but the biggest thing to remember is that the only way you're going to get one in the States is unlocked from the Google Play Store. That means you'll be shelling out $449 since there are no contracts involved. On the off-chance that something slightly smaller might fit your bill, the HTC One M8 could work well with its top-tier spec sheet and impeccable design.

Wrap-up

If I've seemed unduly harsh on the Padfone X, it's because I still think there's a place in the world for a hybrid like this. Sadly, despite years of tinkering with the same formula, ASUS couldn't completely stick the landing this time around. For all the gripes I've leveled at this thing.
But are you one of them? If you've got the means, you'll almost definitely be better served by buying separate phones and tablets. The promise of seamless syncing is a tempting one, and one worth getting right. ASUS hasn't done that here. To be honest, I hope it gets another chance at cracking the brutal US market -- the right sort of design and software tweaks could turn the next-generation Padfone into a gadget worthy of our collective drool. For now, though, ponder the arithmetic and see if you can do better.

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