Asus’s upgraded variant of the FonePad tablet with a slightly better set
of features is selling for Rs 17,999 on e-commerce portals in India.
First spotted by NDTV, this upgraded tablet packs in a better processor
along with 32GB of internal storage as against the 8GB seen on the
original model, which was launched for Rs 15,999 a few months back.
The company representatives have told BGR India that this will be a limited edition of the FonePad in India and has been launched to provide better memory space to those working professionals who demand for it.
In terms of specifications, the new variant has a 7-inch LED display offering 1280×800 pixels resolution, as was seen on the original version and on the Asus Nexus 7’s original model. Asus has upgraded the processor from 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 chipset to the 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2460 one, which is accompanied with PowerVR SGX540 GPU and 1GB of RAM. It also comes with voice-calling support on 2G as well as on 3G network. On the software front, the tab runs on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which can be upgraded to version 4.2 later.
The company representatives have told BGR India that this will be a limited edition of the FonePad in India and has been launched to provide better memory space to those working professionals who demand for it.
In terms of specifications, the new variant has a 7-inch LED display offering 1280×800 pixels resolution, as was seen on the original version and on the Asus Nexus 7’s original model. Asus has upgraded the processor from 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 chipset to the 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2460 one, which is accompanied with PowerVR SGX540 GPU and 1GB of RAM. It also comes with voice-calling support on 2G as well as on 3G network. On the software front, the tab runs on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which can be upgraded to version 4.2 later.