New Delhi, April 24: ASUS India has launched its 7-inch FonePad in the Indian markets. Hoping to strike a chord with Indian tablet buyers, Asus Fonepad incorporates 3G mobile data with full telephony support. The Fonepad continues ASUS' strategy of offering impressive hardware at an affordable price. The device is priced at Rs 15,999 and will be available at Croma stores and Asus retail showrooms across the country.
The tablet comes with a 7-inch WXGA LED Backlight IPS panel (10 finger multi-touch) with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It is powered by an Intel Atom Z2420 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and 1GB RAM.
The FonePad sports 1.2-megapixel front facing camera and 3.15-megapixel rear camera. The FonePad runs on Android v4.1 OS (Jelly Bean).
The tablet has a 4,270-mAh battery along with 1 GB RAM with 8 GB and 16 GB memory which is extendable to 32 GB.
Asus had launched its Google Nexus 7 tablet with its 7” display for the Indian market. Nexus 7 is powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, and Jellybean OS.
It will be competing with the iPad Mini, Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, as well as a whole host of budget Android tablets that have adopted the slightly smaller form factor.
The Fonepad was overshadowed at Mobile World Congress by another hybrid device launched by ASUS, called the PadFone Infinity.
