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ASUS Padfone S PF500KL Reviews

ASUS Padfone S PF500KL Reviews

Super Phone 4G and Tablet in One Package. You are the one that is ready to welcome LTE technology? If you want 4G smartphone and a tablet, now you do not need to be confused and spend a deep, because you can have both. Line Padfone is a unique device, a concept that was first conceived by ASUS This provides convenience and savings for those of you who need a tablet and a smartphone.

Basically, the ASUS Padfone S is a smartphone, but it can be incorporated into a special tablet. Padfone S have supported LTE 4G network, CPU 801 quad core Snapdragon 2.3GHz, 16GB of internal memory, 2GB of RAM and a 5-inch IPS screen full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels (441 ppi) that can be transformed into a 8.9-inch tablet. If the predecessor Padfone Infinity 2 is priced high, Padfone S offers an affordable price with the innards tougher level, which ranges from 3.5 millions and you will get two devices simultaneously.


Specifications ASUS PadFone S

• GSM / WCDMA / LTE Cat4
• Smartphone screen 5 inch IPS Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels (441 ppi) with Gorilla Glass, Station 8.9 inch IPS 1920 x 1200 pixels
• Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 801 Quad-Core (2.3GHz)
• GPU Adreno 330
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB Internal memory + microSD
• 13 megapixel camera PixelMaster, Home 2 megapixels (Smartphone) and 1 megapixel (Station)
• 4K Video Ultra HD (3840 x 2160 pixels) @ 30fps
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, microUSB
• Battery 2300mAh (Smartphone), 4990mAh Station)
• Dimensions 143.9 x 72.4 x 9.9mm (Smartphone), 250.4 x 172.2 x 11.6mm (Station)
• Weights 150 grams (PadFone), 514 grams (Station)

Sales Package

• Handset and station (tablets) Padfone S
• head charger
• data cable
• In-ear headset
• ear bud
• manual
• warranty card

Design and Body

Padfone S is the next generation throne Padfone, the Padfone mini and Padfone Infinity 2, which is still available in the market. The outline design concept still thick with Padfone previous generation, but Padfone S glance looks like a variant Zenfone, especially Zenfone actual 5 Zenfone design concept itself is inspired from Padfone line.

Mobile Padfone S has dimensions of 143.4 x 72.5 x 10 mm and weighs 150 grams, the body is specially coated with aluminum bezel, if the Padfone Infinity 2 rear side using aluminum metal material that makes it appear premium, Padfone S bermaterial matte plastic, very unfortunate. Yes, this is the price factor speak, although the relative matte finish looks more elegant than glossy plastic, as this material can create a better grip when holding, when held Padfone S feels solid and ergonomic, Padfone S has a rear casing concept that can be opened. In Keselurahan Padfone S has great build quality though less luxurious design.

At the front of the Padfone S, there is a 2MP secondary camera, earpiece, proximity sensor and light, LED notification, ASUS logo, and a 5-inch IPS display with full HD 1080p resolution. The back is filled with 13MP main camera, flash, speaker, and logos ASUS Padfone.

The left side is filled with the lock / power and volume, combined with the bezel, while the right side of the plain. The top of the charged 3.5mm headset port and the bottom is filled with a mic, and a microUSB port to plug a hole beside Station.

For access to micro SIM card slot and Micro SD card slot, you have to open the case back, unfortunately the battery is not removable.

For station / Padfone tablet has dimensions of 250.4 x S 172.3 x 11.6 mm, and weighs 514 grams. Keep in mind, the station is a partner, so it can not be operated or switched independently. Station equipped with a 8.9-inch IPS screen, a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, and battery capacity of 4990 mAh, and supported by a special software that can change the interface smartphone into a tablet interface. The body material is also made of plastic with matching color Padfone phone S. How to use this station, simply insert the phone into the back of the station with a slide system until the tablet vibrates. No need to worry when using this because the mobile station is secured and tight. You can use this station in an instant, can install and remove at any time as needed. When Padfone S attached to the Station, the tablet weight 664 grams, quite heavy for the size of a tablet today.

The face of this station looks like a standard tablet in general, where there is a secondary camera and speakers. Although it has a 8.9 inch screen, do not expect this station tablet design is small and compact, due to a fairly wide black frame around a 8.9 inch screen makes it tantamount to sail 10.1 tablet body. The rear there is a docking for mobile phones, in the upper right corner there is a lock / power, and the right side is a USB port and volume buttons.


Screen and Interface

Using screen type Super IPS + with full HD 1080p resolution, the density reaches 441 ppi, screen Padfone S will spoil your eyes, clear and sharp, zoom satisfying to enjoy video or mobile games, viewpoint penghilatannya wide, performance under the sun was pretty good . Padfone S has been coated with Corning Gorilla Glass, make you no need to worry if Padfone S placed in a pocket.

But if you are still not comfortable with color screen displays Padfone S, you can experiment with Splendid application, which allows you to adjust the color temperature (white balance) and saturation on the screen according to what you want. Splendid is not the settings from the Settings menu, but a default application ASUS.

ASUS Padfone S Android 4.4.2 KitKat already embedded in packs of Zen UI interface, in the area of the lockscreen, as usual no time and date information, as well as the schedule of three major shortcuts, ie camera, calls and SMS. Sign in to your homescreen will be presented three homescreen which can be expanded up to a maximum of 7 pages, homescreen featuring four columns for the application icon, you can pinch the screen to adjust the direction of the each page, this will be the canvas homescreen to put and arrange widget- widget you want.

The main menu can display all applications, downloaded applications and applications that are frequently used. Like maintain privacy? just take the application can be hidden or given security in the form of a password. While the notification bar display looks flat, with the Quick Settings icons round, although initially seem a bit overwhelming, especially for a small icon in the top three, namely quick access to Settings, access arrangements and access the Quick Settings to view the notification, but you will get used to , because the Quick Settings will often use.


With a field of 5-inch screen, of course Padfone S is a great choice for everyday use with an active use. We could compare with Zenfone 5, Padfone S overall more compact, because Padfone S is maximized on the size of the thinner bezel. How when used for typing? Typing one hand can still be done, although it is more convenient to use two hands. Text input feature complete enough, there swipe function, as well as an easy to use add to the dictionary vocabulary. Surely other features such as Auto Capitalization, punctuation auto, auto spacing, and so on are also available. Fast setting for the input language, keypress sound, auto correction appears with a click to ease you.

ASUS Padfone equip S with the default application that is quite abundant. As AudioWizard, Do It Later, File Manager, Party Link, PC Link, Power Saver, Quick memo, Remote Link, Share Links, Splendid, Story, Super Note and Whats Next. Experience using ASUS ASUS is providing regular updates to his application, so you will be able to use the features diusungnya optimally.

Interface at this station also uses Zen UI interface that has been optimized for tablets, there are also some special widgets such arrangements between cell phone use and station batteries.

What about the quality of the tablet screen? station using IPS screen size 8.9 inches with a resolution of 1920 x 1200, the picture looks nice and bright, but when compared with the S Padfone phone screen display will return feel the difference, the quality of the display on the screen looks less sharp station, and tend to be reflective.


performance

What about the performance of the Padfone S? Using a screen resolution of 1080p, MSM8974AB Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset 801 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Performance Padfone S has very qualified to carry out your daily activities. Like what you would get on a flagship smartphone, Padfone S can devour all the work weight without constraints, such as playing games or watching movies full HD.


camera

ASUS PadFone S using PixelMaster 13 Megapixel camera lens element 5 with a large aperture of f / 2.0, which is able to capture photos and videos lighter up to 400%. Especially in dark conditions, technology Low Light mode lets 4 pixels assembled into 1 pixel lighter. Impact, Padfone S 13MP resolution is reduced to about 2MP only on the aspect ratio of 16: 9 and 3MP on the aspect ratio of 4: 3, but in dark conditions the camera catches claimed much brighter than the full resolution.

Besides fashion owl logo, there are still other modes such as Auto, Time Rewind, HDR, Panorama, Night, selfie, Miniature, Depth of Field, Smart Remove, All Smiles, Beautifications and GIF Animation. Also there are various features such as brightness adjustment, GPS, white balance, ISO, exposure, and so forth. In general, the use of cameras on Padfone S is quite easy and simple, with icons that are easy to understand layman. You even guided by the camera to make a nice photo, the camera software will recommend a suitable mode according shooting conditions, for example in a dark room condition, there will be an icon Low Light Mode to quickly switch modes with ease. Setting photos and video into a single, clearly separated by categories, you can use the volume button as a shutter, or as a digital zoom.


Automatic mode

• HDR : For image quality, the camera is quite satisfactory results, the resulting image is sharp and clear, almost all conditions Padfone S reliable camera. In the dark mode, the Low Light Mode is quite helpful, although the noise generated quite a lot.

One of the advantages Padfone S is the video recording, Super Video Padfone S can record video up to 4K Ultra HD resolution (3940x2160). There are several modes that can be used ie Auto, Low Light, Miniature, High Speed, Slow motion and Time lapse.


Photo Gallery and Video Players

ASUS incorporates a gallery for photos and videos into one, you can see the photos by all the photos , events wall (grouping photos in several photo shoots in a period not much different), Albums (folders) and people. Of course you can combine several of your account such as ASUS WebStorage, Drive, Dropbook, Facebook, Flickr, Google+ and One Drive. ASUSs default gallery also can use face detection, and make thumbnail images with a face in the middle thumbnail. One interesting feature is that you can easily see detail photo / exif data with the icon arrows pointing up. The details of focal lens, ISO levels, shutter speed and aperture openings directly visible.

The video player on Padfone S fairly responsibility, mp4 and mkv video only rotated (with 1080p resolution), while for the format wmv, avi and mov illegible. Likewise with subtitle .srt format. But the solution is easy, simply install a third-party video player application like MX Player, Mobo and so on.


Music Players

The music player on the Padfone S predominantly bright green color. Songs that there can be grouped by Albums, Artists, Songs, Genres, Composer and Folder. There is a Music Mode that uses technology from ASUS SonicMaster. Existing modes include Power Saving Mode, Music Mode, Movie Mode, Recording Mode, gaming mode and Speech Mode. Sound output via loudspeaker loud and clear, but looking like a smartphone, is dominated by the treble.


connectivity

• Single SIM (Micro SIM) supports 4G LTE
• NFC
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• Micro USB
• Micro SD
• 3.5mm audio jack

For data connectivity, Padfone S supports GSM networks Super Speed 4G LTE (Cat 4) which supports download speeds of up to 150Mbps and also technology of Voice over LTE (VoLTE).


web Browser

There ASUS default browser and Google Chrome as explorers engine cyberspace. The white color on the screen nice and natural make browsing relatively comfortable. Performance when opening the desktop version of a website with a lot of content is still fast and smooth, but if you have a lot of tabs, of the performance will be reduced. There are several standard features such as Incognito, Share, Find, and arrangements of standards such as privacy, accessibility, content and others.


Battery Life

Mobile ASUS Padfone S embedded battery with 2300 mAh capacity, including the capacity of small considering this phone has a monster specs that will surely drain a lot of battery power. Battery life can last no more than one day in normal usage and active data plan.

Station has its own battery Lithium-Ion battery with a capacity of 4990 mAh well. In use, the battery in the phone faster tekuras because the propulsion system of the brain essentially centered on the phone, while the station just display it in a larger screen. Fortunately there are applications where the battery power settings you can choose to charge the phone battery from the station if the battery in the phone runs out, however, is not true.


Benchmark results

• Antutu: 42 178 points
• Quadrant Standard: 20,240 points
• Nenamark 2: 59.9 fps
• Epic Citadel: 58.8 fps
• Multitouch Tester: 10
• HTML5test.com: 497 out of 555 points

conclusion

Cellular operators in Indonesia are being intensively promote their 4G network, though not evenly distributed, but this is the right moment, for a smartphone with LTE support teeth. Yes, Padfone S is a 4G LTE smartphone with Super Phone specs but with a friendly price dikantong.

ASUS Padfone S with the station can be redeemed at a price range of 3.5 millions. Very tempting indeed, you will get two devices at once, smartphones and tablets. As for the Padfone S without station can take home at a price of 3 million. If you were expecting something different, Padfone S deserves to be a choice.

excess

• Supports 4G LTE network
• specifications monsters
• Unique hybrid concept
• 4K Video Recording
• affordable prices

shortage

• Station is quite heavy when the smartphone is connected
• Impressions less luxurious design
• The battery is not removable
• Battery capacity is small

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