Asus Padfone release date confirmed for April 20th, retailing for $980

5. -box- posted on 05 Apr 2012, 08:37 1 0

While I appreciate the modularity of the PadFone (having designed something similar myself years ago), the price seems a tad steep. Granted, one would be hard pressed to get a good tablet and keyboard (Transformer Prime with keyboard is like $650 i think?) and an unlocked no-contract smartphone for under $1000, but there should be an incentive to get these into customer's hands, and price is a great way of doing that

6. jhattara posted on 05 Apr 2012, 12:34 0 0

If the price converts to euros like the other phones currently in the market, I'll get this one the moment it hits my operators store latest.

7. downphoenix posted on 05 Apr 2012, 13:04 0 0

that's pretty steep but its understandable. Would be a lot easier to swallow if it was subsidized.

9. gwuhua1984 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 14:49 0 0

At first I thought it was a pad and a phone... Then I realized it's pretty much a phone with an adaptable monitor... $1,000 is not really worth it... $700 - $800 would sound about right.

11. IneffableCause posted on 06 Apr 2012, 19:22 1 0

The iPhone 4S ranges from $650 to $850 off contract (or did at launch at least). So $610 off contract isn't that bad, as long as at least one carrier picks it up with a reasonable contract price. If Sprint were to announce this soon I would definitely buy it on day one. If Verizon or AT&T announced it soon I'd still be considering it heavily. (I need to get a knew phone soon, so timeliness is a bit of a factor for me this time around.)

12. bayezid posted on 16 Apr 2012, 12:42 1 0

Startuptunes has also a nice review on padfone. If you want you can gohttp://startuptunes.com/2012/04/15/asus-padfone-is-it-a-phone-is-it-a-tablet-or-is-it-a-laptop/ and you can get a comparison the performances and features.