AT&T teases the Asus PadFone X, still no word on its release date

posted by Florin T. / Mar 11, 2014, 11:38 AM

It was back in January when AT&T announced it would sell the Asus PadFone X later this year. Since then, the carrier has been quiet about the new device. However, today AT&T took to Twitter to remind us that the “Asus PadFone X is a 5-inch FHD smartphone that transforms into a 9-inch FHD tablet”, and to ask “how would you use a larger screen?” The text is accompanied by the image seen above.

We can only assume that this means the new smartphone-tablet hybrid will be released in the near future. AT&T has yet to reveal how much it’s going to ask for the PadFone X. At the moment, the PadFone X page found at AT&T’s website only says that the device is “coming soon.”

Running Android 4.4 KitKat, the Asus PadFone X features LTE-A connectivity and a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM-8974 processor. More details should be unveiled pretty soon.

Asus PadFone X

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10 Comments

1. Neo_Huang

Posts: 1067; Member since: Dec 06, 2013

Well, hurry up.

posted on Mar 11, 2014, 12:42 PM 0

2. Finalflash

Posts: 4063; Member since: Jul 23, 2013

Don't know what is up with the 9 inch tablet, I don't know why they released a 10 incher with every other iteration of the 5 inch phone and then a 9 inch in NA...makes no sense.

posted on Mar 11, 2014, 1:04 PM 0

3. buccob

Posts: 2975; Member since: Jun 19, 2012

Well.. to me it makes even less sense to pair a 5" phone, which IMO is too big... I would love to have a 4.5" phone transformed into an 8-9-10" tablet I don't care about the tablet size too much... but the point to me is to have a Portable phone and a Comfortable tablet...

posted on Mar 11, 2014, 1:17 PM 3

8. o0Exia0o

Posts: 903; Member since: Feb 01, 2013

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who thinks this way!

posted on Mar 12, 2014, 1:44 AM 1

9. buccob

Yes, and by the way, I meant a 4.5" phone with High End specs... unlike the PadFone Mini which basically it has similar specs to the first PadFone. I am talking about a 2013 Infinity with a smaller phone body.

posted on Mar 12, 2014, 8:24 AM 2

10. o0Exia0o

I know I have been preaching this ever since phones have gone to the 5 inch plus range. Whats wrong with having a phone that is a decent size (in the 4.5 inch range) with flagship specs? I beleave that more people would be interested in that. With the size that phones are getting these days it wont be long before we are holding tablet sized phones up to our ears and to me thats just retarded!

posted on Mar 13, 2014, 6:16 AM 0

4. imkyle

Posts: 1115; Member since: Nov 18, 2010

At this point it seems like summer it will be released.

posted on Mar 11, 2014, 1:40 PM 0

5. papss unregistered

I'd like to see this in person.. I do feel that 5' is too small

posted on Mar 11, 2014, 2:28 PM 0

6. Berzerk000

Posts: 4275; Member since: Jun 26, 2011

Wow, look at those bezels on the tablet. Those look bigger than the bezels on iPads before the iPad Mini/Air.

posted on Mar 11, 2014, 3:12 PM 0

7. 777light777

Posts: 63; Member since: Aug 14, 2013

Here comes the answer train WHOOOOO! 8O :D Release date: around the time for SD805 launch (hopefully)... Tablet bezels: front facing speakers (still smaller than a 10 inch)... No its not an SD800: they said (LATEST SNAP DRAGON)... Price: $399-499 on-contract, $800-1000 off (time will tell)... There u go. c: