The new Asus Transformer Pad Infinity tablet arrives in the middle of July.
Asus said on Monday that its new Transformer Pad Infinity tablet (TF700) is heading to the United States in the week of July 16, costing $499 for the 32 GB version and $599 for the 64 GB version. And like the other Asus Transformer tablets, the keyboard/dock accessory will cost an additional $149.
Asus claims the TF700 is the world's first Full HD Android tablet, as it sports a Full HD 1920 x 1200 Super IPS+ display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2. The display offers a 16:10 aspect ratio and a 178-degree viewing angle, and is backed by Nvidia's 1.6 GHz quad-core Tegra 3 T33 4-PLUS-1 SoC which also contains a 12-core GeForce GPU.
"The Transformer Pad Infinity features the gorgeous metallic spun finish that characterizes the ASUS Zen philosophy first unveiled with the Zenbook and Transformer Pad Prime, and comes in two stylish colors: Amethyst Gray and Champagne Gold," the company said. "Thanks to the forged aluminum construction, the Transformer Pad Infinity is just 8.5mm thin and weighs only 598g, meaning it can easily be carried around all day."
When combined with the Mobile Dock, the Transformer Pad Infinity "transforms" into a makeshift ultrabook, extending the battery life up to 14 hours and providing a full-blown QWERTY keyboard with multi-touch touchpad. The tablet comes with either 32 GB or 64 GB of local storage, but there's also a USB port and an SD card slot for expanding the capacity along with 8 GB of free storage on Asus WebStorage for life.
As for other specs, the tablet will arrive with a rear-facing 8MP camera sporting a large F/2.2 aperture, 5-element lens, back-illuminated CMOS sensor. It supports touch-to-focus capabilities, shallow depth of field, low light noise reduction, a wide 75-degree angle of view (28-mm equivalent focal length), and Full HD 1080p video recording at 30fps. There's also a 2MP front-facing camera for video calling via Skype or other Android-based clients.
"Running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity offers unrivaled performance and flexibility with advanced multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens and deep interactivity," Asus said. "Combining this with the blisteringly fast Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, Full HD Super IPS+ display, the ultra-slim design and beautiful metallic spun finish makes the Transformer Pad Infinity the perfect mobile entertainment companion."
Additional specs include Wi-Fi connectivity, 1 GB of DDR3 RAM, a 25Wh battery (the dock has an additional 19.5Wh battery) and Bluetooth 3.0. There's also SonicMaster Sound technology, tuned by the Asus Golden Ear team, which features a combination of "advanced hardware and software designed to deliver immersive and lifelike audio."
Can I get one with Win 8 on it?
Now it is MS' turn to get competitive in prices
Unfortunately it seems battery life is worse then all the previous released versions of the prime. Uses more power due to the higher rez screen and cpu. Shame too cause battery life is on the top of my list when searching for a tablet.
Wifi has been improved according to the detailed review on anandtech.
For the record I have the original transformer and it is not hard to tell when an app gets killed and needs to relaunch quick. And yes, people have more crap running on tablets than on phones, that is kinda the point of the tablet.
There's a plastic strip on top of the back side of the device that's there to alleviate the problem with the antenna.
Although I have to say I never liked the design of the Transformer Prime, looks like a bottom of a stainless steel pan. I actually like plastic better.
Have you played with Windows 8? Have you even read the review's of windows 8. Its gutter trash. It will probably flop even more so than Windows vista. Oh and good luck getting ppl to but a tablet for 1000+ dollars.
Microsoft is always trying to force ppl to use there OS they way they think is best and time and time again ppl have shown MS to stick it up there arse. Once again MS is trying the same Vista BS with Windows 8 and again MS will be coming out with another (OS Windows 9?) Superfast to fix all the problem with Windows 8.
I don't see MS doing any better with windows 8 than they are doing with Windows 7 phone. People are tried of windows the only reason there are on top is because everything is made for it.
$650 you mean. I don't know who in their right mind would buy the 64GB version when you can just as easily buy a micro SD card with 32/64 GB for much cheaper.
I am running the retail preview on my main machine now and it is fine. Windows 8 is a in allot of ways a departure from the old windows. It is extremely snappy as well. Metro takes some getting use to but will be right at home with Tablets. I do not think it is gutter trash at all. Does it still need some polish and some work. Absolutely but even in beta it is smoother than Android.
The MicroSD slot is not very good on my TF201. It is easy to lose the card after inserting it. If it is the same here, the extra internal storage (which will be faster too) is a plus.
Instead of drinking all the other troll's cool-aid try installing windows 8 on a touchscreen device and using it yourself. This is the best operating system Microsoft has released since XP because it will usher in an age of touch enabled computers, over touch enabled toys/phones. If you fail to see that, then feel free to format the drive and stick XP back on it.
FYI The Acer W510 has an MSRP of 25000 Indian Rupees, or $499 USD, so yes, well under $1000.
This is the only reason I didn't buy the first transformer prime...
Maybe because the Surface Pro version starts at 64Gb and goes up to 128Gb, I agree that buying the lowest SSD version of each tablet would be a good idea though as SD cards are much cheaper, but still my personal opinion is that a 64Gb Surface Pro with USB3.0, Full HD screen, keyboard and Windows 8 Pro that allows me to use all my back catalogue of existing software - not to mention with no included 3G meaning I would tether to my smartphone so I don't have to invest in an expensive and totally unwanted second data contract - I think if they were to match at $750 it would be worth it.
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Feel free to think what you want on if it is a bridge too far or not, and don't get me wrong if Microsoft do decide to pitch it at $650 I will be the last person to complain with the $100 I would save, but $750 for a fully working Ultrabook that can convert into a tablet, I think that is pretty damn good
The access times on SD cards are terrible. Sure the storage is cheap but flash in many cases are 15-20 times faster and ssd's are 30-40 times faster. I would much rather the larger integrated storage.