Asus Also Unveils New MeMO Pad 7 and 8 as Well as Fonepad 8

[dgstorm]

Today seems to be a big day for Asus launching new or updated hardware devices. On top of the big announcement earlier of the Transformer Book V, Asus also unveiled the Fonepad 8 and a new MeMo Pad 7 & 8. Here are the details,

MeMo Pad 7 -

• 7-inch Display
• 64-bit Android device - Intel’s quad-core Atom Z3745 chipset (clocked up to 1.86GHz)
• 5 megapixel rear camera
• 2 megapixel front camera - also includes a “high definition” resolution — 1280 x 800

MeMo Pad 8 -

• 8-Inch Display - "Full HD” resolution
• Intel Atom Z3580 quad-core chipset clocked up to 2.3GHz
• Billed as the world’s lightest 8-inch Android tablet at just 299 grams
• Also only 7.45mm thin
• 802.11ac WiFi and an LTE modem

Fonepad 8 -
Really a phablet/giant phone

• 8-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution
• Intel’s 64-bit Atom Z3560 quad-core processor at 1.8GHz
• Dual front-facing speakers
• Android-based ZenUI is on-board with a new flat design and over “1,000″ software improvements

Here's a link to the full press release: http://press.asus.com/PressReleases...e-for-Consumers-at-Computex-2014#.U4yffpRdXR3

Be sure to check out the videos in the thread below.

 

[dgstorm]

Here are some videos of Asus' new products: (the second one is particularly cute and entertaining)

[video=youtube;oFJF5rV5vBI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFJF5rV5vBI[/video]

[video=youtube;rRqICgNzxR0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRqICgNzxR0[/video]

 

[kodiak799]

Interested to see the other specs on these. The Fonepad monster is an interesting alternative to the 7-8" tablets. For home/office with a BT headset that could be a nice device, especially for people with share everything plans supporting multiple devices.