The Asus FonePad
just got a hardware upgrade. In its native Taiwan, Asus launched a new
version of the tablet today, one that comes with a beefed-up processor
and more internal storage space.
Whereas the original FonePad announced back in February comes with a
1.2 GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor, the new and improved model swaps
that up with a
Z2460 clocked at 1.6 GHz. Furthermore, there’s double the
storage inside too –
32 GB compared to ‘just’ 16 GB.
The two models will be sold side by side in Taiwan. The original will
go for NT$ 8,990 (around $300), and the updated Fonepad is set to
retail for NT$ 10,900 (about $364). So clearly, there’s a price to pay
for those
16 extra gigabytes of storage and the added
400 MHz of
processing power. But not a huge one, considering that, for example,
Apple still charges $100 to go from
16 GB to 32 GB in its mobile
products.
For now, there’s no information about when (or if) the new FonePad
will make its way outside of Taiwan, so do stay tuned for that. Finally,
as you may have gathered, know that aside from the two aforementioned
specs, the ‘new’ FonePad is identical to the ‘old’ FonePad.via
Engadget
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