Gadgetory

the asus fonepad that's phone with an F is yet another 7 inch tablet from a sous that closely follows the Nexus 7's design it has pretty much the same measurements however the power and volume buttons on the left edge as opposed to the right there is a 1 megapixel front camera and a 3 megapixel back camera either camera is anything to write home about and provide only decent picture and video quality there's a micro USB port headphone jack and mic on the bottom edge on the back is a small speaker grille on the bottom here and there's a removable panel at the top once you've actually remove the panel which can be a bit tough given that you require to push down and up to take it off you'll find slots for both a sim card and a microSD card the tablet has an aluminum back side that gives it a smooth durable feel but if you ever use the nexus 7 you're getting roughly the same level of comfort here the foam pad ships with Android 4.1 point2 jellybean there's an outdoor mode that dramatically increases the screen brightness making the already sharp IPS display a bit easier to see in sunlight a splendid is an app that allows you to adjust the hue color saturation and color temperature of the tablet screen it also shows you how your changes will affect images before you sign off on them games ran pretty smoothly but don't expect Nexus 7 levels of performance here now I know this is kind of burying the lead but the foam pad isn't just a tablet but an actual full fledge phone I use an AT&T sim to test it and it was unfortunately disappointed with its call quality yes this is me holding a 7-inch tablet to my head and using it as a phone I agree it's pretty silly-looking and unfortunately you'll have to buy your own headset as a tablet phone thing coming from the foam pad is available now in the UK but asus has no plans to bring it to the US it'll cost you about $275 if you import it or 178 pounds at that price is not a bad deal if you're planning to use it as both a phone and the tablet however if you're strictly going tablet I suggest the still faster still cheaper Nexus 7 i'm eric franklin and this has been a first look at the asus phone