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what's up guys Lew here back with another video and today we're checking out something that I think is quite interesting this is the asou SPAD phone X which is a smart phone as well as a tablet and then if you add the mobile dock it's also like a little netbook so a very versatile device and the phone itself has flagship specifications kind of an all-in-one jack-of-all-trades type of device let's open this up and take a closer look at the PadFone X now this is the AT&T version it is sold I believe exclusively on AT&T right now and you can pick it up for 199 bucks on contract so a pretty good value if you think about it with the flagship specifications you're kind of getting a tablet as well as a smart phone not kind of you are getting a tablet as well as a smart phone although the phone is the tablet so on and so forth you guys catch my drift now we're not gonna read through too much of this instead we're gonna look at the actual product so this is the docking portion easy dock the phone to activate the PadFone station you have your volume rockers over here power switch I'm just gonna take this plastic off right now one thing I like right off the bat without looking any further is the forward facing speakers you don't see that on every single tablet and that is obviously a welcome addition because you're gonna get a lot better audio quality having speakers facing you instead of away from you forward facing camera as well as I flip it over you'll notice the section for the actual phone to dock the PadFone the connector is at the bottom here of course we've got to grab the phone in order to utilize that so I'm gonna place this to the side for a moment underneath we have the actual phone and you can see of course texting and driving it can wait pull this off wireless charging and if see built in that's always cool so there we have it the PadFone X the actual phone portion pretty comfortable to hold not the tiniest a bezel in the world but a pretty nice sturdy feeling phone it is plastic on the back but a kind of soft touch plastic over here we have the rear-facing 13 megapixel camera there's a speaker here as well as a flash microUSB down on the bottom you've got your power switch in this convenient location where your thumb would normally live as well as your volume rocker in that location on the top is where you'll find your headphone jack a microphone another microphone at the bottom of course and of course this is what's gonna dock into the tablet portion I'll show you that in a moment but first we're just gonna check out the remaining items in the box a headset we have Micro USB charge cable you can charge up the tablet or the phone using micro USB that's important because the tablet has its own independent battery and it will charge up the phone so I believe it's 4,000 plus milliamp hours in the tablet so even carrying it around as an extra source of power for your phone or if you're going on a long trip or something like that it's kind of a convenient way of making sure that your main communication device always has power here is the USB power brick and then last little portion here is just warranty card and some important notes I believe that is everything yes that's definitely everything let's get some more room and have some fun folks this form factor has actually been around a little while this idea of pairing phone and a tablet into one seamless device but it's the first time that it's making a big splash here in the North American market where you can actually pick it up subsidized through AT&T for a similar cost to a regular flagship device so let's go ahead and dock this I'll show you guys how this fits in very conveniently slides down friction fit and then click at the bottom now when the device is powered on you also get a vibration to let you know that you have connected it correctly and it's not gonna fall out either so you can see here if I shake it a little bit it's in there in a sturdy enough fashion that it won't fall out but if you do want to remove it it also will come out fairly easily with just a little bit of a push so anyways that's how it fits in now we'll check out the ergonomics with the phone insert it's not you know what it's not as heavy as I expected it to be with the phone inserted of course there's a bulge on the back but you don't really hold it there anyways you hold it in this location here now it does have a large bezel and I've seen some people complaining about that but from from my perspective you need a place to put your thumbs anyways on a tablet unlike a phone which you hold in one hand and the bezel is just getting in the way on the tablet you know you've got two hands on it you've got two thumbs so a little bit of a bezel is not such a huge dealer anyways just going around this device I don't think we did yet you've got volume which is remapped over here to your left hand you've got a microUSB as I said before to charge the internal battery on the tablet portion your power switch is up in this location right here now the camera will continue to function from the phone even when using the tablet so if you launch the camera app from the tablet you'll essentially be using this camera here in this flash etc the speaker's of course you won't be using this speaker why would you want to so anyways I mentioned I have a couple of other devices over here not devices but accessories to go with the PadFone edge so you might as well look at those before I power this device up first we have this right here the PadFone X mobile dock it has a trackpad built in of course a full keyboard it's also going to be a friction fit so there's no like magnetic or mechanical clasp it just sort of fits in there and uses bluetooth the positive side of that is that you can use it when it's not attached so if you want to have your tablet resting somewhere else and this on your lap too tight this also has a built in battery but it's not going to be like extra battery power for your device because you've already got the extra battery backup of the tablet instead this is gonna be battery powered for the Bluetooth control at the keyboard and it is rechargeable via microUSB as well you're gonna get a lot of battery life since it's a fairly basic functionality this is plastic but it's got like a little brushed feel to it actually pretty weighty let me go ahead here and just give it a quick test so you know it basically functions as you'd expect just like you know any other keyboard it's obviously not huge but functional and if this becomes your main device your main travel device this could be a great way to get through a bunch of emails without having to tap on screen that tactile feedback is always positive when you're doing a lot of typing of course you could also close the device down and turn it into a netbook sort of so one device for everything at least that's the concept let me go ahead and fit this in real quick so anyways there you have it that's that's sort of your form factor you're going to be looking at and as I mentioned you can set it to a number of different angles even at the most open angle it's not completely top-heavy where it's gonna flip over you have enough weight in the dock to keep it sitting in this setting right here and of course you can close it down completely like this and then you end up with this kind of package your use case scenario can dictate how you're gonna travel with and how you're going to use all of these different components the other benefit here is that you can answer phone calls right on this device so if you've got an incoming phone call through the application manager the software that's built right in to deal with this particular functionality you can answer that phone call locally and have a ton of battery life to back up your phone again this is all about finding one communication device to carry with you and not have to worry about multiple devices okay so there we go we are completely booted up right now so you can see here you're running Android 4.4.2 and when you insert this into the tablet and just open this up real quick when we need cert this into the tablet that's when the magic happens watch this slide this down I get a nice little buzz and booyah we have tablet action happening right now and just like that instantaneously you've taken your experience to a larger platform so you'll see here you have the PadFone assistant and this is where things get really interesting on this device you can pick a specific charging setting you have intelligent mode which manages the battery power requirements of the pad phone right you have the phone preferred mode which the PadFone station will always supply power to the pad phone so it will consistently be providing power from its battery to the phone and then you have the power pack mode which when you are outdoors and the pad phone is running out of battery the PadFone station can be used as a charging pack so anyways a couple of different modes here for dealing with power consumption on your main device and the tablet intelligent mode is going to do its best job to balance the power between both devices so you've also got this setting for incoming calls where you can select to retrieve an answer you can simply remove the foam portion from the pad phone and answer calls as you normally would you can also answer calls directly here on the tablet or you can have it so that you need to remove the pad phone and click answer call not sure why you'd want that but that's another option of course there's also answering mode so if you've got a Bluetooth headset you can set that as your preferred of course if you have this large device here you don't have a bluetooth headset you could use the speakerphone as well to answer that phone call so a number of specific options that are hamp handled by this pad phone assistant widget that suze has built into this device obviously not a stock Android kind of thing but you need some special handling for device that is so unique the screen is 1920 by 1200 and the screen on the phone is 9 in twenty by ten eighty so relatively high resolution on both the devices of course you're gonna get a bigger picture on the tablet so if you're doing extensive reading or something like that it's probably going to be a little bit more comfortable so there are a couple other accessories to go with the PadFone X besides the dock and keyboard there's also this folio bundle over here so there is a case for the tablet as well as the phone it is open real quick and you probably have seen these before they're similar to the covers that you can get on the Samsung Galaxy products or you know something like an iPad Smart Cover etc so this one will fit onto the tablet folds up here does an origami style back so you can use it as a stand you can see you have the cutout on the back so that you can still dock your phone actually let's go ahead and just install this real quick so this will protect the front but something cool here as well it leaves the speaker ports open so if you want to listen to music or something you're still gonna have access to those speakers even while you're protecting the front and then on the back you can see you still have access to the phone for removal etc now if we put the case on the phone something cool here happens as well you will need to remove the back the battery is not removable unfortunately but that's not that uncommon on these modern devices and over here you have your SIM card slot as well as a microSD slot for expanding storage of the device it doesn't work like a smart cover in the sense that it won't unlock the device C so you you know you're still locking the device here but it just acts as a protective shell protective barrier and if you want to dock the device like so can actually still do it and it will sort of sit flat relatively flat if you still want to use the tablet and not be too although I would probably find that annoying myself I'm not a huge case guy on phones anyways so I'll probably use this without this special back but it's there as an accessory if people are a little bit more rough with their phones than I am so I'm going to go ahead and just reinstall these standards back now one really cool side effect of going with a combination like this is the fact that you only need one data plan so if you've got a data plan for your smartphone then you're pretty much covered on your tablet of course you'll be using the built-in connection on the phone when plugged into this device right here so that's a value proposition on top of the traditional set up in which you would have data for your tablet and your phone this is probably an interesting device for individuals who want a tablet and a phone and don't want to spend a bunch of money or just want a more seamless approach to both of those devices you have all your information on your phone and now you have a slightly bigger screen when you want it to behave more like a tablet of course with these kinds of combinations there are definitely compromises in this particular case like I said the form factor is a little bit bulky comparative to some of the other tablets on the market of course that's necessary in order to allow for this transformation to take place where you can stick a phone into the back of it like that right there check that out I think it's cool I've been a fan of technology my whole life so anytime I see these new form factors or attempts at new form factors it gets me excited I'm not sure if this is going to be the killer device that you know millions and millions of people go out and purchase but I do think for the right kind of person this could be a very interesting solution so there you have it my unboxing and overview of the PadFone X from a soos a very interesting device and unique I love looking at unique devices if you guys enjoyed this content make sure to leave a thumbs up down below and if you have any questions about this device or other things that you've seen on the channel the best way to get in touch with me is on twitter i am at unbox therapy i'll put a link down in the description so you can talk to me there and ask me questions because I'm sure I'll find out a lot more about this thing as I continue to play with it after all this was simply an unboxing and overview and that of course is what unbox therapy is favors initial reactions to awesome products a hopefully awesome products alright guys that wraps up this video thanks as always for watching and I will catch you on the next episode later guys