ASUS PadFone X Pro Reviews

The Asus PadFone X is a winner. It’s not the best phone, and it’s far from the best tablet, but for the price, it’s hard to beat it. At $550, you get a very good phone and a decent tablet attachment that lets you use your apps in a new way. We did have some issues with apps crashing if you yank the phone out of the dock while using them, but we got used to closing our apps before disconnecting. Even if you dislike the tablet and don’t use it much, for the price, this is a good phone by itself. We can’t wait to see what Asus comes up with next.

While not a perfect union, the modular Asus PadFone X offers a compelling smartphone and tablet combo for the price of a typical smartphone alone.

2-in-1 devices are undoubtedly useful, seeing that it eliminates the need to purchase two different things. As a phone, the Asus PadFone X can’t stack up against the sluggers in the space at the moment, it just can’t. Furthermore, this combinational device simply took way too long for it to arrive in buyable form – nearly 5 months after it was first announced. In that time, the competition delivered polarizing devices that makes the Asus PadFone X’s specs dated. Yet, there’s one saving grace to this gadget – it pricing. Sporting an on-contract price of $200, it’s one heck of a deal considering you’re getting a pretty spec’d smartphone that comes included with the tablet dock. Normally, that price alone would only get people a smartphone, so it’s wonderful to know that it eliminates the need to shell out an additional cost for picking up a tablet. In the long run, pricing can go only so much to attract consumers to this unconventional combination. It’s a refreshing option here stateside, but we wouldn’t go as far to say that it’s a must-buy.