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The long expected launch event of the Padfone 2finally took place today in Taiwan and Italy. Now we finally know what this second generation Padfoen is all about.

A lot of things that we pretty much already knew got confirmed. Like the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Quad Core CPU which has a clock speed of 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM, a 13MP camera and the fact that it does support LTE (700/800/1800/2600MHz). It was also confirmed that the Padfone itself will have a Super IPS+ screen which has a resolution of 1280×800, it's a surprise that it supports a resistive touch screen isntead of the usual capacitive touch screen, luckely the touch screen is not a resistive screen, it is a capacative touch screen. It seems like the information on the Asus Padfone 2 page was not accurate...

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Asus is getting ready for the presentation of the Padfone 2 in Taiwan and Italy at 11:00 (UTC +2).
Don't forget to catch the livestream, and to join our special forum topic during the event!

The first two video's seem to be offline now, the other two video's are still available...



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Thanks to: Ravia_Devaia

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Yesterday we had a sneak peak of the Padfone 2 in a video, today we have pretty clear promotional images of the Asus Padfone 2.



Official pictures leaked here: http://www.bgr.in/news/official-asus-padfone-2-photos-leaked/

Update: Because of the pretty official news that's pouring in these last days, we've decided to open our Padfone 2 General forums already.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyZEXH-ltg

We got a tip via e-mail from one of our readers that they showed the Padfone 2 in this video, you can't get a really good look at it, but from what we can see now is that it looks pretty good.

So what is confirmed now?
-It has a 4.7 inch HD screen (unknown which type).
-13 Megapixels camera.
-It docks vertically, and has no back cover.
-The Padfone Station is thinner and lighter.

In terms of specs under the hood, nothign is mentioned in this video.

According to the official Asus Padfone 2 page the launch event of the Padfone 2 will be broadcasted live from this page at October 16 at 11am (Milan, UTC +2).

It's expected that the Padfone 2 will be released short after this launch event. We will keep you up-to-date if we know more!

If you look at the teasers on the page it seems like the Padfone Station will be changed, and it looks like it's going to be thinner than the current Padfone Station.

Also, Asus Taiwan has changed their cover photo on their facebook page, so it looks like Asus is really expecting a lot from this event/device.

On October 16, just before the launch event, we will open our Padfone 2 forums so that everyone can discuss about this new device!

Update: One of our users tipped is that Asus Poland posted about the Padfone 2 on their facebook page. They say that it will be available in Poland in December. Keep checking this post for minor updates about the Padfone 2!

Asus has released a new OTA update for all International (WW) Padfones this morning. The version number is 9.20.4.22.

A changelog for the International version of this firmware and a full package download are still not available, but it's most likely that it has the same changes as version 9.20.4.21 (CHT), which has a minor lower version number.
However, the WW upgrade package is already available via OTA (Over The Air) update, or as a download here

Feel free to discuss this firmware version on our forum...

Changelog:

A lot of news is pouring in lately. Padfone 2 announcement, possible Padfone 2 release in The Benelux, Padfone 3 information. And now we have word from Asus Malaysia about the release of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) on our Padfones.
According to them, the Jelly Bean update is scheduled to begin in late December for Taiwanese (CHT) Padfones. Asus doesn't mention a date for the World Wide release of Jelly Bean, but this will probably be somewhere in January.

Posted by Rapis on our forums:

A couple days ago we got official word of the announcement of the Padfoen 2 on October 16th. Today we have information about the Padfone 3.

According to a user on our forum a Taiwanese newspaper reported that the CEO of Asus (Jerry Shen) mentioned the Padfone 3.

Usually we are very careful with posting things like this, but this time there could be a possible truth factor in this story.
According to the article, Asus wants to support Windows Phone 8 with the Padfone 3(?). The Padfone 3 is currently in development. It will of course also rely on high end specifications and is expected to be released by the end of the first quarter of 2013.

We reported earlier that the Padfone won't be released in The Benelux. Yesterday we could bring you the news of the announcement date of the Padfone 2.
Today we can tell you that Asus is researching the possibilities of releasing the Padfone 2 in The Benelux. It's not clear if Asus is already talking with providers at tthis moment. But we will keep you up-to-date as soon as we know more.

Source: Tweakers.net