iPad 2 vs Asus Eee Pad Transformer: Battle Of The Battery
With the official release of Apple’s iPad 2 underway in the UK, many customers have been left with mixed feelings. For those of you who tried to order from 1 am GMT this morning, you may have experienced problems with either an error message or trying to pay for your device, and to add insult to injury, the iPad 2 could be delayed for up to 4 weeks. But putting the negativity to one side for the moment, its fair to say that the tablet has wowed a huge following and its not just the avid Apple fan, but newcomers as well.
So on closer inspection the iPad 2 includes a lighter and thinner design, FaceTime and PhotoBooth, A5 dual-core processor, additional Smart Cover, colors of white and black, iOS 4.3, front and rear cameras and so on. But its the battery life that we wanted to touch on with a good 10 hours continuous use or 1 month on standby which one would assume cannot be matched by anyone else. This is where the Asus Eee Pad Transformer comes into play.
With no solid release date and only a rumored price of $565 to go on, we do know as BGR reported, it will be running on the very popular Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the 10.1-inch device with 1280 x 800 IPS touchscreen, will also include NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor, 5MP on rear and 1.3MP on front, 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS and 3G connectivity which can be an alternative. But its the juice life that this nifty tablet can offer that’s grabbed our attention. On its own the battery life is good for a little less than the iPad 2 with 9.5 hours but with the keyboard dock in place, this then changes to a further 6.5 hours giving a total of 16 hours.
As slashgear stated, in their opinion this little touch would have been beneficial to the Acer Iconia W500 which we coincidentally reported on earlier today.
What are your thoughts on the new Asus Eee Pad Transformer? Is this a real iPad 2 contender?
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