 Hey guys, I'm Vlad with The Verge, I'm here in Milan where Asus has just revealed the new Pad Phone 2. Now you hear me saying a Pad Phone and I'm standing here with a tablet, what's going on? Well the thing is, as you've seen with the original Pad Phone, this is a tablet and a phone. It's two devices. In fact, it's just one device. This is just a 10.1 inch display, 1280x800 resolution and it has a 5000mAh battery. The big difference with this docking station is that it's now significantly thinner. It's a smaller battery but it's significantly thinner which is a big advantage. And it also has this new 13-pin customary dock connector that Asus has come up with. It supports micro USB and MHL connections. But that's not really the exciting part. The exciting part is the new smartphone. It is a 4.7 inch device, 1280x720 resolution, which is kind of standard nowadays in Android flagship smartphones. It compares very well with the HTC One X. They seem to be about the same size. They're about the same thickness and weight as well. However, the Pad Phone 2 has been upgraded with a new quad-core processor. It has the quad-core Snapdragon S4. This is something that Asus describes as a Cortex A15 class processor and tells us it obliterates every other Android phone in terms of benchmarks. We'll have to check that out but really it's not about benchmarks. It's about the user experience. Looking at it right now, it's running Ice Cream Sandwich. I'm not very happy about that. We would prefer for it to be coming with Jelly Bean, particularly since the release date hasn't been specified yet. It's just before the end of the year. But Asus promises a Jelly Bean upgrade soon. But still, it's snappy. It's quick. It's still Asus's mild Android skin on top of Android 4.0.4. And just looking around, you have a highly customized notification screen with a few toggles and notifications. The app tray looks relatively close to stock. And you've got the multitasking buttons. The Android keys are once again, capacitive as opposed to on-screen as Google likes to do them. Now, apart from the new 4.7-inch display, it's Super IPS+. It has Sharp's Ixo technology. It's one of the first Sharp Ixo displays that we've taken a look at. It does have some very good viewing angles looking at it from the side. Going around to the back, another of the big upgrades is a 30-megapixel camera. This is a Sony-made backside illuminated sensor. Has an LED flash on the side. And has an F2.4 lens. Now, one of the things that Asus touts as a particular advantage for this phone, the Asus Platform 2, is that it can do 100 frames at 6 frames a second continuous shot. That's faster than the Galaxy S3, faster than the One X. And again, speaks to the performance of this new device. But the 30-megapixel camera, you might have already seen it on the Xperia T from Sony. It looks to be the same sensor. It also has the same 30-megapixels. But that's it. That's our first look at the Asus Platform 2.
 Hey guys, I'm Vlad with The Verge, I'm here in Milan where Asus has just revealed the
 new Pad Phone 2.
 Now you hear me saying a Pad Phone and I'm standing here with a tablet, what's going
 on?
 Well the thing is, as you've seen with the original Pad Phone, this is a tablet and a
 phone.
 It's two devices.
 In fact, it's just one device.
 This is just a 10.1 inch display, 1280x800 resolution and it has a 5000mAh battery.
 The big difference with this docking station is that it's now significantly thinner.
 It's a smaller battery but it's significantly thinner which is a big advantage.
 And it also has this new 13-pin customary dock connector that Asus has come up with.
 It supports micro USB and MHL connections.
 But that's not really the exciting part.
 The exciting part is the new smartphone.
 It is a 4.7 inch device, 1280x720 resolution, which is kind of standard nowadays in Android
 flagship smartphones.
 It compares very well with the HTC One X.
 They seem to be about the same size.
 They're about the same thickness and weight as well.
 However, the Pad Phone 2 has been upgraded with a new quad-core processor.
 It has the quad-core Snapdragon S4.
 This is something that Asus describes as a Cortex A15 class processor and tells us it
 obliterates every other Android phone in terms of benchmarks.
 We'll have to check that out but really it's not about benchmarks.
 It's about the user experience.
 Looking at it right now, it's running Ice Cream Sandwich.
 I'm not very happy about that.
 We would prefer for it to be coming with Jelly Bean, particularly since the release date
 hasn't been specified yet.
 It's just before the end of the year.
 But Asus promises a Jelly Bean upgrade soon.
 But still, it's snappy.
 It's quick.
 It's still Asus's mild Android skin on top of Android 4.0.4.
 And just looking around, you have a highly customized notification screen with a few
 toggles and notifications.
 The app tray looks relatively close to stock.
 And you've got the multitasking buttons.
 The Android keys are once again, capacitive as opposed to on-screen as Google likes to
 do them.
 Now, apart from the new 4.7-inch display, it's Super IPS+.
 It has Sharp's Ixo technology.
 It's one of the first Sharp Ixo displays that we've taken a look at.
 It does have some very good viewing angles looking at it from the side.
 Going around to the back, another of the big upgrades is a 30-megapixel camera.
 This is a Sony-made backside illuminated sensor.
 Has an LED flash on the side.
 And has an F2.4 lens.
 Now, one of the things that Asus touts as a particular advantage for this phone, the
 Asus Platform 2, is that it can do 100 frames at 6 frames a second continuous shot.
 That's faster than the Galaxy S3, faster than the One X.
 And again, speaks to the performance of this new device.
 But the 30-megapixel camera, you might have already seen it on the Xperia T from Sony.
 It looks to be the same sensor.
 It also has the same 30-megapixels.
 But that's it.
 That's our first look at the Asus Platform 2.