Unlocked 16GB ASUS Padfone shows up on Negri Electronics for a cool $859

If you’re in the market for a new Android device and you have a considerable amount of dough to throw at one, you might want to consider checking out the ASUS Padfone on Negri Electronics. For $859.50 and a few more bucks for shipping, you can get your hands on one of the most interesting devices of 2012.

For those who missed the memo, the ASUS Padfone features 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD display, Snapdragon S4 with the new Adreno 225 GPU, and 8MP camera with LED flash and f/2.2 aperture, as well as 16GB of internal storage plus microSD slot, and comes with the Padfone Station, a 10.1″ tablet display.

Oh, and for those of you on AT&T hoping to get the Padfone for a bit cheaper, hold tight. We’ve been told that the device has been confirmed for Ma Bell. Whoop Whoop, eh?

SPECS

GENERAL

• 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network WCDMA 900 / 2100

BODY

• Dimensions 128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm
• Weight 129 g
• Padfone Station with 10.1 inches display 273 x 176.9 x 13.55 mm (WxDxH)

DISPLAY

• Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch Yes

SOUND

• Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
• Loudspeaker Yes
• 3.5mm jack Yes

MEMORY Card

• slot microSD, up to 32GB
• Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

DATA

• GPRS Yes
• EDGE Yes
• Speed HSDPA, HSUPA
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP
• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA

• Primary 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features Geo-tagging
• Video Yes
• Secondary Yes, VGA

FEATURES

• OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion
• GPU Adreno 225
• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash
• Radio No
• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Color

• Brown

- SNS integration
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input (Swype)
BATTERY

• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1520 mAh
• Stand-by Up to 373 h (2G) / Up to 440 h (3G)
• Talk time Up to 10 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)