With the official launch of the Asus Padfone 2 going ahead in Milan tonight, the phone/tablet combo unit has been officially unveiled in Taipei by Asus CEO Jerry Shen. As we saw earlier in the leaked video the newer combo has a new docking system which does away with the cassette deck style interface and the phone has a slightly larger screen among other improved specifications.

Phone Specs :

  • 4.7″ 720p Super IPS+ Display
  • Quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064 CPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 13MP Rear camera and 1.2MP Front-facing camera
  • NFC
  • 16/32/64GB versions
  • Ice Cream Sandwich with Jelly Bean upgrade comning
  • LTE 800/1,800/2,600MHz
  • 2,140mAh Battery

Tablet Specs :

  • 10.1″ IPS Display
  • 5,000mAh battery

Engadget did mention that the Australian market was definitely mentioned so this one is definitely inbound. We expect to hear a lot more when the event is streamed live from Milan tonight at 8pm, you can check it out live on the Asus Website and as soon as we have some further details we’ll let you know.