Asus Fonepad Note FHD 6

One of the biggest smash hits of this year's Computex fair was Asus' phablet, the Fonepad Note FHD 6, which I recently had the opportunity of trying at the Asus headquarters in Hong Kong.

Asus Fonepad Note FHD 6When it comes to its appearance, the Fonepad Note FHD 6 is reminiscent of Samsung's Galaxy Note II, however, of course, it is significantly bigger with its 6-inch display. It is this dominating screen that can be credited for the good impression Fonepad Note FHD 6 leaves at first glance, given that this is a Super IPS+ LCD display with Full HD resolution, resulting in great pixel density: 367 ppi. Regardless of the viewing angle, the imaging always looked exceptionally sharp with precisely saturated colors and a great level of contrast, though the screen's brightness was lacking.

The device comes with a stylus (Asus has not made it clear which type it is), however, once again, it is almost identical to the S Pen offered by Samsung with its flagship phablet. Still, the greatest peculiarity of the Asus offering is that it comes with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 running a 1.6 GHz clock, securing above average performance, but not economic enough or optimized for Android OS 4.2 as offered by Qualcomm and Samsung's processors. Due to the usage of the Intel hardware, this phablet does not support LTE, but HSPA+ radio is here as a "compromise", offering speeds up to 42 Mbps in downlink.

The final impression after trying Asus' unusual copy of the Galaxy Note II is that this is not a precisely planned product that still offers plenty of room for improvement, even though many will find it interesting and it might still take Asus into the big leagues of mobile devices.