Powerful Android, iOS tablets Asus Transformer Prime and Apple iPad2

Asus Transformer Prime and Apple iPad2 are two very powerful tablets from the respective manufacturers. Asus Eee pad Transformer tablet received a huge welcoming in the tablet segment due to its good hardware specs, the QWERTY physical keyboard and its low cost.

This led the company to produce Asus Transformer Prime which is an improved and more efficient version of the original tablet.

This tablet is worthy competitor for the Apple iPad2. Apple iPad2 has set many bench marks for other tablet manufactures to follow and many of the companies look up at the features of Apple iPad 2 with awe.

Features and specifications of Apple iPad2 and Asus Transformer Prime

DISTUINGUISHED FEATURES

iPad2

Transformer prime

Category

Availability

Availability

DISPLAY

Type

LED-backlit IPS TFT with capacitive touchscreen

Super IPS+ LCD with capacitive touchscreen

Size

9.7 inches, 768 x 1024 pixels

10.1 inches, 1280 x 800 pixels

CAMERA

Rear

0.7 MP, 960 x 720 pixels

Autofocus, LED flash, 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels

Front

Yes, VGA

Yes, 1.2 MP

Video

Yes, 720p@30fps

Yes, 1080p

LED FLASH

No

Yes, LED flash

Geo tagging

Yes

Yes

STORAGE CAPACITY

Phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Call records

Unlimited

Unlimited

Internal

16/32/64 GB storage

32GB or 64 GB storage

External

No

Yes

Card slot

No

MicroSD with up to 32 GB expandable

RAM

512 MB RAM

1 GB

DATA MANAGEMENT

GPRS

Yes

No

EDGE

Yes

No

3G

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

No

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g with Wi-Fi hotspot functionality

Same

Bluetooth

Version 2.1 with A2DP connectivity and EDR

With A2DP connectivity

Infrared Port

No

No

USB

Yes, Version 2.0 with microUSB connector

Yes, Version 2.0 with microUSB connector

GPS FACILITY

Yes, with assisted GPS support

Yes, with assisted GPS support

GENERAL FEATURES

Category

Availability

Availability

NETWORK SUPPORTS

2G Network

Yes with GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

Not applicable

3G Network

Yes with HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

Not applicable

ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES

Audio Player

Yes, plays MP3, WAV, WMA, AACfiles

Yes, plays Mp3,AAC, WAV and WMA files

Video Player

Yes

Yes, MP4,/H.264/H.263 file support

Games

Yes

Yes

FM Radio

No

No

POWER MANAGEMENT

Battery Type

Standard battery, Li-Po 6930 mAh

Standard battery

Stand By

Up to 720 h

Up to 900 h

Talk Time

Up to 10 h

Up to 12 h

Dimension

241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm

8.3 mm thickness

Weight

607 grams

586 grams

Operating system

iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5

Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), upgradable to v4.0

GPU

PowerVR SGX543MP2

ULP GeForce

CPU

Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9

Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9

Apple iPad2 comes with a price tag starts from Rs. 32,000/- and Asus Transformer Primeprice will come around Rs. 35,000/-.