Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Asus has finally unveiled the Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) and MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) tablets in India. The latest Fonepad 7 tablet was announced at the CES this year and the MeMOPad 8 (ME581CL) was announced at the Computex last year. Asus will be selling both the devices exclusively through Flipkart.
The Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) is a Dual SIM tablet featuring a 7-inch IPS display with 1024 x 600 pixels resolution and Anti-Fingerprint Coating, 178-degree wide viewing angle. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor paired with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and 2GB of RAM. The device sports an 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front camera and has internal storage of 16GB, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via microSD card. The connectivity features include 3G (with voice calling), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat with ZenUI on top and is backed by a 3,950 mAh battery.
Now, talking about the MeMOPad 8 (ME581CL), it features an 8-inch Full HD IPS display (1200×1920 pixels) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The device is powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor paired with 2GB of RAM. It sports a 5-megapixel rear camera, a 1.2-megapixel HD front camera and has 16GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD. The connectivity options include 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and GPS. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat with Zen UI on top and is backed by a 4,350 mAh battery, which is touted by the company to deliver up to 9 hours of backup.