Asus Transformer Pad Infinity vs iPad 2: Is Apple Rotting?

Asus introduced Transformer Pad Infinity tablet at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February.

Infinity might look familiar to the tablet lovers as it is essentially an upgraded version of the Transformer Prime TF700T that was unveiled at the CES 2012.

The Taiwanese company had already shattered the seeming invincibility of Apple's iPad with the launch of Transformer Prime recently. Now, with the launch of Transformer Prime Infinity, the company is delivering a much stronger blow to iPad 2. Tablet experts believe that Infinity can prove a threat even to the highly anticipated iPad 3.

Check out the features of Transformer Infinity in comparison with iPad 2.

Size: Asus Transformer Pad Infinity comes with a dimension of 263 x 180.8 x 8.5 mm and weighs 586 grams while Apple iPad 2 has 241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm dimension and weighs 607 grams.

Display: Transformer Infinity has a 10.1-inch high-definition Super IPS + LCD capacitive touch screen 1280 x 800 pixels at 224 pixels per inch (ppi) density whereas iPad 2 features 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 pixels LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touch-screen display.

Display Protection: Transformer Prime Infinity display is protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass whereas iPad 2 display gets protected by scratch-resistant glass and oleophobic coating.

Processor: Transformer Infinity comes with quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, Nvidia Tegra 3 T33 chipset and ULP GeForce GPU compared to iPad 2's 900 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU Apple A5 chipset processor.

Memory: Asus Transformer Infinity comes with 32/64 GB internal storage with a microSD card slot, giving an extra 32GB support and 8GB life time free Asus WebStorage while iPad 2 has 512 MB RAM with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal storage support. But Apple iPad 2 does not have an external storage space.

Operating System: Asus Transformer Infinity runs on Google's latest OS Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich but with a layer of the latest Waveshare UI and with Adobe Flash support to provide a vivid online experience. iPad 2, on the other hand, runs on iOS 5 operating system.

Battery: Asus Transformer Infinity comes with a 25Wh Li-polymer battery that can work for up to 12 hours. iPad 2 features Li-Po 6930 mAh battery which does not require charging up for up to 10 hours.

Camera: The Asus tablet appears the winner when it comes to the camera. It sports an 8 megapixel camera with 3264x2448 pixels, LED flash and autofocus, large F2.4 aperture, back-illuminated CMOS feature and 1080p video playback capability. Infinity also come with a 1.2 megapixel front facing camera for video calls.

iPad 2 has only a 0.7-megapixel rear camera with geo-tagging feature and 720p video capture capacity and Apple's tablet sports only a VGA camera in the front.

Pricing: Prices of iPad 2 range between $499 and $899 while Transformer Infinity is expected to be available for a price ranging between $499 and $849.

Music: While iPad 2 users have access to Apple's iTunes store, the Asus multimedia, however, provides @vibe, an online music hub, which is an incredible free platform for accessing more than seven million songs.