Face off: Asus Eee Pad Slider vs. Asus Eee Pad Transformer

The challenge

Eee Pad Slider and Eee Pad Transformer are two 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb tablets from ASUSTeK, a leading Taiwan technology builder. ASUSTeK joined the growing tablet frenzy with its Eee Pad Transformer in competition to Samsung Galaxy Tab and Apple iPad some months back. Besides many Android Honeycomb and hardware features, both tablets are known for their compatibility with special QWERTY keyboard docks. Mounting on the dock, you can use Slider and Transformer in place of a notebook or laptop. You can watch movies and slideshows and do simple office works on the devices.

Asus Eee Pad Slider vs. Asus Eee Pad Transformer

In help of these two tablets, ASUSTeK has become a leading maker of Android tablet PCs. Maybe after Samsung and HTC, ASUSTeK has become one major Android tablet marker in world. Here we compare Asus’ Eee Pad Slider and Eee Pad Transformer under a few common parameters. Get through the rest of the article to get a clear idea of the tablets that are already in stores for grabs.

Comparison Attributes

Operating System

Both devices landed in stores preinstalled with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the special version of Android for tablet PCs. But Transformer was later upgraded to Android 3.2, the most recent update to Honeycomb. Meanwhile, Eee Pad Slider plays on Android 3.1. Actually, there is little difference between the two versions of Honeycomb.

Winner: Asus Eee Pad Transformer.

CPU

Eee Pad Transformer is equipped with a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM. The Eee Slider is also with the same CPU specs. The dual core processor and better RAM guarantee brilliant performance for the devices. Indeed, you can enjoy great web browsing and movie watching experience on the top-class tablets thanks to their highly competitive components.

Winner: No winner, both tablets are powered by same processor and RAM capacity.

Storage

Amazingly, in storage options also, Eee Pad Transformer and Eee Pad Slider are with the matching features. Both Asus tablets have 16GB/32GB built-in memory models. Moreover, you can store unlimited data in Asus’ Webstorage, a cloud service. Most of the recent technological products are coming up with cloud features to help users store contents in cloud.

Winner: No winner.

Battery

When the discussion comes to battery life, Eee Pad Transformer has a simple domination over its Android sibling. Sporting a 24.4Wh Li-Polymer Battery, Transformer offers 9.5 hours battery life. But once mounted on the dock that has built-in battery, Transformer will offer you 16 hours battery life. Meanwhile, with a 25Wh Li-Polymer Battery, Eee Pad Slider operates on battery for 8 hours only.

Winner: Eee Pad Transformer.

Price

It is notable that Asus’ products are always low-priced. Eee Pad Transformer and Slider may be two of the cheap tablets the market has today. You can buy Transformer for just $387.99 and Eee Pad Slider for just $471.99. The price tags are lower than the price of both Samsung Galaxy Tab II and Apple iPad 2. Therefore, customers who wish to own an Android tablet for a low price, products from Asus are ideal choices.

Winner: Asus Eee Pad Transformer.

Winner

As far as tech specs, features and prices are taken into account, Eee Pad Transformer is the winner in the above comparison. Its younger sibling, Slider is not as much competitive as Transformer, which is simply named so as it can transform to a notebook as you mount it on a keyboard dock that comes for a separate price. Slider also has the same keyboard dock feature, however.

The verdict

Asus Eee Pad Transformer has gained reputation as one of best Android tablets ever. When it arrived in stores, reviewers found it a real rival to Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. The device is still doing rounds in market, however. With a better processor, firmware and other tech specs, Transformer is a slight winner over Slider. In fact, a judgment in favor Transformer is a bit tricky as Slider is with almost similar features and tech specs.