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An update to the best phone-to-tablet transformer series we've seen is landing exclusively at AT&T. That makes the Asus PadFone X the first of this line to come to a US carrier.

We're no strangers to Asus' PadFones. Thanks to the addition of Android 4.4 KitKat and Voice over LTE (VoLTE), which will support voice calls over the data network, this carrier-branded version is an even more promising performer than its cousin, the Asus PadFone (September 2013).

Apart from OS and this carrier partner, the specs we know of so far is very similar to September's unlocked, global model. A 5-inch 1080p HD smartphone slides into a connector bay on the back of the tablet docking shell, then uses the phone's battery and Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor to power the pad

Interestingly, the tablet portion of the PadFone is smaller this time around, just a 9-inch HD screen rather than the 10.1 inches before. That'll place the PadFone X on the larger end of the tablet scale compared to small-size devices like Nexus 7 and iPad Mini tablets.

This isn't the first time that AT&T has peddled a phone-and-dock solution. It also carried the Motorola Atrix 4G docking station along with the Atrix smartphone as an expensive add-on, no doubt a costly mistake for everyone involved.

The PadFone X's eventual success or failure on AT&T will come down to price and if buying the one-two combo makes financial sense for those who are also interested in a tablet form factor for travel or home.CNET

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