Asus Transformer Prime Teardown

[alexalex]

Asus Transformer Prime Teardown: Solid tablet, but not without flaws

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a solid Android tablet, but its case is tricky to open and quality control during assembly needs improvement.

http://www.techrepub...thout-flaws/399

Internal hardware

Our Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime test machine has the following hardware:

• 10.1? HannStar HSD101PWW2 LCD
  
• 7.4V 3,380mAh, 25Wh Li-Polymer Battery Pack (C21-TF201P)
  
• 1.2MP front-facing camera
  
• 8MP rear-facing camera
  
• Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor (1135A3 KT NAA665.001)
  
• 1GB Elpida DDR2 SDRAM (B8132B2MA-6D-F 11290R33200)
  
• Winbond 4Mb serial flash (25X40BVIG 1137 6124 2N900ZZ)
  
• Nuvoton NPCE795 keyboard controller (NPCE795LA0BX 2134B069-AA2 136ABFA)
  
• 32GB Kingston NAND Flash (2400005-005.A00G 1125 M10678412.00 KE4BT506A) Some units have Hynix NAND Flash chips.
  
• Broadcom BCM47511 GPS receiver (BCM47511IUBG UD1137 P10 158050 5N)
  
• AzureWave AW-NH615 wireless module
  
• Realtek ALC5631 audio CODEC (ALC5631 B6P06H4 GB33E)
  
• Atmel MXT768E touch screen controller
  
• Texas Instruments TPS51125A Dual-Synchronous, Step-Down Controller (51125A)
  
• Texas Instruments bq24725 2-4 Cell Li+ Battery SMBus Charge Controller (BQ725)
  
• Texas Instruments SN75LVDS83B FlatLink 10-135MHz Transmitter (15CENTT LVDS83B)
  
• Texas Instruments TPS659110 Power Management Unit with DCDC Controller (PTPS659110 2 A2 19AK2NW)
  
• Fairchild AccuPower FPF2700 Integrated Load Switch (PBKAX FPF 2700)
  
• Fairchild FDMC4435BZ -30V P-Channel Power Trench MOSFET (FBBCBF FDMC 4435BZ)
  
• FM34NE 395 B24EB
  
• 3V ML1220 CMOS battery
  

[TheDarkLord]

Very good specification breakdown.... Thanks! I'd be buying this in this month anyway... ! So fingers crossed!

[Black Flash]

I just got mine yesterday, I'm loving it so far. It feels so smooth and responsive.