Asus has announced that the release of its highly anticipated PadFone hybrid mobile device is being delayed due to chip shortages.
According to The Verge, Asus has announced a delay in the release of the device, due to a shortage of Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chips.
Known as a “hybrid device” or “phablet” (phone and tablet), the PadFone is a smartphone that can be “docked” inside a tablet screen, which in turn can be docked in a laptop-like keyboard dock in a manner similar to Asus’ Transformer devices.
Asus had originally announced April 20 as the Taiwanese release date for the device, with a European release originally scheduled for mid-May and a 4G LTE version in September.
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