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Earlier we had reported that ASUS was set to announce the company’s upcoming PadFone Infinity which will be making its debut next week during an event held in Taipei, Taiwan. At that time ASUS had only sent out an invite, but has since released a rather cheeky video which shows the smartphone portion of the combo “launching” from the tablet. The video is under 10 seconds long but surprisingly pretty entertaining.

For those unfamiliar with the PadFone Infinity, the device was announced earlier this year at MWC 2013, but unfortunately the device was not made available for purchase in the US. This led to speculation that ASUS was looking to beef up the device to prime it for a release for the US market, and benchmark sightings have suggested that a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset could be making its way into the device. A rumor further down the line even saw the handset portion of the combo pictured along with a possible launch date in September, and we guess that is really going to happen.

In any case if you have a few seconds to spare you should check out the video above, and check back with us next week for the details.

ASUS PadFone Infinity Teaser Video Released original content from Ubergizmo.

Given the recent leaks, it’s no surprise that ASUS is now readying the launch of its aptly named “the new PadFone Infinity.” According to an invitation we just received, CEO Jerry Shen will be hosting an event for said device in Taipei next Tuesday, so we’ll be there to get our hands dirty. For now, all we know is that this phone + tablet combo will look pretty much identical to the current model, except it’ll likely get a more powerful Snapdragon 800 SoC inside, as well as a microSD slot and an all-white color option. Stay tuned for our coverage!

Update: ASUS has just added a short, cheeky video (after the break) showing the smartphone leaving the orbit of its tablet companion. A countdown page has also appeared showing the six or so days left until the new new PadFone’s “launch” on September 17th — you can find it at the source.

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Rumor has it that Google’s future Nexus tablets might not be manufactured by ASUS. Google’s Nexus tablets have been quite successful in the market, according to Digitimes, they account for a “large proportion” of the overall tablet shipments of ASUS. The company recently unveiled two new Android powered tablets at the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin. The publication believes that ASUS is pushing its new tablets so as to “get away from Google’s aura.”

The company is already expected to reduce Nexus 7′s shipment proportion to under 50 percent by the third quarter of this year. The proportion will reportedly be down to 20 percent by the end of the second quarter of 2014. Google hasn’t officially said as yet if it will go with another manufacturer for future Nexus tablets. The new tablets that ASUS unveiled last week are seen as a push by the company to promote its own brand. Google’s Nexus tablets have been able to perform well in the market particularly because they were competitively priced. One of the tablets that ASUS recently announced is called an “affordable” Android tablet. With the tablet market heating up as it is, we might see ASUS make an even greater push to increase its market share.

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We reckoned IFA would be an exceptionally busy show, and now that we’ve combed through all of our coverage and condensed it here, it’s clear the event lived up to our expectations. Sure, the venerable CES may have topped IFA in show floor square feet, but the announcements in Berlin generated perhaps even more excitement than those that came out of Las Vegas in January. A pair of high-profile smartwatches, two titanic smartphones, a duo of lens cameras, 4K displays and a bevy of hands-ons await you in a neat, yet massive, roundup after the break.%Gallery-slideshow83286%

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