Back in CES 2018, Planet Computers took us back to the ’90s with the Planet Gemini PDA. Now, the company is back with another unique device – the Astro Slide 5G Transformer. The “transformer” part in the name represents the pocket-computer form-factor of the device as the screen of the device slides out to reveal a physical backlit keyboard.
Techs and Specs
Coming to specs of the device, it comes with a MediaTek Dimensity 1000 MT6889 SoC, which is MediaTek’s first 5G chipset. This chip enables the device to attain good 5G speeds (4.7 Gbps download and 2.5 Gbps upload), as the company claims. It has a 9-core Arm Mali G77 for the GPU and also has a 6-core APU (AI Processing Unit).
Buy Now and Wait for One Year…
Currently, the device is in the “Prototype” phase and the company is running a campaign on Indiegogo. According to the company, they are planning to ready the primary PCB of the device by Q4 2020 and they will be showcasing the device at CES 2021. So, if you book an Astro Slide for yourself today, you will have to wait for one whole year to get it as the company will ship the devices on March 2021.
