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hotsauce posted:Its going on ebay tonight as I have ordered an iPad. I'm done with this thing. you're aware you can't use the iPad as a phone, right?
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Don Lapre posted:Asus RMA department is loving horrible. So you'd rather put a defective product for sale on eBay? Isn't that like being a total douche? "Here, have this Transformer for some bux. Oh, by the way, it's faulty. You'll have to ship it to Asus if you want it to actually work, haha!" Even if Asus RMA department blows, you might as well try, and then sell it afterwards, duh.
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Mar 8, 2012 22:41
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The Angry Spaniard posted:So you'd rather put a defective product for sale on eBay? Isn't that like being a total douche? there's a non-zero chance you'd end up with nothing to sell after you sent it to them.
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The Angry Spaniard posted:So you'd rather put a defective product for sale on eBay? Isn't that like being a total douche? It might actually come back worse from RMA. edit: Screen doesn't work after RMA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522556&highlight=rma Got a TF101 back http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511758&highlight=rma Glass not aligned and turns off by itself http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501110&highlight=rma Prime destroyed by texas RMA center http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461570&highlight=rma Don Lapre fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Don Lapre posted:It might actually come back worse from RMA. Or not come back at all.
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Don Lapre posted:It might actually come back worse from RMA.
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Don Lapre posted:It might actually come back worse from RMA. hahahahaha
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Don Lapre posted:Asus RMA department is loving horrible. Asus CS in general is pretty horrible. I bought the only Transformer Prime within 75 miles and the charging cable was defective. I called and asked if they could send me a new one (I even offered to give a deposit, it's a cable that costs them $2) and I would send the old one back. The guy said I could either send them the cable first, and get a new one mailed back to me in 2-4 weeks after a technician looked at the cable, or just buy one from their website for $20.
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Mar 8, 2012 22:54
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:Asus CS in general is pretty horrible. One guy on XDA had to send the whole tablet back even though he had two and could confirm the device was fine.
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Mar 8, 2012 22:55
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It does seem that Asus are just not ready for the volumes of the tablet market. In other news I'm legitimately amazed that my cheap, second hand, no warranty Acer A500 is still working flawlessly - Acer has such an appalling rep with PCs compared to Asus. I just hope the ICS update doesn't kill it.
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Mar 8, 2012 23:00
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Don Lapre posted:I thought you returned it to amazon a long time ago? Sorry I was referring to my TF101. I did return the Prime long ago.
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Mar 8, 2012 23:02
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:Asus CS in general is pretty horrible. I was fixing to come on here and say if you like the tablet suck it up and RMA it but... Holy gently caress that's incredible. "Hey dipshits, when your product is defective from the factory you don't tell your customer tough poo poo."
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Mar 8, 2012 23:03
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dissss posted:In other news I'm legitimately amazed that my cheap, second hand, no warranty Acer A500 is still working flawlessly - Acer has such an appalling rep with PCs compared to Asus. I just hope the ICS update doesn't kill it. That's the upside of cheap crap, they have zero incentive to beat out the latest and greatest so sometimes a really solid device with decent (but not amazing) specs happens. Good designers have to start somewhere, and until the guys working for the top tier companies die or get fired, they have to work somewhere too.
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The Angry Spaniard posted:Apparently he prefers to have someone else deal with it, and only for 500 bucks. So yeah, I guess I am sticking someone else with it. I only paid $350 for the unit and dock so I'm not losing by pricing it to sell. In no way am I about to try an RMA. Caveat emptor.
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Mar 8, 2012 23:06
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hotsauce posted:It's not defective it's just that ICS is very unstable. Prior the the ICS update it never, not once rebooted so its not hardware. Eh I've had more of the opposite with my TF101. It was ok with honeycomb but I have really really enjoyed using it with ICS. I've not had any hangups or any funny sort of thing at all. 0 issues with mine since ICS update. Anecdotal I know, but just my experience.
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Mar 8, 2012 23:09
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El Duke posted:you're aware you can't use the iPad as a phone, right? Ahem, not to mention Google Voice or iMessage replacing SMS. The distinction between tablet and phone is breaking down more and more everyday. Soon it will be "pocketable personal computing device" vs. "non-pocketable personal computing device," and archaic terms like "telephone" will fade away. Especially with an LTE tablet and data plan, I don't see why you'd need to pay for a separate phone, voice plan, and data plan. It would save a ton of money not to do that. Apologies for the iPad pic, I couldn't find a similar accessory for a Transformer or Xoom, but I assume they exist. Worst case scenario you get a bluetooth headset and look a little douchey. 
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Rastor posted:This argument is loving stupid. There is NO loving WAY some Xooms are going to keep getting updates and others aren't (other than the fact of Verizon devices getting updates later than Wifi devices). Best Buy sells a "Xoom Family Edition" with lower power hardware that physically looks like the same Xoom and hasn't been getting Honeycomb updates. I doubt it will get ICS. Point being, there's more SKUs of Xoom than you realize.
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Ciabatta posted:Especially with an LTE tablet and data plan, I don't see why you'd need to pay for a separate phone, voice plan, and data plan. It would save a ton of money not to do that. However it works out being implemented you can bet it'll be set up so you can't save a ton of money. Carriers just do not want that.
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Splizwarf posted:That's the upside of cheap crap, they have zero incentive to beat out the latest and greatest so sometimes a really solid device with decent (but not amazing) specs happens. Good designers have to start somewhere, and until the guys working for the top tier companies die or get fired, they have to work somewhere too. Yes, that's positive. Not sure how it outweighs one of if not the biggest Android tablet maker putting out dreck and treating their customers with utter contempt when their lovely designs quit working.
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dissss posted:However it works out being implemented you can bet it'll be set up so you can't save a ton of money. Carriers just do not want that. Most of the people I know would be able to manage quite well making calls where they have access to wifi, with the occasional important on the go call being done on LTE/3g. It's a similar situation to the younger generation being able to do without cable television-- plenty of people can (or have to) avoid buying cable television because of obscene costs-- They get their entertainment through netflix/other methods.
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Craptacular! posted:Best Buy sells a "Xoom Family Edition" with lower power hardware that physically looks like the same Xoom and hasn't been getting Honeycomb updates. I doubt it will get ICS. I'm talking about the Motorola Xoom, a device for which Google creates the software updates.
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Ciabatta posted:Soon it will be "pocketable personal computing device" vs. "non-pocketable personal computing device," and archaic terms like "telephone" will fade away. Yeah no, you see, normal people would prefer not to say "pocketable personal computing device" when they can just say "phone" or maybe "mobile" or "cell". Not to mention that the other thing would cover pretty much every other kind of computer from gamerfreak giant towers to just larger phones that dont fit in every pocket.
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Craptacular! posted:Best Buy sells a "Xoom Family Edition" with lower power hardware that physically looks like the same Xoom and hasn't been getting Honeycomb updates. I doubt it will get ICS. Xoom Family Edition has the rollout slated for Q2.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:ICS is still coming to wifi and 3G xooms though...I don't get what all the fuss is about? The Wifi Xoom got 4.0.3 in January, so it's only really about the 3G/LTE model. hotsauce posted:It's not defective it's just that ICS is very unstable. That level of instability seems less ICS, and more due the fact that ASUS rushed the update out with the intention of patching issues which arise as they go (as per usual), which inevitably did thanks to their seemingly high rate inter-unit variability. You're right to bail.
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It seems this new Samsung announcement is in fact not going to be a hardware announcement to respond to the new iPad in a timely fashion. It is possibly going to be about Angry Birds. In Space.
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Vagrancy posted:The Wifi Xoom got 4.0.3 in January, so it's only really about the 3G/LTE model. And Moto said they would get ICS also...so why are people freaking out again?
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Crackbone posted:Yes, that's positive. Huh? I was just commenting on how nice some second-rate stuff can be, and speculating about the reasons. Asus problems were outside the scope of my post. v  v
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Splizwarf posted:Huh? I was just commenting on how nice some second-rate stuff can be, and speculating about the reasons. Asus problems were outside the scope of my post. v Feature creep setting in.
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Just got my taxes back today. Unless you guys can point out a better tablet for $300, I think I may buy the Samsung 7.0 Plus this weekend, ICS be damned.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just got my taxes back today. Unless you guys can point out a better tablet for $300, I think I may buy the Samsung 7.0 Plus this weekend, ICS be damned. This is just a bad idea, I'm not the guy to do it, but somebody else in here stop him.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just got my taxes back today. Unless you guys can point out a better tablet for $300, I think I may buy the Samsung 7.0 Plus this weekend, ICS be damned. Stop. No. Don't. Think of the kids. Super Aggro Crag posted:buy the Samsung 7.0 Plus this weekend, ICS be damned. Famous last words. And in all seriousness, I got the transformer for $300, you could find the xoom for that price as well. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just got my taxes back today. Unless you guys can point out a better tablet for $300, I think I may buy the Samsung 7.0 Plus this weekend, ICS be damned. Didn't Samsung or asus show off a 7" ics tablet at ces 2 months ago. I'm sure it's coming out soon.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just got my taxes back today. Unless you guys can point out a better tablet for $300, I think I may buy the Samsung 7.0 Plus this weekend, ICS be damned.
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Yes, for the love of all that is holy, do NOT buy a non-ICS Samsung device. If you want a 7-incher you are a fool if you don't wait for the 7-inch ASUS (Google Nexus???) tablet. Rumored price range $200-250.
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Rastor posted:Yes, for the love of all that is holy, do NOT buy a non-ICS Samsung device. ICS really is significantly better. Let me put it this way, imagine you wanted to spend your $300 on a vacation and you told your significant other (or, if you have no such thing, your Internet friends) that you really wanted to go to a tropical island. You can't afford the Seychelles, or maybe you just don't like it because it's elitist, fascist and French. In that case, ICS is like Hawaii--everything works, it can be a little rough sometimes if you wander off the beaten path, but for the most part it's exactly what it says on the brochure. HC is like Puerto Rico--it isn't fun, certain parts of it will actively fight against your having fun, regular things like buying a decent sandwich are mind-numbingly difficult and if you wander into the wrong places you may get blown up by the US Navy. Now, I know what you're thinking, maybe one day Puerto Rico will become a state, and you'll be able to have your Hawaii experience on an island that more suits your idea of what size an island should be, but have you seen Congress's track record for statehood for its non-contiguous territories? And don't forget that mad Puerto Ricans shot up Congress sixty years ago--I'm not sure if that fits in this metaphor or not, but maybe that's like, Twitter, or something. My point is, Honeycomb runs in Spanish.
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Sigh. I work at a Sprint reseller, and we have a Wi-Fi Xoom sitting in the back of the store. It was very briefly a display, we never got any in to sell and it was taken down about a month after it was put out. It's also the only one still in stock across all our stores, and it's been there for months. I've been considering buying it if I can talk them into marking it down (it's fine, but it's got nasty adhesive crap all over the back from the alarm) but the $199/$249 Nexus tablet rumors are making me think twice. I don't think I'd actually NEED the newer tablet for anything, I'd just feel like I spent a bunch of money (which is tight for me right now) on something really old for no reason. Though the bigger screen on the Xoom would be nice. How well does a Xoom hold up these days, compared to the latest tablets? I'm no stranger to rooting and installing custom roms if it makes a difference.
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It has parity with pretty much all of the 10.1" class android tablets, save those on Tegra3. I love mine with ICS, but it is definitely a device that is about to be left behind by every metric. Still better than most 7" Samsung tabs, though.
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My Linux Rig posted:Didn't Samsung release a much better tablet with a hi res screen for just $500 recently? I think you should just get that. You might spend a little more, but it'll be a much more satisfying purchase. You're a good man for recommending the Galaxy Tab 7.7 over the 7+, the screen and specs are much better, but it looks like that's $500 on contract or $700 off. Much better, yes, but a tough sell for twice the price.
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Ciabatta posted:You're a good man for recommending the Galaxy Tab 7.7 over the 7+, the screen and specs are much better, but it looks like that's $500 on contract or $700 off. Much better, yes, but a tough sell for twice the price.
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I won't be using 3G or 4G ever, just WiFi. I'm out of work right now so I shouldn't be dropping $500 on anything except bills. I just wanted to treat myself to something with my tax return, but maybe I'll just wait. If I remember correctly the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 that's coming out has ICS but worse specs. I just want a friggin' tablet and I'm sick of waiting for more things to come out. If I wait for the 2 7.0 or the Google 7.0 to come out I could be waiting for a year.
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