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Though earlier reports suggested it would be priced equivalent to US$99.
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Though earlier reports suggested it would be priced equivalent to US$99.
US$99 is a hard price to reach for something like that!
Pretty low-end tablet though - 512MB RAM is especially limiting. You are better off getting a Playbook (and installing Android apps on it) IMO, the hardware and build quality is going to be a lot better.
No, the PC Pro article says the reverse, it uses an TN panel, not the higher quality IPS ones.Quote:
PC-Pro describes it is an “In-Plane Switching TFT rather than a higher quality twisted nematic touchscreen” but in the video the viewing angles look OK
I dont think anyone has ever claimed TN panels are high quality, at least not in recent years.
stick with my nexus 7 :)
ditto - it's an amazing piece of kitQuote:
Originally Posted by brianzion
There is always a price below which too many compromises must be made, the Nexus 7 @ £159 seems to be at that price, it's great value. Anything cheaper has had to cut too much IMHO and thus is worse value, less useful per £.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoganJoshditto - it's an amazing piece of kitQuote:
Originally Posted by brianzion
"Acer B1-A71" How catchy.
I predict it won't do well.
Agreed lol, Acer aren't a name that can sell something the same quality as the cheap tabs on eBay for a higher price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fraz
Not necessarily. I got a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 at £145. For my needs, much better value .... for my needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingpotnoodle
I was hoping for a sleek lil device that I can use to read books on and occasionally play games or watch videos... but this thing looks waaaay cheaper than it's worth, i've seen better designed chinese ebay junk.
I was honestly expecting the magic of the nexus pricing with the performance you get to affect all the newer devices comming out, what a let down.
That's not it's RRP though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracen
This Acer is starting out at £99.
But its about the on the street price surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracen
If something is £100 to start with, that can only be good. The tab 2, is about £270 from a quick google.
I for one love this race. Why?
Because one only needs to go to the better 3rd world, or 2nd world and look at the importance of tablets / phones. A while back I was in a Belgian bar in Thailand, why? Because their wifi was top notch, and unlike my hotel I could skype with 2+ people. I bar with internet and Trappist beer? I spent a lot of time there. This being Thailand, there where a lot of girls who were whores, the easy way to tell, did they own an iPhone? That was the test. Someone who'd have sex for about £20, spent it on an iPhone (eventually). Fast forward to present day and its an S3. If a bar girl owns an S3, she is 'for rent'. I found this astonishing because you don't think of people falling in to sex work to buy a phone. You assume they are pressured for food or necessities.
However, you take a step back, and all of a sudden it makes sense. A phone or small tablet is always with you. It provides endless entertainment. It is frankly amazing.
To see the price of such things drop I find to only be a good point. Sure there might be a race to the bottom, but it isn't ruining anything, there are still higher end devices. It will however pressure immensely all developers. I like this.
I've actually bought internet for my gran (£7.50 pcm) for the sole purpose of skype, A nexus 7 for £170, with a gimped shell, I thought that was a bargain. If you have quality devices for <£100, the market is open to soo many more people. That can only be good.
tldlr: I think this is ace news. Just because you got a bargain doesn't matter, I love the average price for the device, even thou I'll probably not buy one.
if its priced at under £99 it might do OK. I'm very happy with my archos cobalt 80 from Tescos for £49 on boxing day. Dual core 1.6ghz 1gb ram 8gb storage up to 64gb SD card 1024x768 8inch screen
If it has GPS I 'might' consider it. However I'm beginning to think a SIM card slot is a must have (for me, no wifi on phone to tether) so either one of the Vodafone £150 jobs or pay the £240 for the 32Gb Nexus 7 with sim.
Or just wait and see...
The bezel looks crazy big but I found another youtube vid (in German) with a side by side with a Nexus 7 - it doesn't look so bad there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5rSNuY59LM