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[Q] Iconia vs. Transformer

This is a thread to help some people make a decision as to which tablet is better to purchase.
Staples has a coupon that will take $100 off of any of their tablets in store only. I have been to Staples (Out of stock, will not order online at the kiosk) Best Buy (Will not honor coupon), and the closest office depot is 30 miles away.
The coupon expires on the July 30, so I am hoping that staples is restocking their stores with more inventory.
My question is, which tablet should I/we purchase. I'm talking about a straight tablet, no docks or anything. Posts should be based on personal use and also about current developments in the respective forums (how much development is there for the device).
Thank you so much to anyone that posts a helpful comment.

I don't own an iconia, but I do own a transformer and I player a bit with an iconia, so I can provide some perspective. To me, the biggest difference between the two is the presence of a USB port on the iconia and its absence on the transformer. In order to use USB on the TF, you'd have to buy a dock. If I wasn't in the market for a dock, that would be an absolute deal breaker: there is no point buying a tablet with no USB port.
Aside from that, the TF has an IPS screen if that's important to you, but be careful as some IPS screens suffer from light bleed. It's a sharper and higher quality screen than the one on the iconia, but that will only be truly better if your screen doesn't bleed light.
Having said all that, perchance you are considering a dock, the TF is a better buy. With a dock, you essentially get two devices in one: a tablet and a netbook. The specs are identical, the apps you can run are identical. I think the TF has a slightly more active community on XDA, so if you want roms and custom apps, TF may again be a better choice. I think the TF is also cheaper: nowadays you can get a 16GB TF with a dock for the price of a 32GB iconia (in Canada, anyway).
Good luck with your choice.

Hey thanks man. The screen is a pretty big deal to me (seeing as it is the direct link between the UI and the user) but I have heard of a lot of defects that include light bleed.
I think that the dock is an awesome feature, though I feel that the price is kind of steep. I mean its half the price of the tablet (at least with the coupon it is). I am also really big into seeing ROM development as I am a flashoholic with my Evo. From what I can see there are more original ROM's on the TF forum and more ports on the Iconia Forum.
Thanks for your input. Anyone else?

Well, the dock being "half the price of the tablet" isn't relevant, particularly considering the $100 discount. Certainly, the existence of the discount doesn't make the dock somehow less valuable.
And, it's a perfectly decent price in general, given that it's not just a dock, or a keyboard/trackpad combo, but it also includes a full-size battery. Consider that Lenovo's keyboard dock, which does NOT include a battery, is $99.99.
Really, speaking for myself, I can't imagine owning any other tablet. The keyboard dock, being fully integrated with the tablet, is an entirely different animal than any other tablet on the market.

Good point.
How is the light bleed for you guys? Any other defects that you don't like?
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Imho, price for what you get, there's absolutely no question it's the Iconia. No need for a dock to have USB, SD, or HDMI, it's all there. Add the fact that I was just at Target the other day, and they had them for $399.99 + they gave you a $50.00 gift card, which you could use to purchase a case. A previous poster said that more ROMS are out for the tf, that's a joke I haven't heard before, as one of the tf fanboyz was over in our forum offering to pay the first dev that got the Galaxy rom ported over to the tf. We've had that ROM for weeks.
In the end it will come to personal preferences and money. Do you want to pay more for the tf so you can have connectivity, and lightbleed? If so, then that's the tablet to shoot for, with a 357 magnum!
Just my. 02c

From what I can see, the tf has more original roms and the iconia has more ports. just something I noticed.
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Got this for $176, worth it?

hi there. I just won an auction of Asus Tf 101 (with the dock) about 199 NZD (163 USD) with the shipping fee, my total is 176 USD. do you think the price worth it? previously I have bought some crappy android tablets, and this is my first bought something from famous brand. I mainly will use this to read books, comics, maybe watching movies and playing games, but these are not really priority.
Do you think that price is justified? I'm currently living in new zealand, the electronic price here is ridiculously expensive, and the newest one is still priced 400-500+ USD. which is insane since this machine was released 3 years ago. I actually wanted to buy lenovo s6000, but unfortunately they don't sell it in new zealand, and the price is exceeding my budget.
since I probably will use this tablet for 3-4 years, my questions are:
1. is there any way I can replace the battery? (I never bought any hi-end tablet because most of their batteries are not easily replaceable)
2. is it still good for current gaming? not that I like tablet gaming though, but it would be nice if this tablet can play popular 3d games in android
3. for you who have used it for years, can it replace word processing in laptop? is it comfortable to edit documents in this tablet?
4. do I need to put screen protector or it's okay to leave as it is since it's use gorilla glass?

eriol33 said:
hi there. I just won an auction of Asus Tf 101 (with the dock) about 199 NZD (163 USD) with the shipping fee, my total is 176 USD. do you think the price worth it? previously I have bought some crappy android tablets, and this is my first bought something from famous brand. I mainly will use this to read books, comics, maybe watching movies and playing games, but these are not really priority.
Do you think that price is justified? I'm currently living in new zealand, the electronic price here is ridiculously expensive, and the newest one is still priced 400-500+ USD. which is insane since this machine was released 3 years ago. I actually wanted to buy lenovo s6000, but unfortunately they don't sell it in new zealand, and the price is exceeding my budget.
since I probably will use this tablet for 3-4 years, my questions are:
1. is there any way I can replace the battery? (I never bought any hi-end tablet because most of their batteries are not easily replaceable)
2. is it still good for current gaming? not that I like tablet gaming though, but it would be nice if this tablet can play popular 3d games in android
3. for you who have used it for years, can it replace word processing in laptop? is it comfortable to edit documents in this tablet?
4. do I need to put screen protector or it's okay to leave as it is since it's use gorilla glass?
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1. Yes, but you shouldn't need to since the battery life of the tablet is very good (especially with dock). You need a Torx screwdriver (I forget the exact size) to open up the tablet to get to the battery.
2. It's OK, but not very good for newer 3D games. But this is Android, not a PC. The best games aren't 3D.
3. No. Document writing sucks.
4. No need. Gorilla glass is great. But it is very glossy and is a grease/fingerprint magnet. If you want a protector, I'd get a matte one.
Enjoy your new toy. Flash KatKiss (4.3 or 4.4) on it and you should be happy for a while.

zAlbee said:
1. Yes, but you shouldn't need to since the battery life of the tablet is very good (especially with dock). You need a Torx screwdriver (I forget the exact size) to open up the tablet to get to the battery.
2. It's OK, but not very good for newer 3D games. But this is Android, not a PC. The best games aren't 3D.
3. No. Document writing sucks.
4. No need. Gorilla glass is great. But it is very glossy and is a grease/fingerprint magnet. If you want a protector, I'd get a matte one.
Enjoy your new toy. Flash KatKiss (4.3 or 4.4) on it and you should be happy for a while.
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thanks for your reply, my tablet will come in few days. I'm so excited to try it.
also just wondering, is it recommended to dual boot ubuntu touch / android? I have seen some people do that, it looks amazing.

I bought mine when it was released and still using it. I also own an Iconia A100 (7")
I used the Iconia for bed reading with Kindle app but use the TF100 for web browsing and taking notes in meetings, it still runs great with 4.4 Kitkat ROM mentionned in an earlier post.

my tablet just arrived today. it looked fantastic, wow. I guess I will root and install a custom rom later.

Witch tablet to buy for under 150 $

Hi.
I am planing to buy a cheap tablet. But I dont have a clue witch one to buy.
I'm thinking 7-8 inches, good dev-support (root, custom rom etc), cheap (not over 150$).
"China-products" is a solution if performance and dev-support is good
Any suggestions?

I guess you wont find what you are looking for in this price range, but if you want to checkout some chineese tabs checkout this website here: www dot ibuygou dot com /categories/android-tablets-1.html
Regards,
Glenn

150$ budget ,there are wide range of china tablet can be
your choices .here is china better supplier of tablet pc ,
you can check it by yourself .
banggood.com
kingsbuying.com
dx.com
chinavasion.com
tinydeal.com
of course you can search it on the amazon or ebay

if you're ok with refurb stuff, then a refurb nexus7

Occasionally you can find a new 2013 Nexus 7 16gb for $150.

jfm91 said:
Hi.
I am planing to buy a cheap tablet. But I dont have a clue witch one to buy.
I'm thinking 7-8 inches, good dev-support (root, custom rom etc), cheap (not over 150$).
"China-products" is a solution if performance and dev-support is good
Any suggestions?
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I need an android sticks for streaming

I live in Italy and I need a mini pc stick (I don't want box) to stream film and tv series from internet and to warch sports from certain channel. Pratically I need someting with a good wifi connection that allows me to browse and watch streamed program smoothly
Since many days I'm searching in internet a good device but for some reasons I'm not able to make the right choose, can you help me?
Thanks a lot

None?

5 star products Amazon Fire TV Stick
I recommend you get a Amazon Fire TV Stick, I purchased a M8 android box 2 months ago but just found the amazon stick & am now gonna sell my M8 box because the stick can do almost everything that the M8 box can do (within reason), I have just bought another one for our bedroom & just bought one for my dad too! That's how much I like it. I have Kodi running on it & also the Showbox app so that just about covers all the best streaming out at the moment, it's fast & easy to use & on the up side it's very portable if you travel not far you can bring the streaming with you. I paid £25 (reduced price) for my first stick on Amazon & purchasedecision my second & third via Argos for £30 each but the normal price is £35 in the UK. Hope this helps

deanr1977 said:
I recommend you get a Amazon Fire TV Stick, I purchased a M8 android box 2 months ago but just found the amazon stick & am now gonna sell my M8 box because the stick can do almost everything that the M8 box can do (within reason), I have just bought another one for our bedroom & just bought one for my dad too! That's how much I like it. I have Kodi running on it & also the Showbox app so that just about covers all the best streaming out at the moment, it's fast & easy to use & on the up side it's very portable if you travel not far you can bring the streaming with you. I paid £25 (reduced price) for my first stick on Amazon & purchasedecision my second & third via Argos for £30 each but the normal price is £35 in the UK. Hope this helps
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I have watched a review about amazon stick and Iwas impressed by this device and you confirm it.
The only one limitation is that I live in italy and here amazon stick is not just arrived. The second is that I watch sport on rojadirecta site or torrent stream reactor apk and I don't know if it's possible to install this apk and to watch rojadirecta I had to browse this site from my tablet because amazon stick hasn't a browser: is it right that hasn't a browser?
Thanks a lot for your replay

Not sure about the browser because I have no use for that cause I have a phone or laptop for that but it's probably possible? You can install a app via the Google play app store called Apps 2 Fire which with that app you can import downloads or installed apps from your phone to the Fire TV Stick! You can also mirror your phone too ?

Amazon fire phone

£100 Smartphone ?

Hello,
I am going to buy a new smartphone soon and I only have £100 to spend on it. What I want from it is to have a big screen (Maybe 5"?) with a a quiet large battery so it would work a bit, maybe dual sim and to be able to root it easily and put custom Android on it such as CyanogenMod etc. The rest stuff like camera, NFC etc I don't really care about, The most important for me is the screen size and battery life and various modifications I can do with such smartphone. What do you guys think and what would you recommend to buy ? I have found Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 16GB 13MP Unlocked from Hong Kong for a £100 on Ebay but I think that price for such device is suspicious, what do you people think about it ? The eBay item number is 111849677878.
Many Thanks !

B4N1K said:
Hello,
I am going to buy a new smartphone soon and I only have £100 to spend on it. What I want from it is to have a big screen (Maybe 5"?) with a a quiet large battery so it would work a bit, maybe dual sim and to be able to root it easily and put custom Android on it such as CyanogenMod etc. The rest stuff like camera, NFC etc I don't really care about, The most important for me is the screen size and battery life and various modifications I can do with such smartphone. What do you guys think and what would you recommend to buy ? I have found Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 16GB 13MP Unlocked from Hong Kong for a £100 on Ebay but I think that price for such device is suspicious, what do you people think about it ? The eBay item number is 111849677878.
Many Thanks !
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A good phone for 100 quid is hard to find. They will start most likely around 200 quid. Try looking for the OnePlus One. If not new maybe used and it will save you some money. I see the OnePlus one starting at 200 quid atm.