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[Q] Thinking of buying one of these

I love Android, and especially the community that every device has.
I currently have an Epic 4G Touch (Sprint's GSII) and I have never owned a tablet.
This Thanksgiving break I visited my cousins and lo behold, practically all of them had an iPad 2. It was a very convenient thing to have around, I never really saw a tablet as a useful item. But I see that tablets are really neat now, it's like a phone, but bigger and not as heavy and clunky as a laptop.
And with today's web based world, it's really convenient to have a tablet on your coffee table to just use when chatting with friends, family gatherings or just watching tv and you need to look up something on the web. Or a device to watch Netflix or Hulu on, but your phone's screen is just too small and it's weird to hold it. Blah blah, useful features could go on.
Anyways, I missed the BestBuy sale for $250 unfortunately, and Gamestop is sold out for $300. But on Craiglist, a lot of folks are selling them for $330 unopened because they are bastards and bought them during black friday to make a profit.
I know the Transformer Prime is coming out on 12/8 for $500 but I simply can't afford that. Do you guys think that the regular Transformer will drop down in Price after the Prime comes out?
So I am left with multiple dilemmas:
1. Buy brand new for $330 off craiglist
2. Wait for possible price drop
3. 3D monitor + nVidia 3D vision kit
4. Solid State Drive
When I look into Android products I look into the modding community for the device on XDA, and it looks like the Eee pad has the best one.
So, should I get one or no?
If you could provide me with a link to buy one for under $300, I will buy it without hesitation.
Thank you

I can't give you a link, but I will tell you that you will certainly love your Eee Pad. Keep looking. This week has a lot of good internet deals. You're bound to find something. Otherwise offer someone on craigslist around $315 and see if they bite. Even at $330, its still a great value.
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As an owner of a transformer I can personally say that it's a great device. It does everything for me (including the stuff you listed) and i'm not sure how much a performance boost the quad core will actually bring (to me i think the tegra 3 is an overkill in processor power).
I recall asus saying that when the transformer prime is released, the old transformer price will drop to 250 and 350 for the 16 and 32gb models (respectively). Don't quote me on this though.
However, if your interested in the dev/modding of the transformer you may be disappointed. I believe all the models you'll find in the stores today will have a locked kernel which means you can't root the device (until the xda dev's figure a way out)

will3330 said:
However, if your interested in the dev/modding of the transformer you may be disappointed. I believe all the models you'll find in the stores today will have a locked kernel which means you can't root the device (until the xda dev's figure a way out)
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What really? No way...
If I can't root it that's a deal breaker right there
edit: well im doing some current browsing on the forum and no where does it mention that some models can't be rooted.
In fact there's a one click root for all models in the dev section

New models can be rooted now. There is a link in the dev section somewhere. If you can wait untill the Prime comes out I will have 2 32gb for sale. Already rooted, with or without docks. In fact when the Prime comes out like the other poster said I bet you can get a good deal. I was planning on selling mine for 300 without dock when the time comes.
Edit: Post for rooting all versions is in dev section look for "razorclaw"
3VO Sent

If you are still interested I am selling mine with keyboard and boxes for both already rooted (running Revolver) for $400 + shipping. Not a scratch on the tablet or keyboard. Just bought the keyboard a couple of weeks ago to replace a defective one.
PM if interested.
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ifly4vamerica said:
New models can be rooted now. There is a link in the dev section somewhere. If you can wait untill the Prime comes out I will have 2 32gb for sale. Already rooted, with or without docks. In fact when the Prime comes out like the other poster said I bet you can get a good deal. I was planning on selling mine for 300 without dock when the time comes.
Edit: Post for rooting all versions is in dev section look for "razorclaw"
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Ooo!
Well since you got two, and the Prime comes out in a week or so, why not C.O.D. one of those babies to my location ?
$300 is a deal.

I can personally tell you the new ones can be rooted VERY EASILY using razorclaw with one click. It took less than a second... I have a B90 and I bought it this week. Rooted, custom rom, cwm, and overclocked.
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If you buy a transformer retail you can always get a price adjustment if it does drop. Bestbuy extended their return policy for 60 days during christmas. Just an idea.
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Save your money and go to Best Buy and price match it with Game Stop for $299. I just bought the wife one for Christmas.

There will be a lot of these for sale as people trade up to the Prime, however I would be very cautious of the Craig's list ones advertised as new in box. They are more likely to be used with the box. The same thing happened when the current transformer replaced the Viewsonic Gtab. Once the prime comes out, you should be able to get a good used TF for $250 or so with some acc.

DonutGrunt said:
Ooo!
Well since you got two, and the Prime comes out in a week or so, why not C.O.D. one of those babies to my location ?
$300 is a deal.
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Ha! I would take you up on that but the second one is technically the other halfs. It does however have a sweet purple and pink flower theme on it.

techsmith said:
Save your money and go to Best Buy and price match it with Game Stop for $299. I just bought the wife one for Christmas.
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How do i go about price matching when gamestop is sold out online?
Would they just be like even if you wanted the gamestop one, you couldnt cause its sold out.

DonutGrunt said:
How do i go about price matching when gamestop is sold out online?
Would they just be like even if you wanted the gamestop one, you couldnt cause its sold out.
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No, as long as it's a current advertised price they should match it, in stock or not.
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I just called the best buy in my town and they said it had to be in stock in the store in our town too. So no deal on that. Luckily I snagged one last night from bhphotovideo for 344. Hopefully they don't get too cheap any time soon. They are selling out almost everywhere though.
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You should be able to find one for $300. I bought one (excellent condition, barely used) last week with dock for $350 and there seem to be a few at around 320 without dock. Wait a week or so, people who have it at 320+ will not end up selling them anyway and when the prime comes out they'll go in the 250-300 range pretty quickly.

Best buy models are tf101-x1 and everywhere else they are the original tf101-a1. Best buy did this to prevent price matching the device because Walmart and others sold the a1 model, good luck on price matching
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

Just to revisit the original question for a moment, the SSD purchase might be a compelling alternative. It depends how you use the PC you would be putting it in, but they can pretty dramatically speed up a lot of tasks. Disk I/O is quite often the bottle neck in modern systems, and going from a spinning platter and arm to no moving parts could have a dramatic effect. Again though it all depends on how powerful your system is (if it can take full advantage of the IO speed gains), and what types of tasks you use it for.
Of course the flip side of that is: you may end up using your PC a LOT less if you pick up a Transformer, Prime or original. I know I do. Between my blackberry (email, instant messaging) and transformer (web surfing, google reader for rss feeds, and occasional angry birds or similar simple gaming), I barely have to use my laptop any more.

I got mine during black friday at best buy too. I was hestitant at first and wasn't sure about the rooting because of it being a newer and different model but this tablet is amazing. I love the internet, FLASH!, the apps, and the widgets. I hooked up to my tv the other day to show my roomates and they were blown away. I already rooted mine too just need to overclock it. This is is my first tablet and android device. The camera isn't that great but I did not get it for the camera. I recommend the best buy way. Buy it now and when the prime comes out you can return it to best buy and get the prime.
If I play with the prime and it seems worth it I will probably do that. However, if you want a first generation one there will probably be lots of people selling them on here. Totally worth the black friday mess and being short for rent. Also, if you use your phone as a hot spot with it it's even more amazing. There are plenty of apps to enjoy even without wi-fi and spotify or rdio for music.
I atually do use my laptop less now. Only thing I dont like is the laggyness of the keyboard strokes on this site. I am hoping overclocking will solve it. Dolphin and stock are both fast but I like dolphin the best so far. I'm falling in love with the touch gestures. Made one just for XDA

There are a couple of ways to get it for $299. Call around to the local game stops and see if they have the transformer in stock. When you called best buy you gave too much information.

WebOs device?

I really liked WebOs ever since it initially came out. Unfortunately I was never able to pick up a device. Is their Any place I can get a touch pad, or pre 2 (for parent) for reasonable prices?
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bee mcfly said:
I really liked WebOs ever since it initially came out. Unfortunately I was never able to pick up a device. Is their Any place I can get a touch pad, or pre 2 (for parent) for reasonable prices?
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Look over on eBay...
There are still plenty of webOS devices out there.
Also some clearance outlets online occasionally have deals.
Don't want to deal with the hassle of auctions or not knowing the quality of what you might get used? Icemonkey has BNIB Verizon branded Pre 2s for $79.99 + free shipping. http://www.icemonkey.com/palm-pre-2-verizon-webos-2-0-16gb-slide-touchscreen-smartphone-no-contract
Don't want to go with Vz? Reports are good about putting them on Page Plus through this site... http://www.kittywireless.com/
Options are still out there. You can even get newer phones like Veer and Pre 3 and there are 4G Touchpads floating around as well as the 7" screen TP Go. Google around. Check eBay and Amazon. Put "buy" in your search string...
Good luck.

Likely places to buy

This will be my first Nexus so I'm not sure how you guys generally go about it. In addition to being on the Play store, are these usually sold by the big online retailers like Amazon? If so, would they be likely to have it immediately when it's released, or would Google hold onto some sort of "exclusive" sales period?
I do know that I'm not interested in buying it from AT&T just on general principles, but might consider some other non-Google source if I'm guaranteed availability & quick shipping.

I'm pretry sure best buy will have it along with tmobile. Best place to buy will probably be the play store. Also wrong section

rochrunner said:
This will be my first Nexus so I'm not sure how you guys generally go about it. In addition to being on the Play store, are these usually sold by the big online retailers like Amazon? If so, would they be likely to have it immediately when it's released, or would Google hold onto some sort of "exclusive" sales period?
I do know that I'm not interested in buying it from AT&T just on general principles, but might consider some other non-Google source if I'm guaranteed availability & quick shipping.
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I'm pretty sure that they will be offering the Nexus 5 on Amazon. I'm not completely sure because its Google ( unpredictable ), but the Nexus 7 (2013) was on Amazon, so I assume that the Nexus 5 will be too.

Probably just the playstore and possibly the carriers. Retailers would want a piece of the pie and these are already subsidized by Google at $350 ~

Usually sold only on playstore to start with, but Google may partner with amazon and best buy as well. But whatever it is place an order from play store as soon as the device goes for sale. Then look if you can get locally from best buy since you can always cancel or return the play store order.
My preference if it's available amazon, I will go for it with prime shipping. Always easy to deal with amazon customer service than Google or usually no clue best buy customer service.
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This will be my first nexus too. If bought from a carrier, will they be adding their own bloat like they do on other phones or will it stay true to the stock android experience? Would you still get your updates from Google or are you stuck waiting for the carrier to push them out?

premo15 said:
This will be my first nexus too. If bought from a carrier, will they be adding their own bloat like they do on other phones or will it stay true to the stock android experience? Would you still get your updates from Google or are you stuck waiting for the carrier to push them out?
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No bloatware I believe not sure about updates though.
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I hope to get it from T-Mobile (as long as they don't screw everyone over like they did with the Nexus 4 and offer it at a higher price) since I would be able to pay for it over 2 years and not have to pay full price right away.
Also, just read this on the official blog:
Nexus 5 will be available soon at the following retailers: Sprint, T-Mobile, Amazon, Best Buy and RadioShack.
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I wish I knew when it was available in bb. I would rather skip the shipping.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

I have to wait for T-Mobile, I'll be able to trade in my nexus 4.
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I'm patiently waiting for amazon to sell it. It seems like no one has any information on that...yet.

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I'm patiently waiting for amazon to sell it. It seems like no one has any information on that...yet.
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They should be listing the phone within a few days.

Is that based on a source? Or just based on their track record with the Nexus 7 (2013) ?
Even if they don't list it until Nov 6th, i'd get it before i would have if ordered from the play store. I just hope its not a debacle like the chromecast. Then again, that was because of the netflix promo.

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They should be listing the phone within a few days.
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I'd like to know as well if this is from a source or just an educated guess. I have Amazon GCs I can use if it's not that long of a wait for Amazon to get it. T-Mobile's "in the coming weeks" makes it sound like it could take a month for them to get it and I don't know if they will increase the price like they did the Nexus 4.

thfreedumb said:
Is that based on a source? Or just based on their track record with the Nexus 7 (2013) ?
Even if they don't list it until Nov 6th, i'd get it before i would have if ordered from the play store. I just hope its not a debacle like the chromecast. Then again, that was because of the netflix promo.
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Outrager said:
I'd like to know as well if this is from a source or just an educated guess. I have Amazon GCs I can use if it's not that long of a wait for Amazon to get it. T-Mobile's "in the coming weeks" makes it sound like it could take a month for them to get it and I don't know if they will increase the price like they did the Nexus 4.
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/android-for-all-and-new-nexus-5.html :fingers-crossed:

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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/android-for-all-and-new-nexus-5.html :fingers-crossed:
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The way I read that is it could be any time before Thanksgiving time so it could be a whole month before we see it at those retailers.

Pre-order is live!

Nexus Player:
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_Player?id=nexus_player
Controller:
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Gamepad_for_Nexus_Player?id=nexus_player_gamepad
I just ordered one I'm so excited!

Will the player be available on other places other than google play store? I have some gift certificates on Amazon and would be very nice to get it for free

Ordered two. Let the waiting commence!
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Ordered mine. Controller was out of stock when I got to the website.

Already player is out of stock!!!

sami8519 said:
Already player is out of stock!!!
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Not that I see.
Nontheless I intend on waiting and snagging one from best buy

Snagged the Player, but the controller was out of stock... came back in about an hour and the controller was available and I snagged it as well !

damn...sold out already..

It looks like the nexus player has been pulled out of the play store due to FCC approval/disapproval.
This device has not been approved by the Federal Communications Commission.
It is not for sale until approval of the FCC has been obtained.
Says the google product's page

Weird. Why did they put it for sale the first time? Did they expect to get an approval but then FCC failed it on some point (probably EMC, always a tricky part)
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FCC approval just came through. If you didn't manage to order already then keep an eye on that order page. They may open it up again soon assuming they are not truly sold out already.
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Its back up.

But the controllers are still sold out

Gone again...lol

any idea about the availability in EUROPE?

I am also very curious about that.

Managed to order a nexus player and controller today, shipping on 21 Nov.

I have just ordered Nexus Player with remote and controller from eBay - since Google Play doesn't ship to my country - I hope I won't get cheated.
I bought it mostly to develop games for it, so I hope it will arrive before Christmas so I can release at least one of my games on Nexus Player by then.

Ordered mine too. 11/21
No controller tho. Going to use it as an XBMC center

I wonder if it will be better than Fire TV in that regard - while Fire TV is excellent with XBMC it doesn't support HEVC (h265).

Galaxy gear VR

Hello all anyone got one of these vr headsets if yes please can you tell us about your experiences with the device please. Sceenshots would be nice and where you can buy cheapest from uk apparently they are pretty good but a Bit expensive and abit limited in stock.

Have you tried Bestbuy? Buy online, pick up at your nearest store in 5 days. $199. Otherwise, have not seen in go cheaper.

I bought mine at Best Buy for $199. I have not seen them listed at a cheaper price anywhere else.

problem is not even released here in uk £189.99 uk pounds is the cheapest i could find from handtec.

jutley said:
problem is not even released here in uk £189.99 uk pounds is the cheapest i could find from handtec.
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You can get it now from Samsung UK online store for £169.

cornelito said:
You can get it now from Samsung UK online store for £169.
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But no stock?

Vr headsets are now in stock on uk Samsung website as of time of writing this just got a order in they will go quick.

jutley said:
Hello all anyone got one of these vr headsets if yes please can you tell us about your experiences with the device please. Sceenshots would be nice and where you can buy cheapest from uk apparently they are pretty good but a Bit expensive and abit limited in stock.
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I just ordered mine last night from best buy, will arrive on friday for me. Im really excited to try vr for the first time since virtual boy in the 90's lol. I am hoping some brilliant developers can modify the playstation remote play app or something like it so we can stream our console games to the gear vr!!!

I am very interested in this hardware but it's still nowhere to be seen in the EU. I have some questions about it though as I primarily want it to view movies and series with in bed at night. Is it compatible with other applications like Kodi and mxplayer or it's a closed ecosystem?

arisgoku said:
I am very interested in this hardware but it's still nowhere to be seen in the EU. I have some questions about it though as I primarily want it to view movies and series with in bed at night. Is it compatible with other applications like Kodi and mxplayer or it's a closed ecosystem?
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I just got one and I'm not 100% sure that it's good for watching videos. I watched a TV show on it and the quality/resolution wasn't very good. I need to experiment some more. Definitely want to try one out in person before buying I think.