Any more high performance 10" tablets coming later in 2012?

Miths000 · Jul 11, 2012

I technically don't have a dire need for a tablet until early next year (I'll be relocating to a different country and initially plan on only bringing with me what fits into a suit case, so smartphone and tablet will take care of my computing needs in the first months), but that certainly doesn't mean I'm not tempted to buy one sooner rather than later.

I'm a bit unclear on whether tablet releases from each major brand mirror various other areas of consumer electronics, that is they generally release their product series once a year?

At the moment the Asus Transformer TF300 is looking like the one I would go with if I were to buy a tablet now, but is it likely that Asus, Acer, Samsung etc. will already be releasing new tablets with improved hardware (such as 1080p screens in other tablets than the absolute top range) later this year, rather than the first half of next year?

funpig · Jul 12, 2012

April 2011 Transformer
Nov 2011 Transformer Prime
May 2012 Transformer TF300

... So every six months.

Miths000 · Jul 12, 2012

Well, I guess I might be wait until the end of the year and see what shows up then.

GalaxyNexus · Jul 12, 2012

It's rumored that Google is making a Nexus 10", so maybe you should wait for that. We aren't sure of who is making it, but it's Google so it can't be bad. Updates directly from Google are a great reason to get a Nexus tablet.

I'm guesstimating that the N10 will come out during Holiday Season around when they release/announce a new Nexus Phone.

Miths000 · Jul 12, 2012

If a 10" Nexus would also be made with limited storage capability and no SD slot, it unfortunately wouldn't be an option. Since the tablet will be my main computing device in a new country for at least the first several month, I have quite a lot of Gigabytes of data I want to bring with me.

The Nexus 7 is looking extremely tempting as a secondary, more portable tablet though.

ziprar12 · Jul 12, 2012

You can buy asus infinity tf700 from amazon.de, it is by far the best android tablet on the market (1980X1200 ips screen is a killer)

Miths000 · Jul 12, 2012

Actually I just pulled the trigger on a white TF300 (without keyboard dock for now, but I imagine it might get it later. It's not exactly a cheap accessory though - around a third of the price of the tablet itself - so I want to first try to get a feel for how comfortable I am using a tablet touch screen for various tasks).
I'm picking it up tomorrow.

The 1080p screen on the TF700 - and the higher brightness level that can make the tablet usable outdoors in sunlight - are very tempting, but I'm not quite willing to pay that much for a tablet.

ziprar12 · Jul 12, 2012

You are prepared to pay 400 euros but not 600?

350X · Jul 12, 2012

FYI the hi end tablets are starting to be sold as 9.7" as the IPS screen are that size. So not to be confused with a reg 10" screen tablet.

Miths000 · Jul 12, 2012

ziprar12 said:
You are prepared to pay 400 euros but not 600?

For some of us a 50% price difference is not entirely insignificant

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kristalsoldier · Jul 13, 2012

stefanieK said:
What about surface??

I'd wait for at least 6 months after the Surface is released. This will give time to (1) judge how it performs in real life (as opposed to demos); (2) the condition of the app market (though I expect it to be not so bad - MS will put its entire weight behind it for obvious reasons); (3) May - very speculative - get a lower price point after release - particularly for the RT version.

That being said, I have high hopes (maybe totally unwarranted) for the Surface. For the moment (at least for the next year), I will remain on Android and I am looking at the new Asus tab with increasing interest. It looks like it will be an excellent tab - just read the review on AnandTech (I am guessing most folks have read it so I did not put up the link).

Cheers!

Miths000 · Jul 13, 2012

Just came home with my TF300 an hour ago. I love it already

.

I did the initial setup and took a quick peek around in some of the installed apps (including a HD video from YouTube), but I'm going to let it charge to full before I get started on firmware updates and app installation.

Miths000 · Jul 13, 2012

A 1280x800 tablet may be resolution "crippled" compared to the TF700 or the iPad 3 (still much higher pixel density than most desktop PCs though, including the 1920x1200, 24" monitor I'm staring at right now) but the screen on the TF300 is still quite impressive in my opinion.
I've just been looking at some comic pages from the Comixology app, and they're vivid (albeit not with the oversaturated colors I know from my Galaxy S2) and razor sharp at normal viewing distance.

More than resolution I imagine the much lower nits value on the TF300 compared to the TF700 is going to be the biggest issue if I plan to use it much outdoors (but on the other hand from what I've read it also seems that tablets with a nits value much over 400 are fairly rare - including the iPads, which are also under 400 - so being usable in bright sunlight seems to be an uncommon characteristic for tablets?).

Any more high performance 10" tablets coming later in 2012?

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