Android Tablet Thread: Defend Your Other Purchase

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BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

Since the Prime is kind of a cluster gently caress at the moment...are there any other Tegra 3 tablets expected in the next few months? I want to get a tablet, but I'm probably gonna hold out to see how that Vizio is (the one that debuted at CES to some decent previews).

# ¿ Jan 27, 2012 22:59

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# ¿ May 6, 2024 21:24

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

eric posted:

iPad3 should be out in March. Quad core processor, retina display, LTE.

Definitely gonna see what's in store there, but I just have a feeling it's gonna be a tad more expensive than what I want. We'll see.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2012 23:26

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

golgo13sf posted:

Your time must be worth nothing then

What?

# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 04:41

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

golgo13sf posted:

The time you spend making your purchase halfway usable X $0/hr = $0

edit: let me clarify

I don't know about you but my time is worth at minimum $50/hr.

If I spend 2 hours just dicking around on XDA, figuring out how to root the device, installing custom ROMs etc, that $100 worth of time (2 hours for the mathematically challenged) pays for something that none of that was necessary for.

That's just for the basic Android fuckery that every one of you advocate when something invariably isn't working correctly out of the box.

Then you get into this situation:

How much is your time worth then? Because you're losing a hell of a lot more than 2 hours.

I'm not sure what you're on about.

I don't have a tablet. I was saying I was waiting to see how much the iPad 3 was gonna cost, but that it will probably be more than my budget will allow.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 17:41

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

illcendiary posted:

How much are you looking to spend?

$500 max. $400 is preferable.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 18:25

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

golgo13sf posted:

Actually I post at work and get paid for it, owns.

Here's what I mean, and I'm not trying to be caustic about it. If the base iPad3 is $100 over your budget (admittedly a guess) what is your time worth if you buy a tablet in your budget that takes you 4 hours to make usable? Or if it's defective, go through the runaround making a unboxing-of video so when the manufacturer tries to gently caress you over you have proof. Or even if they don't try to gently caress you over you're without your item.

That is what I mean, what is your time worth? Is it worth the difference between your budget and a device that works as it should.

Let's not even make this iOS vs. Android. Let's make it Android vs. Android. If by some miracle Google themselves unfucked Motorola Mobility and came out with an Android tablet that out of the box worked as it should, had good build quality and had some measure of quality control but it cost $100 more than any other Android tablet. Now is your budget still the deciding factor?

I see what you're saying (I really thought you were meaning to respond to somebody else), but buying a tablet that needs fixing was never really an option.

It's either a.)Buy a really good tablet at $400 that works as intended or b.) Buy an iPad 3 at $600 that works as intended.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 18:39

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

Ciabatta posted:

To be fair, if you bought one for $100-150 and can sell it used months later for $200-250, many people will do so. Even if you do like and want a tablet, it's a good way to subsidize the price of a Transformer Prime or iPad if you're a poor.

This is essentially what I did (mine was one of those listed by SWSP). It's not a bad tablet, but I just felt like I wanted something that performed better. Smoother. So I sold it and am using that to subsidize the price of a better one.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2012 03:32

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:

"It's an iPad YOSPOS Bitch"

# ¿ Feb 10, 2012 20:10

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

If you have an Acer Iconia and don't have the ICS update yet, Acer has released an app to expedite the process.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/29/acer-releases-ics-update-app/

# ¿ Apr 29, 2012 20:19

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

Don Lapre posted:

Dont buy that asus tablet just yet.. They are announcing a new product already.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/28/asus-teaser-computex-next-transformer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxlgR7j_8-g

I think the most truly incredible feat is that they clearly invented time travel in order to go back to 1996 and hire a freshman video production student to make their videos. Good god.

# ¿ May 28, 2012 19:07

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# ¿ May 6, 2024 21:24

BonoMan: Feb 20, 2002; Jade Ear Joe

kitten smoothie posted:

I'll be honest the ads on the normal Kindle never seemed that obnoxious, and I've actually gotten some decent local deals out of it. I'm cool with ads if it keeps the price down and they're relevant, as opposed to "1 WEIRD TIP TO LOSE YOUR BEER GUT."

Also it's important to note it's really unobtrusive. It just sits there on the lock screen ONLY. And it's typically book related deals. It's not like advertisements for a new flavor of Doritos or something.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2012 02:23

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