ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-C1-GR 10.1-Inch 64GB Tablet (Amethyst Gray)
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- Android 3.2 Honeycomb Operating System
- NVIDIA Tegra 3 Mobile Processor
- 10.1-inch WXGA Super IPS+ Capacitive Multi Touch Display
- 64GB eMMC Flash; 1GB DDR2 Memory
- Eee Pad Transformer Docking Keyboard Not Included
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10.1″ WXGA (1280×800) (LED Capacitive)/NVIDIA Tegra 3/1GB DDR2 RAM/64GB Flash Memory/Android 3.2 (Honeycomb)/802.11BGN/1.2MP Front Camera/8.0MP Rear Camera/Bluetooth 2.1/Up to 12 hours battery/G-Sensor/E-Compass/GPS/Light Sensor/Gyroscope/1YR North American WarrantyPaired for Perfection
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The current best tablet,
I’ve extensively used a lot of tablets, due to both longtime interest in mobile technology, and my line of work. To give you an idea of my frame of reference, I’ve either owned or used the following tablets: Ipad 2 (owned), HP Touchpad (owned – 2011 firesale!), Motorola Xoom / Galaxy Tab 10.1, LG G, original Asus Transformer (work). Heck, I’ve owned the following Windows Mobile / PocketPC devices from back in the day – HP Jornada, Toshiba e800. My phone is the iPhone 4.
With that said, this is one of the best tech gadget I’ve ever owned. The unanimous rave industry reviews (and very positive end user reviewers, even taking wifi issues etc. into account) aren’t wrong.
* BUILD AND FORM FACTOR: evocative of but actually feels higher quality than the Ipad 2 and Macbook Air, which is a minor miracle at this price point. Beautifully machined aluminum, minimalist but not cold. The resolution of the screen is the best out of any current tablet, and can be crazily bright enough that it is useable outdoors in sunlight. It’s definitely a fingerprint magnet though.
* COLOR – for those deciding between the gray or champagne, I received the champagne, and I actually called to confirm that I received the right one. It’s much more silver than gold, it’s basically silver aluminum with some gold highlights when the light catches it the right way. This is *exactly* what I wanted – it’s reminiscent of the classic aluminum MacBook Pros, but with a touch of warmth from the gold. In short – it’s not very gold at all.
* PROCESSOR – the Tegra 3 quad core processor is noticeably snappy, making the whole experience (even with Honeycomb) feel next gen. I’ve been getting great battery life, ~ 10-12 hours of normal mixed used, on balanced setting. With the dock, you’re at 18+ hours. The NVIDIA fifth “stealth core” does its job seamlessly. It just works. For a quad core tablet with blazing power, this is again pretty mind-bending and next-gen. Is a quad core necessary? Strictly speaking, no. The Tegra 2 / OMAP / Snapdragon tablets do just fine, for the most part (although the un-overclocked Touchpad is noticeably slow), but every non ipad tablet lagged behind the iPad 2 in terms of real world performance (opening menus, browsing, launching apps). This isn’t because Apple’s processor is faster, but rather because if the sheer level of optimization between Apple hardware and software, which is industry-leading. With the Tegra 3 processor, though, this is the first non Apple tablet that both objectively is, and also noticeably feels, faster, more responsive, and more powerful than the iPad 2. It just brute forces past all of the Apple optimizations. For me, that is huge, especially if I’m going to be spending over $400 on something. Slowly but surely, more and more apps are optimizing for quad core (especially games), but even without that, I’d get a quad core for the general performance benefits alone, as it translates across every app.
* OS / SW – I really like the iOS UI for phones, it’s simple yet powerful, but for a tablet it’s always just felt incredibly limiting / frustrating / slightly condescending. I even prefer WebOS to it. Android Honeycomb is a nice balance between power, customization and being relatively easy to pick up, just perfect for the tablet form factor. My 2 year old toddler figured out how to use it in about 20 seconds (similar to WebOS and iOS). That being said, I’m looking forward to ICS, which should make things even more stable (HC still crashes occasionally)and uniform. The fact that the Prime gets an ICS in a month or two is fantastic. The pre-loaded Asus apps are relatively minimal and unobtrusive, and some actually are quite nice, such as the Asus cloud. Polaris Office is solid. The Android Market could be improved though, especially in terms of sorting and organization. Finding the right app can be a bit of a crapshoot.
CONS: Basically the same nits as others have pointed out.
* SPEAKER: the rear-facing speaker placement is a bit dumb, because it gets covered up relatively easily by your hands or when you set it down. However, you can still hear it even if it’s completely covered, it’s pretty loud, and it’s located where the tablet tapers inwards so it doesn’t get completely covered by a flat surface when setting it down. I don’t mind the lack of a second speaker per se, as you hardly get stereo sound from any of the other tablets that have two speakers. I would say the sound quality of the Prime is on par with any other tablet, but it is just a bit easier to muffle. A jawbone jambox bluetooth speaker or the like works beautifully to supplement this tablet. It’s certainly not needed, but it’s a nice addition.
* CHARGER – the proprietary charger really annoys me. Until Asus comes out with more accessories, I’m basically stuck with using my one charging cord. Even charging via the dock…
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Hi guys,
Figured I’d stop by since this is the hot toy for the Christmas season !
I purchased the 32GB champagne color. I havent put T201 thru its paces yet but
did perform some testing.
Quality =
Fit and finish is 100%, Very solid feel.
Size =
Very thin, kinda difficult to hold in hand, I’d recommend purchasing a gel case
or something similar.
Gaming =
Played the pre-install games and they both ran with 0 stutters and were
extremely fluid. did i purchase a a multipurpose tablet or a gaming tablet… i think the latter
Performance =
Tablet was completely fluid when changing from one screen to the next, i especially like the multi window
tab on the bottom left, it will allow you to select anything previously opened (and will allow you to close too)
Built in music player seemed basic and didnt appear to have the ability to download album art. I’ll stick with
amazon cloud mp3 player.
Web =
(subjet to further testing) web browsing seemed to be alittle slow, this was experienced with java enabled… with disabled performance was snappy and good
YouTube & amazon streaming =
using the youtube app , it was a beautiful display and worked flawlessly. Amazon needs to make an app to stream their prime videos instead of going thru the web… however once a few buttons are pressed the video does fill the entire screen and works. Please note imbedded youtube in web DID NOT display any stutter or frame drops.
Sound =
Unfortunately this is what caused me to give 4 instead of 5 stars. The audio is quite loud and clear
however only being emitted from a single speaker port does not provide the spartial/stereo sound. perhaps
blue tooth or headset will eliminate this concern.
Camera =
Front facing 1.2MP camera provided acceptable image quality, however white balance should be adjusted to fully ensure quality (dont use automatic) , rear facing camera provided a good quality picture with decent focus and brightness… even in poor lighting conditions however any zoom used the image would be blurry depending upon x2 x3 etc. video mode was tested with low movement and provided a better quality then my nikon p500 (p500 seems to be abit jumpy).
Battery life =
Unable to report at this time since testing was limited to less then a full charge.
Display =
Was very colorful and bright, 600 nits of brightness will make it useable outside. normal amount of backlight bleeding (almost none but there’s always some). backlight bleed test was performed and two hot spots were identified one on bottom and other on right side. As mentioned previously the amount of light imo is quite minimal and i’ve seen far worse on other items. one of my apps displayed a completely white page and there was two hot spots (white slightly brigter then the rest of the page) this may be a fluke or not… i was able to duplicate the brighter pixel, its barely noticeable however is visable on default screen in other colors… not a deal breaker its about the size of a pin head with a slight glow around it, clarification you wouldnt know its there unless i told you to look for it.
WIFI Range =
two apps were used to test the wifi range speedtest (same test server) and wifi analyzer. I’ve only compared the two and not a laptop.. plus my house has about 800watts of electronic interference
12 feet away from base station
evo3d = 15.38 down 4.86 up signal str = -46 dbm
prime = 20.50 down 5.00 up signal str = -43 dbm
two walls, outside, about 85 feet away
evo3d = 02.26 down 0.89 up signal str = -88 dbm
prime = 05.50 down 3.00 up signal str = -75 dbm
GPS =
Best reception i got was 5/9 stable 4/8.
UPDATE: Reports have been surfacing GPS isnt working or isnt working properly… When I performed the test it did find 4/8 and continued to have the searching graphic. Honestly I dont know what is normal for GPS reception with this device. Will compare against phone later.
Operation & bugs =
With any new device there will be patches and bug fixes, I dont assume any different with the prime.
while transferring pictures via usb , i was viewing the pictures and multiple times it froze and displayed
error resulting in restart of picture viewer. Another item was installation of a large gamesoft game dungeon
runners 2, I had music playing in the background and every 15 seconds or so the music would stutter for a second or two
and then continue playing. I’m sure this will be addressed with ICE and the use of 4/5 cores properly.
I’ll update this review as time allows
If you guys want specific info or test , please feel free to ask !
01/09/12
GPS has issues… perhaps big onces since Asus removed GPS…
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