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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jleewong:
That sucks, the person i spoke to in order verification assured me that their warehouse is scheduled to receive the bundle package of the prime Dec 9th, and that it would ship out the 9th also...

I was on the phone for like 30 mins with him to try and get a for sure answer, he even said that he checked his system and the warehouse system and that it should be dec 9th, ohwell looks like I will have to wait even longer now... waiting till the 9th has already been a pain in the butt :mad:

If it gets pushed back any later than the 19th its gonna be hard for me to keep waiting it out while other tablets are getting ready to release in jan and feb.

So far from Gamestop I have been told jan 28th, dec 6th, dec 9th, dec 19th. To bad their customer service is down otherwise I would raise hell :mad:

And shame on Asus for screwing around with the release dates and leaving us all in the dark.

"Currently, we are out of stock for this item. We anticipate receiving additional inventory of this item from the manufacturer very soon. The next expected shipment should arrive in our warehouse on 12/19"

Does that mean that at some point they were in stock? And by saying "next shipment" does that mean that they have already received a shipment? Bleh!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
I'm calling the Gamestop that I preordered at tomorrow morning and pulling the 'I was told it should be available on the 9th and just wanted to check and see if it is in yet..' spiel just in case they have them in the back by some miracle and don't know any better than to give it to me right then. It's worth a shot even if it is a long shot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
so i'm curious, who's making these [other] mythical january tegra3 tablets that no one has seen yet?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zedklind:
what you said about dec 9th phone call gives me hope for tomorrow! but i will know that if no one gets that email verification tomorrow then we will have to wait until around the 19th :(. yeah idk about the stupid "the next expected shipment should arrive" bull****, who knows what theyre talking about.. maybe milika is full of it lol. we can only hope so
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Meanee:
If this arrives on the 9th, I would be happier than a pig in ****. I am leaving for a business trip on the 10th, where I will be stuck in a hotel room for most of the week. And I would love to bring a new toy with me.

Edit: Looks like this may put a bit more clarity on things: http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/asus-transformer-prime-release-date-guide-16309/

Gamestop's internal system shows 12/19
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Arun01:
Looks like Samsung so far! Check it out!! I'm still getting the Prime though.

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/08/samsu...et-with-retina-resolution-tablet-in-february/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Meanee:
From the web page: The tablet will use a dual-core Exynos 5250 CPU clocked at 2GHz.

Still, it's all just rumors, but great to see Samsung's moving towards high resolution panels. I am skeptical, however, about Dual Core with relatively unknown GPU supporting a very high resolution panel.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
This. We knew everything about the prime well over a month ago. Other than "yeah we're going to make one" i haven't seen anything solid from any other companies.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bimboy:
I don't think that I have remotely close to good enough eyesight that 2560 resolution is needed for me on a 10" device. Even if it were marginally better, what is the cost of battery life on pushing all of those pixels? Heat is another factor that as we add more power and more pixel density, that gets introed. I don't want added heat either.

I would have to think that max res that I could possibly ever need on a tablet this size would be between 1280 and 1920 @ 16x9. Beyond that, it's just a battery chomping frivolity.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] polbit:
The idea here is that beyond certain point, you can't see pixels, and the experience becomes more immersive. Whatever the magic number is, I can certainly say that looking at an iPhone 4 next to a Galaxy Tab 8.9 is a big difference. I want the same experience in the tablet, and personally I can't wait for those high dpi screens.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jleewong:
I was told from the guy that the normal prime package is scheduled for Dec 19th at the warehouse and that the pre-ordre bundle prime is scheduled for the 9th. We will see but I doubt it will release the 9th or the 19th at this point :)

If it did it wouldnt arrive the 9th, but the 12th because the 9th is friday and I dont think they ship on weekends.

Well, looks like Gamestop is just pulling some BS and giving dates just so that they can fill orders... On my account page I have a Transformer Prime Bundle status is still open (which means they have no idea when it ships). And also on my account page I have a Transformer Prime Keyboard dock which was suppose to ship on the 6th (which was also on the site and I was also told this by shipping) status is also open... I guess thats what we get from a company that buys brand new games from kids for $2.00 :p

They changed the release date on the dock at like 10pm on dec 6th, and for the transformer prime bundle I never saw that they changed the release date from the 9th, it just got taken down as if it was sold out.

About other tablets coming jan,feb and march. I am hearing things about Xoom 2, the new samsung tab, iPad 3 is suppose to start production in jan and be availible march and asus is also suppose to be launching a 7 inch tablet, but yes nothing solid about those at this point... Maybe they are just being quite and watching asus flop this up :f
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Unfortunately that screenshot is from mid November.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
That, and does anyone think this mythical Samsung tablet (which I'm sure won't actually SHIP in February; probably more like June) will be anywhere near the price of the Prime? My suspicion is that some manufacturers will have definite tiers of tablets--their current models occupying the low-end (like ASUS is doing with the OG Transformer), maybe Tegra 3 units occupying the Prime's general price point, and then this kind of high-end device for $699 or more.

Personally, I'm more than happy with the Prime's features and dock compatibility (which will remain unique through 2012, I'm predicting) for $499. I don't want to pay more for the tablet itself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
if anything at all in that rumor pans out (which i'm kind of doubting spec wise) the tablet will be shown off at MWC in febuary, which means at best, there will be an actual product probably Q3 or Q4 of next year.

acer and lenovo MIGHT have one by late Q1 or early Q2 going by how little we've seen of any actual products (no FCC testing, no test devices spotted anywhere)

so i'm pretty sure the prime is going to be the only game in town for the next few months at the very least.

now, waiting to see what might be shown at CES may be an option, but remember, no one brings anything ready to ship to CES really, they just show what's in the pipeline for the most part.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BesZain:
I was going to post this as a question asking if it's just me, or if it's everyone who doesn't see their pre-order in the account history at Gamestop.com

I got the PowerUp card when pre-ordering, so I decided to check PowerUpRewards.com. Under Card Activity, it shows the full pre-order "Reserved" info. No color mention and of course no release date, though.

Just in case anyone else was wondering if the printed receipt was the only proof of pre-order they had. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skinien:
Yeah, I called a couple of Gamestops to see if they have any units on display. One of the reps didn't even know what the Prime was. Another store (in a better location - more traffic) said that the display unit is coming next week and the prime is being released on the 20th. They probably get them on the 19th.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jjdevega:
Yup. I Saw my pre-order on my rewards card activity. The Didn't yield any points though:/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
they probably need to wait until you pay for it before they reward you with points... :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chickswearhats:
Welp, looks like no luck on in-store pre-order for me.

Just called about five of the local stores, they were all I must say, very helpful in finding out for me and also knew exactly what I was talking about.

The only store that's close (12 miles) that actually, well WAS taking in-store pre-orders got an e-mail to shut that off about a day and a half ago.

I could kick myself.

But the guy was very nice and helpful, he said he still expects the street date to be the 19th, so he says whatever ones they have that aren't for pre-order he's actually just going to hold and set aside for no money, just with name and phone #. He said he felt so bad he's had at least 6 people call besides me looking to do this.

Well, I don't know if I should just try my luck with that or if I should just pre-order somewhere else. If my work schedule hadn't been crazy this week I would've gone in sooner :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
Well I went to my tablet selling store (where I preordered) on the off chance that they got some stock in today. It seems that they have lost the ability to see a release date in their system because she said they have a truck delivery in the back but it hasn't been unpacked yet and she does not know if the prime is in that shipment or not. So I asked her if I can expect it today and she said she thought so but she wasn't sure and to check back this afternoon. Previously after looking it up they have told me that it would be the 19th. Even after looking in their system and talking to their manager there was no mention of the 19th today. I'll let you guys know how it goes today after they unpack the shipment.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fraeone:
Not sure if this is good or bad news, but I'm staying optimistic! :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Acer's Teg3 is coming in January. They were shooting for December and missed. It's supposed to have 2GB of RAM and a 1900x1200 display. The Lenovo is rumored for February with similar specs to the Acer. The HTC's a mystery because they use Qualcomm chips and the next-gen Qualcomm's not supposed to be available until Q2 and HTC's announced their new tablet for Q1. All the next-gen tablets seem to have 1900x1200 displays so it appears to be the new standard.

As for the Samsung, I'd guess March or April as they've probably been working on it for a while. They've released three tablets (7+, 8.9, and 7.7) in the past ninety days. They have the resources to pretty much get done what they want done. The Samsung's display will be competitive with the retina display in the iPad 3 which is the whole reason they're going with such a high resolution and PPI. From leaks about next-gen chips the Exynos 6250 will be the only one capable of supporting that high a resolution. I'm sure they'll be scaling so you won't need a magnifying glass to see the UI and text. However video and games should be breath taking. And it won't be cheap. I'm sure it'll sell for whatever insanely high price Apple assigns to the iPad3.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jleewong:
After all this waiting and when I finally get my prime, it had better not have any defects! If it does I'm going to piss on it then ship it back to them.

asus needs to get it together.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
do let us know, if they are allowed to start selling stock, i'm going to get the store that has my preorder to give me my tablet! :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nxp3:
Some people were saying BM gets on the 19th and online the 9th. How come no one have posted that they've received a status update that it's shipped from online retailer. ****ing asus man...don't have a release date and don't respond to anyone's question. What kind of business are they running.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RJM77:
I'm sure if Acer's tablet was really coming out in a month AND it had twice the ram with a higher resolution they would be making sure everyone knew about it now, before the Prime comes out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
this, plus no one has seen any test device, it hasn't crossed through the FCC, if they had something so close to release, you know damn well they'd be making some buzz about it.

most likely, they will show something at CES in jan, but won't have a device before march at the EARLIEST.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Umm, lol the Exynos not the only one able to support that high resolution. Actually Tegra3 supports an even higher resolution than what you listed and 3D ;)P

Also, videos and games will already be breathtaking on the prime display. Which is by far, the best tablet display out there. So no need to wait. These other tabs won't be out till around April-June at earliest. Even then, prime will be able to hold it's own with super IPS+ display.

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Exactly! I'm not worried about these other fairytale tablets. The prime will be in my hands n a lil over a week! People can wait. Cuz when those tablets come out, there will be talks of even better ones..lmao. You know how the cycle goes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jleewong:
This is the first and last time I ever order something without an offical release date... Did u knw that prime didn't even make the taiwan top 5 most wanted xmas gifts ? Lol strange but true.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
okay so I wish I had more clarifying news but when I called gamestop this afternoon the guy said that he thought they had come in and put me on hold to go verify. I was already on the road so while on hold I began to drive to gamestop. He left me on hold for about 15 minutes so I made it to the game stop before he got back. When I walked in he said that he was sorry and he was gonna tell me that the tablet did come in. As soon as he said that the manager girl said no they didn't and they don't come out until the 19th. So anyway my theory is that they did come in but that they cannot release it until the 19th. That manager was about to get off work so I'm gonna try 1 more time by sending in my wife with my receipt to see if they will give it to us. If that fails I'll just be patient and wait till the 19th but I gotta try. Even my wife who has no patience for my obsessions thinks it's worth a shot... Lol. :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ectoplasmic:
This, and I didn't even pre-order one. I'm a little embarrassed by proxy at all this obsession. I'll order one when it's generally available, and I won't be calling 5 times to ask "Is it there yet? When can I pick it up? When will it be there? Are you sure? Someone else said something different, are you really sure?"
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jleewong:
When a store tells you that a product will ship on a certain day if you pre-order it I usally can handle it and wait it out...

However Gamestop has now given me 4 diffrent dates where each time they assured me my item would ship and failing to give any info about why it didn't ship.

I'm sure it has more to do with asus dicking around so I cannot blame them too much. Its a shame too, asus just doesn't seem to have it together when it come to releasing tablets.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] unknown_owner:
So what happened? Are you playing with it so much you can't post back?

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bimboy:
I understand none of this. Just so you know....

Maybe commas and spell check ftw, but I'm truly unsure if it's a real 'ftw'. :confused:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Umm, not so much. The max res for the Teg3 is 2048x1536. Here's a pretty neat comparison between Teg2 and Teg3 if anyone wants to know more:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-superchip.html

And here are the details on the Exynos chip:

http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/30/samsung-announces-dual-core-exynos-5250-soc-clocked-at-2ghz/

As for release timing, there's nothing mystical that Asus did to get the Prime out. And even then you might say Asus bit off more then they can chew in terms of actually getting inventory in to the hands of resellers this year. To think that competitors aren't going to be able to release comperable tablets until June is a bit naive. This is especially true since Asus sources all their components from third parties and is just an assembler. The real test of how well they did comes about 30 days after the Prime's in the hands of XDA'ers. No one can dispute Asus had issues with the first Transformer and that was a less complicated device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
Check two or three posts above the post of yours for the update. To button up that part of my story, I got annoyed atmyself and with how impatient I have been and decided to just wait it out. Pretty sure the manager put a kabash on my chances of getting it early. I do have some more faith that they have them in the store already though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sdelliott31:
I've been reading as I've been stuck between an iPad 2 or the TF Prime or just to hold on to my Money for a bit. I was in my mall and stopped in at my local GameStop in Bradley, Illinois. They were telling me about a tablet that was supposed to be in by now that is going to be their flagship tablet. I played dumb and listened. Another guy who seemed to know more said that it's an Asus tablet but due to problems won't be out until late January or February 2012. He said theres been inter company emails about the delay. I just said oh thanks. I didn't want to push some of you guys over the edge, as I know with tech gadgets I want things now! I felt obligated to share though. I'm thinking of going the 7 inch route anyways now for more portability.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I will call the one I preordered at tomorrow after I get off work. I will double check the 19th release date they told me. We are to close now to have some b.s. Pop up. Wouldn't they call all people who preordered if there really was something wrong or a delay? I cant imagine they go on and let everyone think the 19th. That already put their money down if there was truly a delay. I will find out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nxp3:
Maybe they don't give a damn, why would they spend time calling your when they can just wait for you to call them and then tell you it's not out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fraeone:
Gamestop isn't exactly known for their customer service. I wouldn't be surprised at all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] EndUser2012:
..I'll believe it when I see someone on here post that they have theirs... I ordered the 64GB model because I say go big or go home... plus I take a lot of international flights and I want to be able to carry enough movies with me to avoid watching something twice when in transit. 64GB plus a microSD will do nicely

DO I believe I will see this before Christmas... I doubt it but it is paid for when it does so patience my friends...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Arun01:
I'm calling my gamestop today too.This is ridiculous!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] irriadin:
The thing about the delay and GameStop is... well, GameStop's tablets are coming with pre-bundled apps, which ensures that they have a different line of distribution than other retailers. It's possible that it's either too late for Asus to stop the bulk of GameStop's stock, or that GameStop isn't willing to push the release date back.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RussianMenace:
Don't forget to call your Congressman. :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cordy:
Thank you for once again pointing this out. I've touched on this in one of my previous posts. The fact is GameStops tablets come with extra's bundled on the tablet. So whether GameStop pays Asus to place the extra apps on or do it themselves (the latter is more likely) they would recieve their tablets earlier than most retailers to finish bundling the tablets for release on the same day.

As far as other retailers go Asus most likely had a choice, ship out units and RMA them as neccessary or take back stock already shipped and/or not ship out until they inspect and fix them all and ship out as they repass QC. Now as you can see they most likely choose to do the latter but as with GameStop if they already recieved their product and spent money creating bundles it was more cost effective to sell them and the few if any have any issues can just be returned to the store or RMA'd.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Right. I'm still not concerned about this debacle. Anand and Cnet's units were the only review where i heard of this occuring, further evidenced by the fact that all the other reviewers' battery life tests matched Anand's replacement unit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cordy:
Yeah, it's a very interesting situation to say the least. There were only to reviewers that had issues with their tablets. Now the thing is if Asus decided to recall and/or hold back inventory to check for this issue, bravo to them for taking the hit when they could've just sold their stock or they found out the issue was more prevalent than it seemed and again decided to recall and/or hold back stock. Either way no matter what the reason is for all of this they had to make a decision and they made one. It sucks for us the most as consumers because we just want the device. For many I think the real problem is Asus is just quiet on the subject and every day continue to post how amazing the tablet is without just answering our most important questions. Is the tablet delayed? If so why is it delayed? And aproximately when they plan to get them to the retailers.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
I don't understand why it's so difficult for manufacturers to communicate about this stuff.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cordy:
Sadly it's all politics. In Asus' case they have an unjustified fear you might go buy a Galaxy Tab 10.1 instead for Christmas, or even worse an iPad 2. The fact is most of us are coming from these devices or decided to hold out on them in order to get this. Some companies fail to realize that if they just come straight out and tell us about these problems we respect them more for it and handle it better than drawing it out and then telling us after the fact.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BiGMERF:
any one call yet.. im about to..lol

*edit*

just called... they say still on target for the 19th. But they were told no more preorders, due to there stock being filled

I will hold this with a grain of salt though.. Ill wait until Monday afternoon. Since the chain of command is most likely not complete due to it being the weekend
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Arun01:
I just called four gamestops & everyone of them said the prime will be out on the nineteenth.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I just called my gamestop I preordeted at in woodbrdge, va. They said everything is good and still on target for the 19th. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] markimar:
for all we know the push to the 19th could have been because of the Wi-Fi! I can't believe that they have gotten this far into the game without detecting this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
It was always the 19th. For gamestop regular preorders.