[Asus Transformer TF700] BarryH_GEG:
Do a couple of Wi-Fi Analyzer tests. One set with the back of the device facing the router and another with the front facing it. Now, repeat that with any other mobile device. If you don't want to, do a search on YouTube because there are quite a few comparisons of "good" Primes vs. TF101s. The metal back will always leave the Prime handicapped, because unlike plastic backed devices, it's biased to receiving its signal from the front meaning it’s always at up to a 50% signal deficit. It's not opinion, it's the effect metal has on wireless signal reception.

And, once again, you've clipped part of an article that supports the point you want to make. Here's the rest of it. Clearly, on a device handpicked by Asus for testing, Anand had to go through gymnastics in order for it to achieve the number you posted. He was able to turn off APs that impacted the Prime but didn't faze the TF101. You don't have that luxury in airports and hotels. I'm not saying your Prime doesn't meet your needs or that it isn't capable of passable Wi-Fi performance. But this is a discussion of the Infinity. Assuming Asus replicates the performance of the TF101 (and there's no reason to believe they can't) it will have superior Wi-Fi to the Prime. Period.

"At the same time, I had test data from both ASUS and NVIDIA that show the Prime is capable of reasonable WiFi speeds. Yesterday morning I received a replacement Prime which was tested prior to being sent my way. The good news is the 2Mbps cap and poor range are both gone, the new sample is much faster on WiFi. Clearly there was something wrong with my original unit and it's being sent back to ASUS today for an autopsy. The bad news is I was still getting numbers around half of the original Transformer.

Using Ookla's Speedtest.net web app I get a consistent 34 - 37Mbps on the original Eee Pad Transformer (our actual WiFi performance tests involve downloading a file from a local server, but Speedtest was a quick and easy way to verify the problem). My original Prime review sample averaged around 0.5Mbps, while the replacement Prime got around 10Mbps - all in the same test location. Fiddling around with location I could get the replacement Prime up to 16Mbps. My test area is riddled with challenging interference so I setup a separate test area in another room. Even after buying the same Netgear WNDR4500 wireless AP that ASUS verified 31Mbps+ operation on, I wasn't able to break 16Mbps.

I have four other APs covering my house, I turned all of the radios off as a last ditch effort. Boom - 36Mbps on the Prime.

The culprit appeared to be either my 3rd gen Time Capsule or 5th gen Airport Extreme, with those radios off and using the WNDR4500 I was able to get performance competitive to the original Transformer.

Here's where things get interesting. The original Transformer was made out of plastic, through which RF travels quite nicely. The Prime's metal construction makes things a bit more finicky. Indeed this is exactly what I saw, where depending on tablet and AP orientation I'd see anywhere between 10Mbps and 36Mbps downstream (average speed tended to be in the 15 - 20Mbps range). Apple gets around this issue in the iPad by putting the WiFi antenna behind the plastic Apple logo, however it's not entirely clear to me where the WiFi antenna is on the Prime (I have this policy about not taking things apart until I'm done testing them)."

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5178/an-update-on-transformer-prime-battery-life-wifi-issues