Hopefully ours is the new batch ones

Don't always trust what ASUS SG or MY say all the time.
Dealth with them in RMA a few times, unethical. :s

I was hoping to buy the tablet, but alas, :s

me too..i got bad experience with asus after sale service ..got one thing i dun understand, from tr1 till this, why they always got problem on their production? they have been produce notebook for long time but still.. but the transformer prime's design is really attractive

Yes, I wanted the prime because of the keyboard dock with added battery.
But my RMA experience is 2 mobos (6 months RMA each, not fix, replace with older fixed mobo that were in worst condition), and my brother's RMA notebook (4 months RMA, end up give newer model as replacement, can't fix).

At present, my mobo is still wonky, 2 of the 4 memory slots are unusable and the battery slot is screwed and I cannot change the battery.

The other mobo i rmaed, the battery slot also broken, cannot pull out the battery. Weird coincidence.

The main bugging point is that, production blips is understandable. But as the after sales service is ... in such a state, and the warranty is only 1 year. If any hardware issue arises, means I'm screwed. RMA and take dunno how long to return, and a very messy RMA process at that.

I have bad experience with their mobo n after sales service as well. N to be honest, if there's other decent tegra 3 tablet around, most probably i wont consider ATP at all.

my notebook RMA for 3 months, then cannot repair, then say replace model but no news..then i asked for refund and don wan wait already but untill today 7 months still not yet.. they still owe me money now!! if can, i also will try to avoid tf..but then, their attractive design and spec..is really ... now waiting for the official price to be announced..if too expensive, then i skip to other..if reasonable, i will consider again...

This post has been edited by Hico: Jan 12 2012, 02:03 PM

I don't think its going to be 'reasonable' by any standards.
And the lack of 3G is also a blow for me, i actually need 3G and would rather not tether my phone if possible.

then the only way is wait for other model or go for dual core... i am waiting for its official price then compare with 7.7...see which one better value.. both got their pro and cons.. and also, even i choose tf, i wont get the first batch too.. wait for the feedback first.. i already not very confident with asus after so many incidents ..

pre-order may available for all reseller...

http://www.servex.com.my/products/product_...uters#Notebooks


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nice catch ... but the question still remain when n how much.

@Hico, for me I can still wait, been waiting for very long for a good tablet. HC was a letdown, so end up my money that I allocated for tablet still there.

I will wait and see whats coming up this year, and also, the bigger the screen the better. I actually find a 10.1 screen @ 16:10 a tad too small.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6", Toshiba 13.3"

I prefer bigger screen as well, but not sure i can wait for at least 6 more months or not eventhough i already have galaxy tab 10.1

I'd go with the samsung, don't trust toshiba lately
I can wait, no issues. Waited more than a year already.

Although the 7" USD250 one actually seems quite a good budget buy. Makes a good gift for not so tech savvy family members.

Then lets look forward to MWC 2012 in Feb, if we didnt get ATP. Hope Samsung will officially announce it.

The deciding point for me is when n how much for ATP, but looking at how Asus SG feeding crap to their customers like high price, fake assurance n now they 're getting .TW build version (fishy) ...etc ... ASUS MY wouldnt be any better i guess.

hmm, den once release, need to go and hunt and see if the new batch is good batch.
is it really reliable?

To be honest, the servex service centre in jb gives very bad service.
And asus sg feeds a lot of crap to users. They are afraid that imports eat into their commissions la. To cut the story short. And the good batch bad batch thing is another load of bs I think. Because if it's bad just recall then only release. Why muddy up the market?
Especially with a weak rma system in place, it'll only agrieve customers.

http://www.change.org/petitions/jonney-shi...ime-model-tf201

If you're like me, who cares about GPS, proper wireless (bluetooth/gps/wifi) strength, no more bleeding screens, and generally everything that you expect the TP to be, then don't bother with waiting for Prime anymore. either go buy another brand (not exactly a smart move, as the featureset of TP is a few things more than other units soon or in the market) OR just wait 5-6 more months.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Asus-Transf...pgrades_id25581


I will vote with my wallet, and NOT be buying close to 10 units of TP like I did for the original Transformer. I don't know about you guys, but if a (reputable?) company told the world how awesome the upgrade model is, and when they screw up, instead of admitting their mistake they just scratch off the said feature, that's a really really poor way of treating your die-hard customer base.

do you really wonder why they suddenly remove the Wall feature (now can only comment whatever they post) by fans on their FB page?


That's exactly my point. When the TF101 was released it was an almost legendary of a device - a real iPad2 competitor AND more - that I wasted no time to buy many units for my family. And all that time till now, ASUS+google was saying how great their next model would be, due to the fan's trust in rewarding them, it'll be super awesome, yada yada yada...

Then they screwed up. Instead of admitting their mistake, they just kept quiet for a while, until voices on the net got really loud (and pissed off) till they admit that yes, they screwed up. First was WiFi, they kept quiet. Then GPS. Then bleeding screens. Then dead pixels. Then God knows what else. But instead of fixing their mess (say, give a free replacement plastic case at their RMA centres, refund, or ANYTHING) they just did a "ah don't care about them, just scratch off the GPS feature and ignore" crap ON US. And here we are, turning against each other because of their damn arrogance while they just sit there and wait because some of us don't care about putting thousands of ringgit on a device that doesn't perform up to a reasonable expectation. So if you still want to pay more than 2k on a device and don't mind using hacks like pairing with your phones or whatever, then hey it's your money. But I'm more of a opinion that we should not reward companies who step on us, and arrogantly at that.

This post has been edited by C-Fu: Jan 13 2012, 01:46 AM

great opinion... i have the same view with u..i just don understand asus is not a new company..but the way they treat customer and how they design shows that they are like new in the industry and don have any experience.. thats what i cant understand..they should have very good experience in designing the IT thing.. and before they release the product, aren't they should have QS checking? and now, they just say scatch off the GPS feature and bla bla bla..yet the price is so high..aren't the price should have incl all the feature like wat they first announce? they should lower down the price if that is the way they wan to get rid of the problem or take back all the faulty unit and replace or repair.. they announced TF FHD version, why dun they also announce will just receive back all the faulty unit and promise to repair or rectify good the model? thats our hard earned money also..looking at sgp's pricing, it is like they are just so confident with their sale.. i hope they can learn the lesson on how to solve the problem in a more professional way and QS must have been carry out before releasing new model..

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Added on January 13, 2012, 7:25 amAsus Transformer Prime RRP RM2199 with 32gb and 3G

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Price of Prime



This post has been edited by Hico: Jan 13 2012, 07:28 AM