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I love this piece of junk.

I have to admit the build quality is second rate, but I really love this little piece of crap. Yeah, it has that weird cross-axis multitouch problem and the screen keeps wanting to jump out of the bezel (or at least peep over the edge). And I'm told if you turn down the brightness and read the mobi version of 'War and Peace' while standing on your head and humming theme song to Star Trek on the first Wednesday after a full moon with a pomegranate in your pants at some point you'll get some kind of screen flicker, but I haven't seen that yet.
I love the GPS on this thing. I especially love that fact that I could get a device with GPS and no cell radio (which invariably involves a wireless provider and either a contract or a ridiculously high price). I've used multiple Android phones over the last couple of years, and aside from an Evo 3D that worked fairly well, GPS on functionality was horrible to useless.
I'm still debating whether to RMA it for the multitouch problem, because I can see that being an issue with some apps (mostly games). But, considering the price, even if that never gets fixed, so long as it keeps working as well as it is now, I can live with the imperfections.

Same with me I love this little POS. Asus has a long history of making good products with lower build quality. My first laptop was an asus then got the eeepc then transformer tablet and how the nexus. The laptop broke and so did the eeepc, I sold the transformer after a few months so I don't know how well it would of held up but I still think all of them were great value for the price. Out of all of those the nexus 7 is the best in terms of build quality.

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Same with me I love this little POS. Asus has a long history of making good products with lower build quality. My first laptop was an asus then got the eeepc then transformer tablet and how the nexus. The laptop broke and so did the eeepc, I sold the transformer after a few months so I don't know how well it would of held up but I still think all of them were great value for the price. Out of all of those the nexus 7 is the best in terms of build quality.
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Whoa cowboy! Who do You think You are to interfere in such a way? If You have a problem with this thread, report it to mods, but don't act like a cnut.
Back on topic, I guess I'm lucky as my device (third...) is perfect. Gotta admit tho' , that it is one sweet piece of junk.
Gps is great btw. I get fix in seconds inside my place, while desire s barely can get signal even laying just by the window.

I have the multitouch problem too, and honestly I think most people have it but don't realize it. I've already rma'd three times for other problems so I'm not going to even consider it. Unless news starts coming in about new ones being perfect with no occurrences of multitouch issues, then I'll probably be tempted. Right now I'm seeing reports of people exchanging it for the multitouch issues only to get a replacement with the same problem. No thanks. And I love this thing as well, everyone I show it to is amazed at what it can do (nfc Google wallet, face recognition, gps, Google now, flash, etc)
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me too
First tablet for me. Long term Linux user but I can do most things on this and so rarely boot my laptop now. Have a sneaky feeling that Swiftkey on my phone is a little better, but not by much.

Solange82200 said:
I have the multitouch problem too, and honestly I think most people have it but don't realize it. I've already rma'd three times for other problems so I'm not going to even consider it. Unless news starts coming in about new ones being perfect with no occurrences of multitouch issues, then I'll probably be tempted. Right now I'm seeing reports of people exchanging it for the multitouch issues only to get a replacement with the same problem. No thanks. And I love this thing as well, everyone I show it to is amazed at what it can do (nfc Google wallet, face recognition, gps, Google now, flash, etc)
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I have 100's of hours of usage on my N7 now, and I'm sure mine has no "multitouch issues".
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I still haven't seen any issues with multitouch, or screen flickers, or anything else people have complained about. I guess you hear about all the bad things but never about people who have no problems with it.

I really love the tablet too. I just love how fast it is and the streamlined experience I have with Google Apps syncing my mail and reminders. 90% of the things I did on my laptop are not done on my Tablet which is browsing the web, videos, music, and small games.
Since I'm having issues with this one, I think I'll get a refund and try the tablet some other time since I can't deal with these issues right now.

I think its far from a piece of junk but I luv mines too! No screen lift speakers sound good and screen works as advertised. Perfect little companion.
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Owned a TF101 and Galaxy Tab 2 7" and this is by far my far my favorite. The speed is top notch and the 7" screen size is also great. The 1280 resolution kicks the crap out of the 1080 that the Tab2 has. Pretty much the perfect device in my opinion.
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I have currently the HTC desire (in a draw somewhere), galaxy s2-exynos4210 (for alarm clock/ gaming), galaxy s3-exynos4412 (main phone), archos 70it (7inch 1ghz single core tab that I got in 2010 and is in my wardrobe somewhere and haven't seen it in like 6months ) and Samsung galaxy tab 10.1(alarm clock/ pdf viewer).
I also know my s3's cpu is more powerful, the GPU is considerably more powerful, yet I prefer using this less powerful nexus 7. I couldn't think of a better phrase to describe how I feel about this tab, the op by saying "I love this piece of junk" has just got it bang on. Out of all my devices, the n7 is defiantly my favorite at the moment. Although, I have just put a leaked Jelly Been rom (LH7) on my s3 and it is smoother than the n7 but stock android just looks sooooooo! much better looking than touchwiz, so when the s3 gets a stableish CM10 (as in all the elements which make "project butter" work are working properly as it isn't that smooth at the moment and the memory leak is fixed) , my n7 my have some competition. But at the moment, the n7 is just fantastic.

I had the Multitouch issue and screen lifting. I RMAed it and still have those issues. The multitouch isn't causing me any problems for now so I decided to ignore it. I'm watching closely on the screen lift problem (stable, for now). I also decided to enjoy my N7 and accept the fact that Asus can't do better than this at the moment....

You think this is bad quality? You've clearly never seen what China sells for the same price.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJXlFcAaSIk

nerfman100 said:
You think this is bad quality? You've clearly never seen what China sells for the same price.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJXlFcAaSIk
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Lol, that is bad. My niece got a cheap Android tablet last Christmas. I think it was selling for about $150 at the time. It was slow, had a horrible resistive screen and it lasted about a week.
The quality of junk is steadily improving. I always try to keep 20-years-ago me in mind when I'm feeling cheated because the glass on my $250 high-powered hand-held computer (with 24-bit accelerated HD video, super-accurate GPS, compass, accelerometer, gyroscope, wireless broadband internet, touch interface, loads of cheap or free apps and games; which holds every song I've ever owned plus HD movies) barely perceptibly pokes out on one side. 20-years-ago me would be envious as hell and would slap me for being such a spoiled baby.

I love this. Thind and its in my opinion better than the iPad.
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Fair enough, but considering you have to not be touching the tablet in any way other than the screen, not have it charging, not have it on your lap, and not have headphones plugged in, not have it sitting on any conductive surface, and use a multitouch app or such to see the problem, I'm sure there are plenty of people who have it who don't notice. I have hundreds of hours of usage too and had no idea till I saw the thread and recreated the conditions.
People in the thread are asking those that don't have it to post a video so they can be sure it's not standard. One guy didn't have it with two fingers, but was able to recreate it with four. But as soon as I'm sure that new ones are defect free, I'll probably try to get it exchanged,.
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I still haven't seen any issues with multitouch, or screen flickers, or anything else people have complained about. I guess you hear about all the bad things but never about people who have no problems with it.
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Again, before you say that, please read the thread, it's not a problem most would see under regular use. Not saying you don't have it, but I don't want people to think it's a huge obvious problem when it really isn't (like I said, you have to be not touching the tablet in any way other than your fingers, etc. Mine is in a case and even holding it in the case makes it work fine, but there may be some case materials that could make it so the multitouch issues show up as if you weren't there touching the tablet)
Honestly I wish I hadn't read some of these threads., I wouldn't even know these problems existed : )
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SPreston2001 said:
I think its far from a piece of junk but I luv mines too! No screen lift speakers sound good and screen works as advertised. Perfect little companion.
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I honestly have to say I feel the same. I posted in another thread about "Project Butter" being a bunch of P.R. crap and I still feel it has a long way to go but this little thing really is a great device overall.
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Took the plunge

Just thought I'd make my first post on my new N7, finally gone and bought one, got the 16gb version.
So far so good, quite like the tablet and think it's a pretty good nose for a tab not as brick like and heavy as others.
No screen flex or light bleeds I don't think, any other issues to watch out for?
Cheers peeps.
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The only issue i've seen was some minor screen lift but aside from that its been a phenominal tablet. I also recently picked up the 16GB and have been very happy with it! Very smooth/fast.

My tab has been terrific. Haven't had any issues with it. I do get a horizontal line flash every once in a while. It hasn't increased in frequency and doesn't seem to have any lasting effects. Left hand side, the screen is squishy but only if I consciously press down on it near the edge.
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Check the speakers for crackling/distortion at louder volumes. Then check your headphone jack.
If you're still concerned about screen lift, here are my instructions for a simple visual test.
Linked for brevity.

Just love mine! I had a transformer tab but it was just to bulky and slow. Once I played with my wife's nexus I had to have one!

Mine is all good so far

I am in love with a 7 incher called nexus 7.I own a transformer and literally have not touched it since my nexus 7.It is just a little power house,and let me just say,rooting it is a must.The otg cable is awesome.I hated 7 inch tabs before this tablet,I'm now selling the transformer and hate 10 inch tablets,best money I have ever spent.I sleep with it every night,lol.
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I don't think I want to root it, heard ya lose all your data so doing it when you first get it is best idea. Can't find any faults with it as of yet, pleased with it all round
Why do you feel the need to root it?
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TF701T Review Thread

As some have been 'put off' by negative threads, here is the place to post balanced, honest opinions of the device (whether good or bad)...
Many thanks.

I don't experience the issues that are posted in the other threads. My TF701 (WW) is super fast, no lag changing to portrait. It tends to get warm but not hot in the upper left corner. No open space between glass and rear panel. I have no complaints at the moment.

Agree with the poster above. This is by far the best iteration of the Transformer line - bar none. I can't put it down.
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xRevilatioNx said:
Agree with the poster above. This is by far the best iteration of the Transformer line - bar none. I can't put it down.
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As someone who is at the moment owning the TF 300 (fine tablet but the screen...), would you recommend waiting till custom ROMs are out there or just sell the TF 300 and buy this beast? You!ve mentioned it gets warm even during normal use?

i have only had one weird problm where when I was charging it with the dock the tablet just restarted on me and would never get past boot. it would just restart over and over until i removed it from the dock. I wonder if I might have a back dock as when its docked i can still tilt just a little on its own. I may send the dock back and get another one.
This is my first transformer but over all I am very happy with it. Need to get some good games going on this. tegra 4 and my moga pro controller should make for a good system.
I cant wait till we get linux on this also.

Nice to see some working great yet whats sad is there are more people having problems then not. Asus did it again dropped the ball on this one. Its the silly things that allot of people dont like one speaker and a few more. Yet its the lag. I know ONE person here hits every thread yet we know who he really is talking as if haha its the OMG best tablet ever!
Its nice just way to many bugs and we all know ASUS costumer service is well not the best. Try OTHER tegra 4 tablets DONT settle on this. There are better ones out there now and better ones coming.
If you can try the Samsung new note with the Snap 800. Now that is butter smooth.

Owned the Samsung. Returned it because of Lag. Go to their threads... That's all they talk about. They also cheated on their benchmarks. That's the last device I'd be advertising, especially when they are charging an arm and a leg for it....
We're 3 iterations in and people are still complaining about the speaker? It's a high end device.. Use it the way it's meant to be used. With high end headphones. For the record, the one speaker is louder than last years TF700T.
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Have the TF700T as well as the TF701T and I am satisfied.
A lot faster, and I had Cromi-X on the 700, more sound, looks like better battery performance to me, overall just better. Might be a next candidate for a device I leave locked.
Only pity that cables are not compatible.
Just my 2 cents.
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@Zeblade: people that are satisfied won't come here to complain. That's why it looks like everyone has problems with this tablet.

First impressions
My review (in another thread):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514780

frankgreimes said:
As someone who is at the moment owning the TF 300 (fine tablet but the screen...), would you recommend waiting till custom ROMs are out there or just sell the TF 300 and buy this beast? You!ve mentioned it gets warm even during normal use?
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I'm coming from the TF300 as well. Just go for it, you wont regret it.
Yes the tablet gets warm top left when your holding it, but it is just warm (not hot). At first you notice it because a plastic cover doesn't have that, but after a few days you won't notice it anymore.
It's just something you notice the first time you use the tablet...
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My feedback on this tablet which I have had since last Friday. Coming from the TF700T I must say the lag is completely gone. TF700T is super responsive whatever task you throw at it. This is the way a tablet should work.
I can confirm there is a little rattling in the left middle part of the screen but is not a big issue. The current firmware is buggy and tends to reboot on a regular basis. Seems to happen a lot after upgrading to .47 firmware. There are also issues with the touch screen when playing THD games.
Overall, I am happy with the tablet and hopeful that the new firmware will address rebooting related issues.
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That's odd. I'm on the latest firmware and have had no reboot issues. My games are pretty flawless too..
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well i sent mine back today. I may just wait to see the second batch. i was happy with it but i was not happy with the dock or how some of the games played. Maybe i will pick up a refurb 700

rfs830 said:
well i sent mine back today. I may just wait to see the second batch. i was happy with it but i was not happy with the dock or how some of the games played. Maybe i will pick up a refurb 700
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If you're not happy with the games the last device you want is the TF700T LOL
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ya that is true. I dont know what tablet to get now. I loved the keyboard. may just stick with my s4 and get a chromebook for surf on or something else.

4.3 update...
I tried to update to 4.3 manually by putting the file from the asus website on a micro SD, I pressed the notification saying "update file found" and the tablet just restarted itself and now the notification won't show up again. It is still saying 4.2.2 in about tablet.
I have unlocked bootloader and root. does this have something to do with why I can't get the update?

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I tried to update to 4.3 manually by putting the file from the asus website on a micro SD, I pressed the notification saying "update file found" and the tablet just restarted itself and now the notification won't show up again. It is still saying 4.2.2 in about tablet.
I have unlocked bootloader and root. does this have something to do with why I can't get the update?
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You need to be stock to get updates from Asus. That is true for all devices.

The tablet is honestly powerful, the resolution is a little too high but it's manageable. Cromix is getting better and very smooth
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You need to be stock to get updates from Asus. That is true for all devices.
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If you are unlocked you won't get OTA
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spatchy said:
I tried to update to 4.3 manually by putting the file from the asus website on a micro SD, I pressed the notification saying "update file found" and the tablet just restarted itself and now the notification won't show up again. It is still saying 4.2.2 in about tablet.
I have unlocked bootloader and root. does this have something to do with why I can't get the update?
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Yeah, you won't get OTA but our can still update manually like you tried to.
I bet you didn't unzip the downloaded file once, did ya?
The zip inside the zip is what you have to put in internal root.

Positive Stuff

Well I have already posted on the "negative stuff" thread and I thought we could use a "positive stuff" thread for some balance.
I just bought a plex pass and opened a movie from my home server. Gorgeous. The screen on this thing is everything they say. TF101 was getting very laggy. I ran a Vellamo benchmark. It is nice to be on the top of the heap! (at least for a few months). This machine should serve me well for awhile.

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Well I have already posted on the "negative stuff" thread and I thought we could use a "positive stuff" thread for some balance.
I just bought a plex pass and opened a movie from my home server. Gorgeous. The screen on this thing is everything they say. TF101 was getting very laggy. I ran a Vellamo benchmark. It is nice to be on the top of the heap! (at least for a few months). This machine should serve me well for awhile.
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The screen is definitely beautiful, and the added thickness does not interfere with the usage of the tablet at all. Its really quick, and Tegra 4 is a very nice CPU.
In the office here we use the Transformers for sending out high resolution graphics to each other easily, and for pinch-zoom previewing. I can say the TF701T is leaps ahead of TF700T in that regard! I really enjoy it. And Wi-Fi definitely seems quicker.
Great tablet from ASUS and top of the line Android. Love that I get these for free

FAST! zero lag. When Asus fixes the dock, it will be perfect imho.

Speed demon! My wifi speeds doubled. Without that lag the TF700T had, this bad boy is sooooo Buttery smooth! I'm Def a happy camper.
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FAST! zero lag. When Asus fixes the dock, it will be perfect imho.
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It is indeed superfast and no lag at all.
And Asus is very fast with updates as today we received 4.3!!
When dock works it is best tablet to buy atm.

T100
Just an FYI - I know some people would never consider moving into the Microsoft Ecosystem (myself included) but my roommate just got an ASUS T100 and I'm quite envious. If you don't mind loosing a few features or don't want to pay a premium for the TF701 check it out.
The downsides are no GPS (I use my phone for Navigation), No rear facing camera (please slap me if I'm taking photos with a tablet) and the screen is lower resolution and a little on the dim side relative to my TF701.
The build quality is much better than the TF701. it's snappy, and a great value for all you get for the price. (dock + keyboard ~400 USD)
Just thought I'd pass it along.

Got mine in today, seems very fast I love the screen. Dock on order from Amazon... will get it the 20th... I hope iits OK...however the sides..are a bit soft looking
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Good luck with the dock! At the moment, that seems like the only major hiccup with this device.
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Yesterday upgraded by OTA to JB 4.3.
After 24 hrs battery usage in standby improved a lot.
Antutu gives a 34109 which is really good, faster even than the Note 3.
All is butter smooth and no lag at all.
When Asus can cure the dock connection problem it is really the best 10" device to buy.

Coming from you Snah001, that is an amazing endorsement! What is your take on 3D gaming? Some folks on here (notably one guy) are making a stink about it...
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xRevilatioNx said:
Coming from you Snah001, that is an amazing endorsement! What is your take on 3D gaming? Some folks on here (notably one guy) are making a stink about it...
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I have maybe 3 3d games on my tablet because I mainly not use it for gaming but they play smooth without hiccups.
I think the whole fuzz about the 3D game performance is just the stick they want to find to trash the tablet but it isn't really that bad.
As said in another thread all who are nagging are ignoring the major plus points of this tablet and forget that the dock is a major plus point next to the relatively low price.
Build quality issues are, when Asus fix the dock connection problem, non existent.

Well said!
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Snah001 said:
Yesterday upgraded by OTA to JB 4.3.
After 24 hrs battery usage in standby improved a lot.
Antutu gives a 34109 which is really good, faster even than the Note 3.
All is butter smooth and no lag at all.
When Asus can cure the dock connection problem it is really the best 10" device to buy.
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Thanks for the update. Looking forward to 4.3.

Moving from TF700 to TF701

I have had a TF700 for exactly 1 year and 2 months, but two weeks ago the motherboard got fried due to my stupidity and I decided I needed a new tablet. The 700 CROMIX served me well and it had done everything I wanted it to with a few frustration.
I looked at the Samsungs, Kindles, Google Nexus 10, and the TF701. After a week of looking at all these I decided that
- Samsung was too expensive. Nice machines, but I was just not willing to pay the difference
- Kindles are also nice but a little small for me and I felt like I would always be fighting the Amazon controls they put on the device. HW wise it was the lightest machine with the best screen.
- Google Nexus 10 seemed a little too similar to the 701 and it had a little lesser specs (CPU and no MicroSD). Maybe I would wait for the NEW version, but it did not look like it is coming anytime soon (hopefully summer) and my guess is that it will be in the $500+ range
- So since the 701 has a better screen, better CPU, and very attractive price ($359 at amazon), I decided to go with it
Got the tablet and really did not wait: Upgraded to 4.3, Unlocked the bootloader, and installed CROMiX 6.0.1a on it. 20 minutes and I was good to go. I was really surprised how much faster than my 700 it is. I knew that the 1.9MHZ is better than the 700's 1.6 but I had the 700 overclocked and with the increased resolution, I expected they would be close. But the performance difference is really noticeable. I cannot comment on CROMiX vs the Stock in terms of how much the performance improvement is the optimized ROM because I did not really run the stock long enough. But this thing just flies. Boat browser with flash works great. My 16GB MicroSD worked great, the restore from Titanium worked great. My Nova settings were there and worked without trouble. Netflix does not stutter at all or Google movies or Mx Player. The battery was horrible after my first charge (lasted less than 8 hours) but also I was messing with it the whole time. After that, it looks like it goes about 2.5-3 hours per 1% in sleep and I would say it is a bit better than my 700 while on. The ROM has a "reading mode" that seems to slow down battery consumption while reading my Kindle app, but I am not sure how much better it is.
Just wanted to share my experiences with the TF701. Not saying it is the best machine out there, but for the price, I am very happy and cannot imagine the added cost for the other models would buy me that much. All the features of the 700 with the added performance and better screen. Very happy.

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I have had a TF700 for exactly 1 year and 2 months, but two weeks ago the motherboard got fried due to my stupidity and I decided I needed a new tablet. The 700 CROMIX served me well and it had done everything I wanted it to with a few frustration.
I looked at the Samsungs, Kindles, Google Nexus 10, and the TF701. After a week of looking at all these I decided that
- Samsung was too expensive. Nice machines, but I was just not willing to pay the difference
- Kindles are also nice but a little small for me and I felt like I would always be fighting the Amazon controls they put on the device. HW wise it was the lightest machine with the best screen.
- Google Nexus 10 seemed a little too similar to the 701 and it had a little lesser specs (CPU and no MicroSD). Maybe I would wait for the NEW version, but it did not look like it is coming anytime soon (hopefully summer) and my guess is that it will be in the $500+ range
- So since the 701 has a better screen, better CPU, and very attractive price ($359 at amazon), I decided to go with it
Got the tablet and really did not wait: Upgraded to 4.3, Unlocked the bootloader, and installed CROMiX 6.0.1a on it. 20 minutes and I was good to go. I was really surprised how much faster than my 700 it is. I knew that the 1.9MHZ is better than the 700's 1.6 but I had the 700 overclocked and with the increased resolution, I expected they would be close. But the performance difference is really noticeable. I cannot comment on CROMiX vs the Stock in terms of how much the performance improvement is the optimized ROM because I did not really run the stock long enough. But this thing just flies. Boat browser with flash works great. My 16GB MicroSD worked great, the restore from Titanium worked great. My Nova settings were there and worked without trouble. Netflix does not stutter at all or Google movies or Mx Player. The battery was horrible after my first charge (lasted less than 8 hours) but also I was messing with it the whole time. After that, it looks like it goes about 2.5-3 hours per 1% in sleep and I would say it is a bit better than my 700 while on. The ROM has a "reading mode" that seems to slow down battery consumption while reading my Kindle app, but I am not sure how much better it is.
Just wanted to share my experiences with the TF701. Not saying it is the best machine out there, but for the price, I am very happy and cannot imagine the added cost for the other models would buy me that much. All the features of the 700 with the added performance and better screen. Very happy.
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Nice report! I have the same experience but I still love my TF700.

sbdags said:
Nice report! I have the same experience but I still love my TF700.
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Yes, I probably would have lived OK with the TF700 for a while, but I am glad I fried it
BTW, Thanks for CROMiX... It is a really nice piece of work! Sending a couple of six packs your way...

jhermit said:
Yes, I probably would have lived OK with the TF700 for a while, but I am glad I fried it
BTW, Thanks for CROMiX... It is a really nice piece of work! Sending a couple of six packs your way...
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Wow! Many thanks for the donation! That is very kind of you.
Cheers! :highfive: :good:

My last tablet was the TF101 so I cant complain. My reasoning was the same as jhermit. Its the 701 just happens to be the one. With its high resolution, reflections, and so on. A good buy. The Samsung was the white one everywhere. Otherwise I would have gotten it. The white color really through me off of buying it. Can't figure that one out.

The TF701T keeps dropping in price, it may be the one to get.
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I also have upgraded and have a few thoughts to add.
1. The docking station is all plastic, where the tf700t was metal. The plastic seems cheaper and typing and using the touchpad sounds plasticy, but the keyboard does type a bit easier.
2. The USB port on the base station is very very tight. I feel like I'm going to break it when I'm inserting and removing plugs.
3. The lack of vibration in the tablet is a bit of a let-down. I would have preferred to have the option.
4. The Micro USB port on the tablet is very tight and hard to get a card back out. It might be specific to my unit, but it's still an issue for me.
5. There are better brightness and performance options on the tf700t, but that may be part of the older OS as well.
6. The tablet dock hings has a lot more play/wobble in it. I read elsewhere that this was a design reason but it's floppy when I'm carrying the tablet around with the screen open.
7. Chrome was brutally bad on the tf700t; laggy, slow to load things, etc on both stock and custom ROMs. It appears that the extra horsepower in the tf701t has taken care of that problem.
So far so good on the custom ROM with xposed framework settings. I've restored all settings using Titanium Backup and am happy with it so far.

I got the TF701 a couple days ago (no keyboard) and it's great, I see no down side at all yet and I still have the TF700 running better than it ever has with Crombi-kk. [emoji41]
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I'm thinking of getting this too but I can't figure out why the supposed upgrade to my tf700 actually decreased its camera resolution. Sigh. Any feedback on the camera diffrence?
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pipopipz said:
I'm thinking of getting this too but I can't figure out why the supposed upgrade to my tf700 actually decreased its camera resolution. Sigh. Any feedback on the camera diffrence?
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Never used a camera on a tablet, ever, so I couldn't tell you but everything else is better.

I don't use the camera either. I'm sure a very high percentage of buyers don't either. Not a selling point for me.
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xRevilatioNx said:
I don't use the camera either. I'm sure a very high percentage of buyers don't either. Not a selling point for me.
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I don't use the camera on the tablet that much too but for a supposed upgrade of a particular model, one wouldn't expect specs to scale back right? At least stay as is if not increase spec.
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pipopipz said:
I don't use the camera on the tablet that much too but for a supposed upgrade of a particular model, one wouldn't expect specs to scale back right? At least stay as is if not increase spec.
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If you are going to keep costs down why not go cheaper on the one part 99% of users will never use Seriously who uses the back camera on their tablet?

sbdags said:
If you are going to keep costs down why not go cheaper on the one part 99% of users will never use Seriously who uses the back camera on their tablet?
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You would be surprised......
Take a trip to a top tourist destination, marvel and cringe!
I work in tourism and I see more of them every month! And all of them look utterly, totally stupid if you ask me.
The only thing worse are telescopic extensions handles for the iPhone with some kind of trigger build into it's handle to take pictures and videos. Saw about a dozen of those **** in Las Vegas the other night. And for some reason I'm totally convinced that 99.9% of those pictures land in the recycling bin.... Or they should....

loner. said:
I got the TF701 a couple days ago (no keyboard) and it's great, I see no down side at all yet and I still have the TF700 running better than it ever has with Crombi-kk. [emoji41]
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Just a quick question, will the TF701T Tablet work with the Keyboard Dock from the TF700T ??

Sidewindr said:
Just a quick question, will the TF701T Tablet work with the Keyboard Dock from the TF700T ??
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Unfortunately not - they have different connectors.

No, connection differs, keyboard as well as charger and datacables differ.
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pelago said:
Unfortunately not - they have different connectors.
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Ruud Westerhout said:
No, connection differs, keyboard as well as charger and datacables differ.
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Actually that kind of makes sense as the 701 has USB3.0 on the KBD Dock.

Currently on a TF201
I'm currently on a TF201 Transformer Prime that I've had for about two years now. I't currently running Crombi-KK quite nicely but...I'm looking for something else. I've pretty much narrowed things down to either a Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 or the TF 701. There aren't a lot of reviews out there on the Tegra 4 based devices while of course the Enyos 5420 in the Galaxy tab is unique to Samsung. Have any of you had the opportunity to try both devices? Has anyone had an opportunity to use both a Tegra 4 (like the TF701) and a Snapdragon 800 based device. what little I'm finding seems to say that performance wise it would be 1. snapdragon 800, 2. Enyos 5420 and 3. tegra 4 ....but also that the differences aren't that great???
Right now I'm seeing the TF701 on Amazon for $354 and the Samsung for $399 so the prices are not that far off. On the other hand I always loved the keyboard dock on my Prime and with the TF701 I could have that again...for $130 on Amazon taking the total cost to $484. Of course with the Samsung I'd probably end up with some sort of Bluetooth keyboard, so in the end, when the accessories I would want are factored in, they cost about the same. (EDIT: I see that the Samsung is only 16 GB storage while the Asus is 32 - advantage Asus except that the Samsung has a micro SD slot and I've got a couple of 64 GB Sandisk Ultras kicking around so that probably isn't critical)
On the pro side the Asus is known unlockable (correct me if I'm wrong) where the Samsung probably isn't??? With my Prime, I stuck with it locked until the warranty ran out then unlocked it and put Hairy Bean on it and more recently Crombi-KK. So having those options available for the future is also a plus.
On the down side, as much as I have loved my Prime, its always had some annoyances. My WiFi was never as bad as others complain of but its never been great either. Sitting in my living room with my router almost directly under me on the floor below, my Motorola phone and my wife's HP laptop get right around the full 30 Mbps we have incoming from our ISP. My prime gets 8 - 10 Mbps which should be adequate most of the time except...the lag loading web pages. Hariy Bean and now Crombi-KK seem to improve things, but my phone (Morotrola Droid Maxx on Android 4.4) is still way smoother. Of course the GPS never really worked very well - which would be a big problem for me on a phone but not such a big deal on the tablet. Has Asus managed to correct those things on the TF701? While the Tegra 4 sounds good, I wouldn't want to have a tablet where they just stuck a faster CPU in the same old device.
Guess what I'm really looking for is a new Transformer Prime that's both faster and corrects all the annoyances I've had with the TF201. Does the TF 701 accomplish that? Given that the Samsung is about the same price when I include the accessories I want, does that change your opinion?

ratman6161 said:
I'm currently on a TF201 Transformer Prime that I've had for about two years now. I't currently running Crombi-KK quite nicely but...I'm looking for something else. I've pretty much narrowed things down to either a Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 or the TF 701. There aren't a lot of reviews out there on the Tegra 4 based devices while of course the Enyos 5420 in the Galaxy tab is unique to Samsung. Have any of you had the opportunity to try both devices? Has anyone had an opportunity to use both a Tegra 4 (like the TF701) and a Snapdragon 800 based device. what little I'm finding seems to say that performance wise it would be 1. snapdragon 800, 2. Enyos 5420 and 3. tegra 4 ....but also that the differences aren't that great???
Right now I'm seeing the TF701 on Amazon for $354 and the Samsung for $399 so the prices are not that far off. On the other hand I always loved the keyboard dock on my Prime and with the TF701 I could have that again...for $130 on Amazon taking the total cost to $484. Of course with the Samsung I'd probably end up with some sort of Bluetooth keyboard, so in the end, when the accessories I would want are factored in, they cost about the same. (EDIT: I see that the Samsung is only 16 GB storage while the Asus is 32 - advantage Asus except that the Samsung has a micro SD slot and I've got a couple of 64 GB Sandisk Ultras kicking around so that probably isn't critical)
On the pro side the Asus is known unlockable (correct me if I'm wrong) where the Samsung probably isn't??? With my Prime, I stuck with it locked until the warranty ran out then unlocked it and put Hairy Bean on it and more recently Crombi-KK. So having those options available for the future is also a plus.
On the down side, as much as I have loved my Prime, its always had some annoyances. My WiFi was never as bad as others complain of but its never been great either. Sitting in my living room with my router almost directly under me on the floor below, my Motorola phone and my wife's HP laptop get right around the full 30 Mbps we have incoming from our ISP. My prime gets 8 - 10 Mbps which should be adequate most of the time except...the lag loading web pages. Hariy Bean and now Crombi-KK seem to improve things, but my phone (Morotrola Droid Maxx on Android 4.4) is still way smoother. Of course the GPS never really worked very well - which would be a big problem for me on a phone but not such a big deal on the tablet. Has Asus managed to correct those things on the TF701? While the Tegra 4 sounds good, I wouldn't want to have a tablet where they just stuck a faster CPU in the same old device.
Guess what I'm really looking for is a new Transformer Prime that's both faster and corrects all the annoyances I've had with the TF201. Does the TF 701 accomplish that? Given that the Samsung is about the same price when I include the accessories I want, does that change your opinion?
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Just go ahead and choose the TF701! I did not have older asus tablets, but from the comments I have read since this forum was launched, all the issues that older Asus tablets had were solved. However, I would advise you to make sure that the keyboard you are going to buy is built recently ( ??/2014). Some people are experiencing disconnections between the dock and the tablet. For me I have a 09/2013 build but fortunately everything works as it should