so I solid my Asus prime yesterday. it was a 64gb champagne. I didn't have any problems with it. the GPS worked we'll never tried it while I was driving, cause well I have a phone for that. I love how it felt in my hands, the weight, the balance. I miss my prime *waaa* I got full price for it. so I'm sitting on some money that's burning a hole in my pocket. lol.
!! senseless sensation4g ii
Congratulations and condolences I guess?
If you miss the Prime why did you sell it?
If you really miss it why don't you just buy another one?
I sold it cause I'm the guy buys electronics every time something new comes out. I bought a tf101 and as soon as the tf201 was available I bought. and I'm really fighting off the urge to by another one
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just buy a 32g therefore you will still keep some money. You are going to be waiting awhile to purchase a better tablet than the prime for that price I believe this year
try finding a refurb 32gb?
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so I solid my Asus prime yesterday. it was a 64gb champagne. I didn't have any problems with it. the GPS worked we'll never tried it while I was driving, cause well I have a phone for that. I love how it felt in my hands, the weight, the balance. I miss my prime *waaa* I got full price for it. so I'm sitting on some money that's burning a hole in my pocket. lol.
!! senseless sensation4g ii
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Wanna buy mine? I do have to warn you, it is EXACTLY like all the others out there, the WIFI will drop if you use an active BT connection.
Getting tired of repeating this... No it's not EXACTLY like all the others... mine does NOT drop WIFI when I stream audio to my bluetooth connected headset..
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Getting tired of repeating this... No it's not EXACTLY like all the others... mine does NOT drop WIFI when I stream audio to my bluetooth connected headset..
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Neither does mine.
I use Spotify, Netflix, and BBC iPlayer all the time with my BT headset.
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The clairvoyance and omniscience of prime owners is astonishing if I do say so myself!
Lol, for every other group i have been a part of on XDA it has been many mature, helpful people. Come here and everyones crying about something. I just have to shake my head and laugh, this place must be run by 12 year olds XD
Thank you everyone for providing me tonights amusement.
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Lol, for every other group i have been a part of on XDA it has been many mature, helpful people. Come here and everyones crying about something. I just have to shake my head and laugh, this place must be run by 12 year olds XD
Thank you everyone for providing me tonights amusement.
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I just pointed out the same thing in another thread... It is quite odd this place.
Related
Here is a Hitler parody video on the Prime that I made up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzXfSSVmx2I
I know many of us are still frustrated about the pre-order process, getting forecast ship dates of january-february even though the orders were placed in november. Patience is a virtue, but Asus sure seems to be testing it.
Hey, I am German
And by the way: wrong translations
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Lmbo....was just watching that and thought it might be someone from here....
ASUS is to be blamed if the world finds itself in WW3, due to this fiasco....
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Hey, I am German
And by the way: wrong translations
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Ah, well- pardon my bad German language skills..
You my friend is one funny mofo lol
Ha ha that made my day!
A little humor goes a long way in situations like this!
Now I'm going to email this link to ASUS.
You have captured this fiasco perfectly! well done!!!!
At the end you mentioned the 10 pre-orders- this might be all that are left after the cancellations- sad but true. I am borderline ready to cancel at this point myself.
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Here is a Hitler parody video on the Prime that I made up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzXfSSVmx2I
I know many of us are still frustrated about the pre-order process, getting forecast ship dates of january-february even though the orders were placed in november. Patience is a virtue, but Asus sure seems to be testing it.
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Epicness. Thanks dude
Best laugh I have had in a while! Well done!
Haven't seen a Hitler vid in a good while. Good job, man. And I too have been scouring these XDA forums regarding the Prime, haha.
I must say that vid has just about made the wait worthwhile!!!! But then again I am a glutton for punishment, for I endured the Droid Bionic release nightmare!!!!
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That was nicely done... and it pretty much sums up the fiasco.
Funny but misleading the part where everyone who bought an iPad or off of Ebay left the room. Zero consideration for Apple here but instead will wait for other options such as Samsung Ta (dual-core Exynos 2GHz), Lenovo Thinkpad, etc.
Haha I wasn't gonna watch as i've seen hundreds of these Hitler rant vids but i'm glad I did - really captured what's been going on! Good job
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Funny but misleading the part where everyone who bought an iPad or off of Ebay left the room. Zero consideration for Apple here but instead will wait for other options such as Samsung Ta (dual-core Exynos 2GHz), Lenovo Thinkpad, etc.
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You are right non that, Apple has its own positive points- but it was mostly done for comedic effect. Wanted to include the alternatives that arrive in CES but there was a lack of dialogue to properly do that..
Great Job, You captured all our sentiments. I hope ASUS sees this. This Transformer Prime thing has been a nightmare. Thanks for the humor.
About to pull the trigger on the new Prime.
Been reading for awhile about the tab, and one of my client's was lucky enough to get his by Christmas on my recommendation.
Read a bit about the "serial number" debacle, but it seems that the reseller are taking care of returns faithfully.
Just wondered what you all think of your tabs?
Anyone with buyer's remorse?
I know it's going to be tough to get an "unbiased" response, as I'm sure most of you love your tabs.
Would like a few "experienced" replies.
tyia
None from me right now. The Wi-Fi isn't fantastic but is still fully functional and the GPS is non-existant but I couldn't care less in all honesty. Don't expect Apple-esque build quality (although it's still well built) and you'll be thoroughly pleased.
I just got mine today and i have zero issues. I love this thing
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I always have buyers remorse when paying over 10 dollars on something but over all I am happy lol
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None from me right now. The Wi-Fi isn't fantastic but is still fully functional and the GPS is non-existant but I couldn't care less in all honesty. Don't expect Apple-esque build quality (although it's still well built) and you'll be thoroughly pleased.
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Honestly I couldn'd give a rat's azz about "apple-esque" build quality, as they're pretty to look at but don't do much. Thanks for your response
I got mine yesterday. No problems so far. I was nervous as well, but im glad i purchased it. Rooted, ICS, what a beast.
I honestly love mine. It's exactly what I thought I was getting based upon all the reviews in early December.
As a serial tablet collector (Still have the Touchpad, the Galaxy tab 10.1 and the 8.9), I'd say the only reason to get it now it's to enjoy it with the keyboard dock. Got one with everything right, but no GPS and weak wifi. No big deal, but not a perfect device quality wise (like say a Samsung). I can't wait to find my own dock - for me, it will replace a netbook, hopefully.
Otherwise I don't see much reason to get it. Just my 02c.
No buyer's remorse for me & I'm coming from a Motorola XOOM. The difference is like night & day! Plus I have the keyboard dock.This tablet screams sexy!! Typing on the keyboard dock is a breeze with no lag at all.My wifi is great. I mainly use my prime downstairs & my router is upstairs & the wifi works great still
Got mine yesterday. No problems, no regrets.
I'm still searching for the "perfect" Prime (i.e., one where no component is overtly non-functioning), and will hopefully get my 4th one next week. But, I don't regret making the attempt at all, and I won't regret having bought one when I actually finally get one that I don't return.
Not being facetious here, either. Every gadget I've bought in the last two years has gone through the same process, because I like to get things on launch day. It's a sickness, because I _know_ that getting things on launch day nowadays is a dicey proposition.
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I honestly love mine. It's exactly what I thought I was getting based upon all the reviews in early December.
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qft
love it.
I've had mine since the 29th and I have no remorse. I knew I was buying early and I am willing to go through growing pains. Brand new quad core tablet, brand new OS...I was and am prepared for a bit of a bumpy ride. I had zero expectation that this would be a 100% smooth device out of the box. But I do think it will get there soon. It's damn close now.
Being a TF101 fan but due to screen issues my last TAB was a samsung 10.1. This tab & dock are miles ahead... and build quality IMHO exceeds Apple... (see my Apple history below) Not sure about GPS I don't use it.......
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No, STOP MAKING THREADS LIKE THIS
I love my prime.
No regret at all. I bought mine Monday as part of a newer batch after all the initial ones sold out. I read somewhere on XDA that an ASUS rep told someone there is newer hardware that performs better or something. Whether that is true or not, I don't care, as my Prime has perfect wifi, BT, GPS, no light bleed.
If you do have an issue, it is just like any other tech, you get an RMA to have it fixed!
Coming from a Galaxy tab 10.1 I have to say this blows it away!!! Even though GPS won't lock in mine. I always disable my GPS in all my devices unless I'm lost.. NO REGRETS..
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I've no buyers remorse. Returned mine to gamestop for a refund.
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I have a little. My unit is very nicely built, equal in quality to my ipad 2 - well it's now my wife's ipad 2. I have the same problems as everyone else, no gps and wifi works but is noticably worse than my other devices. Add to that there's going to be a fixed premium version, I'd return it if I hadn't picked it up for $350(long story, one time deal).
edit: The gps doesn't matter much. I already had a very nice bluetooth gps anyway. The wifi performance bothers me. Alot. But not $250 worth, $100 worth though without question.
Happy as can be here. It made my Christmas! It was so pretty and shiny, a real thing of beauty. But like most things that seem too good to be true.............
Now, I have received full credit back on my credit card from Office Depot after my return. I'm even happier.
I'm returning my Prime today and will be waiting for the Infinity. It will be a LONG wait!! This is a support thread for all of us tabletless out there!
Here I am!
Waiting for my new Prime... I hope it will be shipped around the 20th
Yes I'm now one of the 'tabletless'....
returned my prime due to flakey wifi, and non existant gps (yes I know they don't advertise it with gps, but if the gps module is fitted, i'd still like it to bloody work!)
so I'm now deciding to wait for the infinity (wifi tegra 3 ) or get a 'new ipad'....
or just say sod it and buy a laptop...
scsurface1 said:
get an ipad and dont whine about being tabletless.....love my prime
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dude...we all get it...you love your prime...good for you...now hitch a ride to vegas and make it official....
on another note...to the OP's post... I had purchased a prime myself, but ended up returning it due to it's functionality. The wifi was fine, not as good as some other devices, but the killer for me what the cisco VPN that i would need for work would not connect. My iphone works fine with the vpn client, so I ended up pre-ordering an ipad (3 or new or whatever) (come on trolls, take a shot at this post, i know you will). Anyway I really liked the prime, it was fast, and battery life was great, but it wasn't functional for me, and that's what it came down to.
Anyway...that's my tabletless story...at least until Friday. I still might pick up a prime once some of the other tablets come out and if the price drops.
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get an ipad and dont whine about being tabletless.....love my prime
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Yeah, but you will still have to wait until Friday for the new iPad
And it is wonderful! Everything works like it is supposed to.
I tested the wifi, gps and bluetooth and they are fine. I had my fingers crossed after reading stuff here.
Im a satisfied prime user and by the looks of it im in the minority here
btw it ****s all over the ipad 2.
You are part of the 99% that doesn't have problems with their Prime and have no reason to post.
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You are part of the 99% that doesn't have problems with their Prime and have no reason to post.
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Ummm ok... no comment... this one needs to be closed also.
If you like the Prime and you want to share your happiness with the device, feel free to comment all you want.
junrider isn't the comment warden, and honestly we could use a little bit of cheer in this forum considering all the trash talk that has been going on for the past few weeks.
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If you like the Prime and you want to share your happiness with the device, feel free to comment all you want.
texstar isn't the comment warden, and honestly we could use a little bit of cheer in this forum considering all the trash talk that has been going on for the past few weeks.
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Isnt there a positive prime thread with all the happy prime owners. The OP would fit right in there. Check out demandarin's signature there is a link there.
A little more cheer won't kill anyone.
El Che said:
And it is wonderful! Everything works like it is supposed to.
I tested the wifi, gps and bluetooth and they are fine. I had my fingers crossed after reading stuff here.
Im a satisfied prime user and by the looks of it im in the minority here
btw it ****s all over the ipad 2.
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I do not want to take the happyness away from you, but test WiFi and BT together, not one at a time, and tell us if WiFi is dropped or weak when you listen to YouTube stream or similar test.
Better yet there should be a Un happy Prime owners thread. Rather then having thread after thread of the same negative threads being made. Majority of people are tired of seeing. Its refreshing to see positive posts. I don't have any issues as well. You seem to just want to keep the truth about the majority being happy with their devices. Its about time happy owners started expressing themselves. So if you want happy owners to stick to the positive threads... then i suggest the un happy stick to theirs and not hijack the Prime forum to make it look like the Prime is a lemon.
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Better yet there should be a Un happy Prime owners thread. Rather then having thread after thread of the same negative threads being made. Majority of people are tired of seeing. Its refreshing to see positive posts. I don't have any issues as well. You seem to just want to keep the truth about the majority being happy with their devices. Its about time happy owners started expressing themselves. So if you want happy owners to stick to the positive threads... then i suggest the un happy stick to theirs and not hijack the Prime forum to make it look like the Prime is a lemon.
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That would be logical and some people on this forum wont effectively troll if it were all in one thread because people happy with their prime like myself would simply avoid that thread. They should also have a thread where people talk about how great it was switching to an Ipad and how it solved all the worlds problems.
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I do not want to take the happyness away from you, but test WiFi and BT together, not one at a time, and tell us if WiFi is dropped or weak when you listen to YouTube stream or similar test.
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I've been streaming music over wifi using google music to my bluetooth headphones for a while now.
Wifi stays perfect and does not suffer at all from bluetooth being used.
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I do not want to take the happyness away from you, but test WiFi and BT together, not one at a time, and tell us if WiFi is dropped or weak when you listen to YouTube stream or similar test.
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Ok, well I guess I should just show you then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nfk2XvefYg
El Che said:
And it is wonderful! Everything works like it is supposed to.
I tested the wifi, gps and bluetooth and they are fine. I had my fingers crossed after reading stuff here.
Im a satisfied prime user and by the looks of it im in the minority here
btw it ****s all over the ipad 2.
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I had mine days after release and it's perfect too.
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Ok, well I guess I should just show you then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nfk2XvefYg
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Well I can see you are in Sweden, I got mine RMA'ed through ASUS Nordic, and it's on the way back from repair center.
It's nice to see that yours works fine. But I would suggest to do so:
Go 5 meters away from the router, (I see you are close, as you have full bars in Wifi signal).
Instead of testing the mouse test a BT headset and stream while you are at least 5 meteres from WiFi source.
If the music or YouTube stream does not drop, then you are save.
There is hope so for me too. Mine had only WiFi/BT issue otherwise was perfect.
Just one year after, the Prime development is dead. Two roms have been updated a month ago and much appreciated work on them. But that's about it. What was once the tablet of the future, Asus made it a flop, A $500 flop at that. How poor, I'll never buy another Asus tablet or PC again. I had mine since day one and have no problems with. I wish everyone could say that.
Thank you for your contribution. We definitely needed another one of these threads.
Long live the Prime!
Yes, as said before, this is the problem with people who jump on these forums and fill it with non-sense, gripe and make an atmosphere of uncertainty and unthankfulness.. Yes, thanks for the positive outlook indeed.
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This is not true. lilstevie and tux_mind are VERY close to perfecting an Ubuntu dual boot. Think about it, Volume Up to boot Android; Volume Down to boot Ubuntu. That would be the coolest thing in the history of things. This is what I have been waiting for since 2008. Sooo... STFU.
Prime is dead
Mine truly is----at ASUS RMA facility for the third time since purchase
first 2 times wif-bluetooth issue in shop for 1.5 months
this time green camera
Truly a 500$ 650 if you count the dock peice of c***
There are very few primes around in my country so i don't care if its dead, i have a special device and its working perfectly.
But i think my next tablet (i hope the prime works for a long time) will be one with a digitizer for pens. Like the galaxy note 10.1. In my situation i prefer that over a keyboard.
Long live the prime.
I've had mine since day one. Never had reason to complain about it at all. Two friends have bought them after seeing mine. Still use it every day. I wish I had two.
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I really like mine it replaced my laptop ... i also like the build quality. Samsung plastics are not my kind of thing. Drawbacks are wifi performance and the system to connect tablet and keyboard could use some rethinking.
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Thom4s said:
I really like mine it replaced my laptop ... i also like the build quality. Samsung plastics are not my kind of thing. Drawbacks are wifi performance and the system to connect tablet and keyboard could use some rethinking.
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I too had WIFI problems but since I purchased a MyFi (3G 4G) from Verizon I get 4 Bars where ever I go in my area.
andrewjt19 said:
Yes, as said before, this is the problem with people who jump on these forums and fill it with non-sense, gripe and make an atmosphere of uncertainty and unthankfulness.. Yes, thanks for the positive outlook indeed.
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This person is entitled to their oppinion, and has valid points, just because you do not agree doesnt give you the right to be critical or condescending.
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I think that the Development is very slow mostly because around a 50% of users have their Bootloader locked, so lots of people couldn't use other roms, kernels or mods (and of course if a user wants to start a develop and has it's Prime locked, simply he can't).
I bought the tf201 a month ago because I didn't know anything about Bootloader, I thought that I could flash a kernel for OC or something similar. I try to unlock and I couldn't, and now I'm happy with it, because my tf201 died a week ago. When it returns from the RMA, I'll try to sell it. That's all, and this is the last ASUS tablet I'll buy.
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Just one year after, the Prime development is dead. Two roms have been updated a month ago and much appreciated work on them. But that's about it. What was once the tablet of the future, Asus made it a flop, A $500 flop at that. How poor, I'll never buy another Asus tablet or PC again. I had mine since day one and have no problems with. I wish everyone could say that.
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I find it interesting as to how much people are influenced by the opinions and experiences of others. In one breath you say you'll never buy another Asus tablet again and in the next you say you've had your Prime for over a year and have had no problems with it.
jordache16 said:
I find it interesting as to how much people are influenced by the opinions and experiences of others. In one breath you say you'll never buy another Asus tablet again and in the next you say you've had your Prime for over a year and have had no problems with it.
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Let me help you out a little, jordache. I'm quite happy with my Prime. I've not had problems with it. I have several Wireless APs at my home, so it's saturated with signal. As a result, I've not had problems with the wifi. I've chosen not to Root or Unlock my Prime, so I've not had the headaches there that others have had. As the features go (HDMI, Micro-SD, SD, USB, additional battery in keyboard dock), the Prime is top notch. I'd still take it over an iPad any day of the week.
Having said all of that, Asus's post-sale hardware support is terrible. So terrible that I probably won't buy another Asus product. I managed to lose a couple of rubber feet on the dock. When I inquired about getting some replacement feet, Asus wanted me to do an RMA on the dock. I'm not impressed.
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This person is entitled to their oppinion, and has valid points, just because you do not agree doesnt give you the right to be critical or condescending.
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The original post in this thread is the equivalent to someone standing up in the middle of a conference on economics and yelling "I LIKE BANANAS".
Sure, they have every right to like bananas, but it isn't helpful, it's attention-seeking and is essentially pointless.
Go eat bananas if you like them. No one cares.
jordache16 said:
I find it interesting as to how much people are influenced by the opinions and experiences of others. In one breath you say you'll never buy another Asus tablet again and in the next you say you've had your Prime for over a year and have had no problems with it.
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That is correct because my bluetooth sucks, my wireless sucks and should be much better than it is. No other issues besides that. I was just stating a fact that there is not much development for the tablet anymore. That's all I was saying, take it the way you wish but we are all allowed opinions here. thank you
The truth of the matter IMO is that people have come to expect too much. It's the "where's my update" syndrome where people want something new ever other week. Things evolve so fast that yes, a one year old device is practically ancient history. And Asus supported this device for much longer and through many more updates than most other manufacturers do. Take my Motorola Droid 3....please! Seriously my Droid 3 was abandoned by Motorola almost as soon as it was released. My original Droid Came with Android 2.0 then it got 2.1 and 2.2 from Motorola and then 2.3.7 via Cyanogen Mod 7.2 but once on 2.x, always on 2.x. On the other hand on the Prime we went from 3.x to 4.0 to 4.1 and will probably see 4.2 which is really not bad at all. It should also be capable of running future versions of custom ROMs....if the developers keep working on it. But really we have to expect that they will eventually move on too. But these days a year is almost an eternity for a mobile device.
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The original post in this thread is the equivalent to someone standing up in the middle of a conference on economics and yelling "I LIKE BANANAS".
Sure, they have every right to like bananas, but it isn't helpful, it's attention-seeking and is essentially pointless.
Go eat bananas if you like them. No one cares.
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Yes and another no brain response. I was just stating a fact.. don't like tough sh*t. I love my Prime, if I didn't I would have sold it long ago for something better. I was just stating that development has slowed down to a halt.. nothing to do with bananas !. Gezzzz
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Yes and another no brain response. I was just stating a fact.. don't like tough sh*t. I love my Prime, if I didn't I would have sold it long ago for something better. I was just stating that development has slowed down to a halt.. nothing to do with bananas !. Gezzzz
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I don't see it so much as slowing down, more like we have got to the limits of what we can achieve with what we have.
When 4.2 arrives I'm sure you will see some more dev work going on and also there is cyanogenmod which updates nightly if you really want to update regularly.
There is only so much you can do based on the stock rom.
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Yes and another no brain response. I was just stating a fact.. don't like tough sh*t. I love my Prime, if I didn't I would have sold it long ago for something better. I was just stating that development has slowed down to a halt.. nothing to do with bananas !. Gezzzz
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So lets get this straight, you "love" your Prime but you will not be buying another Asus product again. Can you please explain?