Nexus 7 |OT| Google's $199 7-inch tablet by Asus
- Thread starter ThatObviousUser
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The way ASUS described the whole Nexus 7 process with Googs and the non exact release date leads me to believe that Google/ASUS really didn't think about making a tablet until early this year and have rushed it to market, hence why no firm release date.
I think if they had another month, they would have been able to do the whole "it's available tomorrow" thing and that would have been cool. I feel like they are producing as many as possible in as short amount of time to ensure most pre-orders are released but I wouldn't be surprised if the neglected markets (AUSTRALIA!!!) are left waiting for a week or two after the US gets it.
I think if they had another month, they would have been able to do the whole "it's available tomorrow" thing and that would have been cool. I feel like they are producing as many as possible in as short amount of time to ensure most pre-orders are released but I wouldn't be surprised if the neglected markets (AUSTRALIA!!!) are left waiting for a week or two after the US gets it.
google embargoes other retailers so play store pre-orders arrive first
other retailer's pre-orders arrive first anyway
-Pyromaniac-
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So google demanded that Adorama halt sales. Obviously so they can get playstore orders out one would assume. Adorama is selling them again on Sunday. So I'm guessing they'll ship from the playstore tomorrow and arrive monday.
Or something. Or retailers are waiting until exactly mid july which is the 15th. I don't know.
Or something. Or retailers are waiting until exactly mid july which is the 15th. I don't know.
Snarfington
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This has been a disaster of a launch. With poorly-informed customer service, vague shipping dates that seem to be constantly changing, an inability to cancel A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE SHIPPING, units shipped and just sitting there in stores... Google has a lot to learn.
God help 'em if there's a big hardware fault on the first batch of these.
God help 'em if there's a big hardware fault on the first batch of these.
-Pyromaniac-
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http://m.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/hmv-to-sell-nexus-7-starting-next-week-1088722
more evidence of release date being between now and then. I just don't get get what happened. So retailers all got their shipments in and were all going to sell on july 12th, then google tells them not to until [insert date here]. What I'm curious about is why were they all ready to go but google themselves not ready on their own store. It's weird.
Hope they explain it when the mess is over.
more evidence of release date being between now and then. I just don't get get what happened. So retailers all got their shipments in and were all going to sell on july 12th, then google tells them not to until [insert date here]. What I'm curious about is why were they all ready to go but google themselves not ready on their own store. It's weird.
Hope they explain it when the mess is over.
Ebuyer shipped it with Express AM as well, which means it should be coming before 12pm. I suppose the first giveaway that Google had no idea what they were doing should have been when they were charging £10 for two-day shipping.
Edit: Mine from Ebuyer just arrived!
CountAntonius
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Dammit I have the cash never pre ordered. I'm ready for the mad dash.
Harry_Tequila
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That 20 minutes on the phone to Google switching my order was worth it. 
Fatal Futanari
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Has anyone made cases for this yet? (besides the one on the Play store)
Mofo... so, first impressions?That 20 minutes on the phone to Google switching my order was worth it.
Sigh FUCK YOU google
I actually went to the adorama store yesterday via subway and hey flat out told me Google told them to stop sales
People want to buy your shit you let them its fuckng simple
Learn from apple stealoogle
FlyingTeacup
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what a cluster fuck.
Neverender
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So I emailed google yesterday to cancel my order.
Then this arrives at my door this morning.
From Google Play?
EDIT: im an idiot. Its not from Google play. Its from ebuyer
Neverender
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Weird. That's great though man, let us know how you like it.
Snarfington
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FlyingTeacup
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So I emailed google yesterday to cancel my order.
Then this arrives at my door this morning.
shamo42
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So I emailed google yesterday to cancel my order.
Then this arrives at my door this morning.
So is the back really dark brown?
Was your card charged? When did you place the order?
Wait! Im an idiot. 
This is from ebuyer.
I tried to cancel my order from google & ordered off ebuyer instead - but as you may have noticed from my complaints yesterday ebuyer didnt allow next day shipping for me, only 3-5 days.
So when it arrived this morning I assumed it couldnt have been ebuyer.
So this isnt from google play
Sorry for giving false hope
This is from ebuyer.
I tried to cancel my order from google & ordered off ebuyer instead - but as you may have noticed from my complaints yesterday ebuyer didnt allow next day shipping for me, only 3-5 days.
So when it arrived this morning I assumed it couldnt have been ebuyer.
So this isnt from google play
Sorry for giving false hope
To be fair it doesnt actually say on the box who its from & theres no invoice
Snarfington
Member
Wait! Im an idiot.
This is from ebuyer.
I tried to cancel my order from google & ordered off ebuyer instead - but as you may have noticed from my complaints yesterday ebuyer didnt allow next day shipping for me, only 3-5 days.
So when it arrived this morning I assumed it couldnt have been ebuyer.
So this isnt from google play
Sorry for giving false hope
To be fair it doesnt actually say on the box who its from & theres no invoice
Darn. Oh well, enjoy it, you lucky lucky soul.
Harry_Tequila
Member
No, it's black.
basic_text
Member
I've given up, it sure as hell isn't going to be here over the weekend.
Looks like a trip to the beer festival it is.
Looks like a trip to the beer festival it is.
basic_text
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As far as I'm aware it get automatically added to the first account you activate on the device.
As soon as i logged into my device, i got an email telling me £15 was added to my google play balance.
and Transformers was already on my home screen when i logged in (under my library)
I got an email welcoming me to the Nexus 7, no mention of £15 free credit although it does say I get a free copy of Transformers. doesn't say how to access it though. Think i may have to contact Google.
Edit: I did have free copies of treasure Island, The There Musketeers and Alice in Wonderland pre-installed.
Three public domain books, score!
basic_text
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If they're the 'free' books that buyers from the Play store were meant to get then I've lost all patience with Google.
US is supposed to get a Bourne book, UK gets a Jeffrey Archer book. Not heard anything about those other books though.
FlyingTeacup
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ewww.
they don't know how to channel hardware. The reason I think stores are getting them faster because Asus are used to supply them with their products. Asus makes them, sends to google, who bottled up the distribution to customers.
I got the Play Store credit email almost immediately after activating it.
First impressions:
+ Love the form factor. I can see this getting a lot more use than either my Touchpad or previous Transformer. It's just easier to hold and use and take around with you and the screen size is enough for my purposes.
+ Yet it is still a significant upgrade over the Galaxy Nexus in terms of screen size. I was worried that it wouldn't be but web pages and apps feel a lot more 'roomy' on the N7 which is exactly what I wanted.
+ Some of the more well-designed apps for the phone-interface scale very well to the 7-inch form.
+ Interface is very smooth and fast.
+ Love the rubbery back - very practical. The build is solid (a lot more solid than the TF101).
+ Jelly Bean is great. Very fast and fluid. Feels exactly like it does on the Galaxy Nexus so it's nice to have some consistency.
- PPI seems a little on the low side, text isn't as sharp as I had hoped. It has a good resolution for a tablet that sized, I guess I just had unrealistic expectations with how sharp things were going to look.
- USB cable is way too short.
- Comes with Transformers. KILL IT WITH FIRE.
- Google Play Store content in the UK is abysmal. No magazines, and TV/movie selection is poor. I knew this though and thankfully there are other services like Amazon/Lovefilm and Netflix (although I haven't had a chance to try these apps).
First impressions:
+ Love the form factor. I can see this getting a lot more use than either my Touchpad or previous Transformer. It's just easier to hold and use and take around with you and the screen size is enough for my purposes.
+ Yet it is still a significant upgrade over the Galaxy Nexus in terms of screen size. I was worried that it wouldn't be but web pages and apps feel a lot more 'roomy' on the N7 which is exactly what I wanted.
+ Some of the more well-designed apps for the phone-interface scale very well to the 7-inch form.
+ Interface is very smooth and fast.
+ Love the rubbery back - very practical. The build is solid (a lot more solid than the TF101).
+ Jelly Bean is great. Very fast and fluid. Feels exactly like it does on the Galaxy Nexus so it's nice to have some consistency.
- PPI seems a little on the low side, text isn't as sharp as I had hoped. It has a good resolution for a tablet that sized, I guess I just had unrealistic expectations with how sharp things were going to look.
- USB cable is way too short.
- Comes with Transformers. KILL IT WITH FIRE.
- Google Play Store content in the UK is abysmal. No magazines, and TV/movie selection is poor. I knew this though and thankfully there are other services like Amazon/Lovefilm and Netflix (although I haven't had a chance to try these apps).
I got 2 emails, one welcoming me to nexus 7 then another about the free £15. Transformers was already in play movies.
For books I got the nexus 7 guidebook & "only time will tell"
I'm wondering if my problem is that I have a Nexus 7 preorder with Google that is currently being cancelled. I rang up and they are escalating my query to a specialist. They seemed a bit confused as to how I already had my Nexus
That's the first thing I noticed also. I'm not saying its bad, but coming from a galaxy nexus it seems like quite a step down.
