Acer Iconia w700 Official Thread (Folio & Dock Version)

[Benks1994]

Hi all,

I bought the Acer Iconia W700 Folio a week ago & decided to open a thread about it as no one have did it.

PS: The Stylus Pen is not the one that came included with the w700.

Acer's w700 Commercial (Only shows the dock version.)

w700 unboxing (Dock Version)

Some w700 Reviews:

W700 vs Surface Pro vs Samsung Ativ

Specification of the w700:
OS: WIndows 8 64Bit (Not RT)
Processor: Intel Core i5-3337U
LCD: 11.6" Multi-touch FHD Acer CineCrystal LCD
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Memory: 4GB DDR3 Memory
Storage: 128GB SSD
WLAN / Bluetooth: Acer Nplify 802.11a/g/n + BT 4.0
Webcam: Acer Crystal Eye HD webcam/5MP camera
Camera: 5.0 Mega Pixel (No Flash)

Ports/Button found on the w700:
1x USB 3.0
1x Mini-HDMI
1x Charging Port
1x Screen Lock
1x Power Button
1x Volume Buttons
1x 3.5mm Audio/Mic jack

THERE IS 2 VERSIONS OF THE W700!
Folio: The one like a keyboard flip case.

Normal/Dock: The one with a dock and an external bluetooth keyboard.

Dock extends the 1x USB 3.0 to 3x USB 3.0

 

[FlushX]

gxgx. i'm surprised there's not much interest in this tablet also.

good that someone created a new thread for this.

 

[Benks1994]

gxgx. i'm surprised there's not much interest in this tablet also.

good that someone created a new thread for this.

Yes. It's a powerful tablet too and the cheapest among the others and have the longest battery life in the i5 series (7hours).

Thanks!

 

[FlushX]

Yes. It's a powerful tablet too and the cheapest among the others and have the longest battery life in the i5 series (7hours).

Thanks!

How much you got yours for? freebies any?

 

[Benks1994]

How much you got yours for? freebies any?

$1158 @ Newstead. No freebies.. .

 

[G4]

128G SSD to me it's kinda small leh... possible to upgrade ourselves?

 

[FlushX]

$1158 @ Newstead. No freebies.. .

helped a friend to get it at $1150 during the recently concluded IT Fair. Came with 2 years McAfee Anti Virus. so about the same la.

they should actually include a BT mouse with this

 

[Benks1994]

128G SSD to me it's kinda small leh... possible to upgrade ourselves?

possible but will probably void the warranty.
here is a video of this guy replacing his ssd.

 

[Benks1994]

helped a friend to get it at $1150 during the recently concluded IT Fair. Came with 2 years McAfee Anti Virus. so about the same la.

they should actually include a BT mouse with this

mine also came with the McAfee antivirus free too i guess? alright mine is only for 60days. But yea about the same. Yes a BT mouse with this tablet will be good, now i have to grab one.. .

 

[FlushX]

mine also came with the McAfee antivirus free too i guess? alright mine is only for 60days. But yea about the same. Yes a BT mouse with this tablet will be good, now i have to grab one.. .

no no. came in a separate card which has the activation code. in my case, the salesperson gave me 2 cards, so 2 years.

 

[Benks1994]

no no. came in a separate card which has the activation code. in my case, the salesperson gave me 2 cards, so 2 years.

icic.. mine came preinstalled so yea.. nbm i'm fine without anti-virus.

 

[Benks1994]

Hey Benks1994,

Yea if there's at least some air-gap in between the keyboard and glass it's good. lol yeah, surface hijacked

there is a slight gap between them. and yes its hijacked so shift anything about w700 here!

 

[gibson7]

there's no 3g version right?
really tempted by the good battery life.

 

[Benks1994]

there's no 3g version right?
really tempted by the good battery life.

yupp no 3g version, you can use a 3G dongle. Yes the battery life is good and comparing other i5 tablet/semi-tablet-ultrabook this w700 is priced so much lower than those with the same specs.

 

[Imperado]

hows the 3rd party stylus with it? good?

 

[Benks1994]

hows the 3rd party stylus with it? good?

I think all capactive stylus should work on this tablet. I think its ok? But I never tried drawing but it's quite accurate so i did say its ok. Those artist I guess this tablet won't be for them sadly as it does not work with a digitizer stylus.

 

[FlushX]

hows the 3rd party stylus with it? good?

The stylus that came with the package looks quite obiang.

Bought the Adonit Jot Pro without knowing that the set comes with a stylus

 

[Teo Ming Ern]

I think all capactive stylus should work on this tablet. I think its ok? But I never tried drawing but it's quite accurate so i did say its ok. Those artist I guess this tablet won't be for them sadly as it does not work with a digitizer stylus.

What's the difference between a capacitive stylus and a digitizer stylus?

 

[Benks1994]

What's the difference between a capacitive stylus and a digitizer stylus?

digitizer stylus looks almost like a normal pen? its more accurate than the capacitive stylus and w700 don't work with digitizer pens.

 

[Teo Ming Ern]

digitizer stylus looks almost like a normal pen? its more accurate than the capacitive stylus and w700 don't work with digitizer pens.

Thanks! I have read up a bit and realise that he W700 doesn't come with a dual digitizer screen, one for writing and the other for touch... so it's basically a touch screen and the stylus mimics the finger... but there is no palm rejection... so your stylus inputs will be less accurate to very inaccurate...