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I bought one of these recently when I was in Taiwan.

The ui seems smooth and the size is great for reading yet small enough to bring around.

5990nt with cover and a ice cream cone.

I think the most special thing about this deal was the ice cream cone <3
 

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I am wondering if Asus.sg would make a suprise announcement that this tab would be schedule for release in time for Comex-13..? :)

Looking forward to this tab...
I won't be surprised if they decide to launch at COMEX, but based on my experience in having worked for all 4 major PC shows more than once, launches in general would mean no special prices (based on Sony phone launches that coincide with PC shows), but they might include a few freebies (such as cleaning kits for laptops, while I was still an Intel ambassador)

What worries me is the possible local pricing of SG$339 based off of Valuebasket's MSRP of the product however, so it makes me wonder if local retailers like Courts and Challenger would carry them for SG$339 and sell them for much less, like SG$249 or SG$299 if you were a member or something

It'd be pretty drastic, looking at that gap, but there's always the possibility
 

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Got it from Amazon in the end. Convert to SGD about $195. Include shipping about $10 with discount? Good thing is that the warranty will be global.
 

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Got it from Amazon in the end. Convert to SGD about $195. Include shipping about $10 with discount? Good thing is that the warranty will be global.

Please do furnish us with a short review.

Some reviews i read arent very happy with the jerkiness of this tab,
 

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What worries me is the possible local pricing of SG$339 based off of Valuebasket's MSRP of the product however, so it makes me wonder if local retailers like Courts and Challenger would carry them for SG$339 and sell them for much less, like SG$249 or SG$299 if you were a member or something

It'd be pretty drastic, looking at that gap, but there's always the possibility

Asus needs to wake up and realise that the whole world is one market now and stop its discriminatory pricing. Same with Samsung and their ridiculous Tab 3 local prices.

They should follow the examples of Apple and HP. iPad Mini US$329 selling at S$448 (rate = 1.36). HP Slate US$149 selling at S$199 (rate = 1.33)
 

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Can sic discount code? Is it cgw that you use?

Discount for first shipment. If you don't have a cgw account, when you set one up they'll send you a discount code and free upgrade to express for first shipment.
 

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Please do furnish us with a short review.

Some reviews i read arent very happy with the jerkiness of this tab,

The jerkiness is probably due to the built-in launcher I'd imagine

Just throw a lightweight launcher on top of the tab like Nova, Apex or ADW that properly support Project Butter, and remain customizable

I do that with my units (except Samsungs), and things get a lot smoother
 

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Please do furnish us with a short review.

Some reviews i read arent very happy with the jerkiness of this tab,
Its a MTK chip dual core...benchmark score of 12k.
multi task would b a stress...so does graphic intense games.
with that amount, its too exp against mic dual core...but kess than quad core.
its the brand that u willb seeking.
(Accessories are minimum in SG)
 

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Its a MTK chip dual core...benchmark score of 12k.
multi task would b a stress...so does graphic intense games.
with that amount, its too exp against mic dual core...but kess than quad core.
its the brand that u willb seeking.
(Accessories are minimum in SG)

The Memopad uses a MTK8125 chipset, which is a quad core chipset based on cortex A7........

However, if you are gonna use the tablet for playing games, reviews reported that the old Tegra-based Nexus 7 may perform better.

In my case, I'll mostly use it for videos and ebooks, so the stress on the processor is minimal....
 

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Its a MTK chip dual core...benchmark score of 12k.
multi task would b a stress...so does graphic intense games.
with that amount, its too exp against mic dual core...but kess than quad core.
its the brand that u willb seeking.
(Accessories are minimum in SG)
Not quite, the MTK8125 is a Quadcore Cortex A7 based chipset by Mediatek

The MIC tabs most run a Rockchip based RK chipset that' is mased off of a dual core Cortex A9, with what I think maybe a more powerful GPU than the one in the MTK8125 however

The Memopad uses a MTK8125 chipset, which is a quad core chipset based on cortex A7........

However, if you are gonna use the tablet for playing games, reviews reported that the old Tegra-based Nexus 7 may perform better.

In my case, I'll mostly use it for videos and ebooks, so the stress on the processor is minimal....
Correct

The Quad Core Cortex A7 trades blows with the quad Cortex A9s very admirably in general, much less heat/power consumption for 15% less performance per clock speed at most if I remember right, so they're about almost on par with one another

The difference between the T3 and MTK8125 is the GPU.
The PowerVR SGX544 in the MTK8125 is an SGX544MP1, which means the GPU has 1 core (all of them are based off of some sort of ARM liscencing IIRC, just different output software implementations), compare that to the SoC in the last Nexus 7, which I remember right is a 4 core one (or was that 2? I don't remember)

The GPU in the Tegra 3 is about twice as powerful as the one in the HD7 (at least, in the above scenario if the clocks and the architecture for the GPUs are the same) if my info above is correct. Of course, we don't know how the GPUs are clocked so...

If you plan to play a lot of polygon based games (in general, 3D games), the HD7's SGX544MP1 would be less than ideal, but when it comes to games that utilize vector graphics and/or sprites, the HD7 will be of no problem

(FYI, the ASUS Fonepad uses the PowerVR SGX544 too, but it's the SGX544MP2, so it has 2 cores, and theoretically performs twice better in games that are not CPU bound compared to the HD7)

The CPU of the HD7 is more than enough to properly run everyday applications, like web browsing and such, without much of a hitch at all, unless the page is memory heavy :3
 
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Oh, and just ditched plans to look the tablet up in Danga City Mall in JB this weekend, things don't look so good as the latest pamphlet released on Aug 15th states that the newest one over there from ASUS were the Fonepad and Memopad ME172
 

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I'm gona order mine soon from amazon.

Where do you guys get your cover and screen protector from?
 

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Just got wind of some news

The launch of the HD7 in SG should coincide with COMEX, but it'll be brought in in limited quantities unfortunately

No word on MSRP in SG though, but it's probably gonna be a lot cheaper buying from Amazon and shipping it to SG
 

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Just got wind of some news

The launch of the HD7 in SG should coincide with COMEX, but it'll be brought in in limited quantities unfortunately

No word on MSRP in SG though, but it's probably gonna be a lot cheaper buying from Amazon and shipping it to SG

Should definitely be cheaper shipping it from Amazon, seeing as the latest advertisement in the papers is showing the old MemoPad ME172 selling at $199 after discount!! What are they thinking?!?!?
 

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Should definitely be cheaper shipping it from Amazon, seeing as the latest advertisement in the papers is showing the old MemoPad ME172 selling at $199 after discount!! What are they thinking?!?!?

That we're easy to fleece for profits, either that or they maybe planning a price drop come COMEX, but I dunno

Thinking of going the Valuebasket route myself. Been considering AMZ -> CGW but the shipping takes real long, that and I'm impatient XD

Actually also considering the Fonepad thanks to it's screen quality, 3G capabilities and battery life >_>;;
 
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