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No SAMSUNG logo above the screen on Swedish retail version

No SAMSUNG logo above the screen on Swedish retail version as I saw it today in Media Market store in Norrkoping. dealer said package contains MHL converter.

Btw are wich price u found it?
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Seriously? That rises more questions than answers lol

The pre-order special price is 4990 Sek (Swedish Krona) and delivery date is 12th of May.

El Salvador said:
Seriously? That rises more questions than answers lol
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I Know!!! I asked lots of different questions and also lots of same questions about non existing Samsung logo and MHL converter in the box!! The guy almost cried!! )))

samini said:
I Know!!! I asked lots of different questions and also lots of same questions about non existing Samsung logo and MHL converter in the box!! The guy almost cried!! )))
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Was this an official outlet? Sounds more likely he's got his hands on prototypes or review models...
I'd stay away from a device without Samsung Branding, as when have you known Samsung not to stick their logo on the phone?
hmm...

If I am not mistaken, the Korean models have no Samsung logo on the front.

risq said:
Was this an official outlet? Sounds more likely he's got his hands on prototypes or review models...
I'd stay away from a device without Samsung Branding, as when have you known Samsung not to stick their logo on the phone?
hmm...
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Samsung not having a Bright White logo on GS II is strange!! I can not agree more but I made the guy call his boss and ask!! and I made sure that what I saw was retail version with 1.2GHZ CPU.

Now I have more ....
As you know, from one certain date Samsung replaced pictures with ones with logo. from then almost every online store and mobile reviewer changed their pictures too. Recently I realized Telenor and Tele2 (bigest phone companies in sweden) changed back pictures to ones without Samsung logo.
You can chek it yourself.( As I am sure you know! web sites are .se rather than .com or ...)

risq said:
as when have you known Samsung not to stick their logo on the phone?
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Nexus S. It has the Samsung in the back cover.
But I don't believe it would come to sweden without Samsung text in front, when it does in Finland.

I have my doubts about this information. I don't doubt the veracity of what you're saying, but of the information you were given.
First, I wouldn't put it past the regional marketing branch of Samsung to hand out some of the former prototype devices to retailers to look at and Media Markt may have mistook it for a display model. Second, the very fact that Samsung doesn't include an MHI adapter cable is strange, especially when they're rare to come by and other manufacturers like Nokia have set the standard (my N8 came with an HDMI cable, USB-to-Go cable, you name it), so I think the local MM manager is just going on logic without really checking things up.
Yesterday I was in an ElGiganten in Stockholm and the whole front of the store was decked out in huge display boards. They expected to be ready for release on May 6, and kind of miffed about having to wait until May 12. Won't they look rediculous when they realize all their expensive marketing material doesn't even look like the device to be sold - with a Samsung logo on it.
I would be very surprised if the hardware versions delivered to the various EU countries have any significant differences (and I prefer the Samsung lable on the front). But then again, stranger things have happened.

The samsung brand is on the back... Strangely like the iPhone?!
And its not just Sweden. If you visit the Samsung page (swedish, finnish, whatever), only the front page and top images have it - the rest in the actual specification/advertisment of the phone doesnt have it. Three UK shows it without the name. Etc and so on.

You're right about the local Samsung page, it's a mixed bag.
The retailer pictures vary, but the OP is right in saying that a surprising number of retailers now or still have the photos without the logo on the front.
If this is true, it makes me worry that there might be other less benign differences from the units that we've seen from the UK, like cheaper camera sensors or the like.

Let's hope that there is no hardware difference in EU. I really hate it when they do that.
The worst case scenario is Samsung having many first production devices that we know as test devices mostly with 1 GHZ CPU and then they realized that they want to go with 1.2 GHZ and the Samsung LOGO and rest is not so hard to guess since CPU speed is just the matter of over clocking old devices and ..... OH just find a cold place in north to get rid of them ))))

I really hope that I am wrong ..... we will know in less than 5 days.

Danish version...
.... seems to be just like the Swedish version - or rather the version i bought.
No logo on front - also no NFC, and only 16 Gb version without memorycard in the box. BUT... also no HDMI-converter. This version actually comes from warehouses in Sweden, where Telia stores it.
But the specs on the phone shows 1,2 Ghz dual-core, and the rest of the specs fully complies with the specs from Samsung on this phone.

otacon888 said:
If I am not mistaken, the Korean models have no Samsung logo on the front.
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This is because usually carriers force their logos on the front. This was partially the reason why iPhone arrived so late in Korea. Apple wouldn't let anyone touch'em.

Eddiedk said:
.... seems to be just like the Swedish version - or rather the version i bought.
No logo on front - also no NFC, and only 16 Gb version without memorycard in the box. BUT... also no HDMI-converter. This version actually comes from warehouses in Sweden, where Telia stores it.
But the specs on the phone shows 1,2 Ghz dual-core, and the rest of the specs fully complies with the specs from Samsung on this phone.
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The Nordic countries always share the same version (at least in my experience of Samsung).
Has it already been released in Denmark???
Could you use Android System Info and see if it looks the same as Swedroid's UK device shown in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt7mdInSWqk&feature=relmfu
At 3:26 it shows some CPU info (although not entirely accurate, it does show the use of the CPU going up to 1.2 GHz).

I Saw CONVERTER WITH MY EYES!!!
People ! I saw the converter that comes with GSII in box in Sweden @ least from Media Market it is a Charger/HDMI converter you use it to charge cell phone or plug HDMI cable. You can see it in the post here for Infuse4G "http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Infuse-4G-HDMI-out-Adapter-Demonstration_id18667"
So now you can charge and use HDMI @ same time.

Eddiedk said:
.... seems to be just like the Swedish version - or rather the version i bought.
No logo on front - also no NFC, and only 16 Gb version without memorycard in the box. BUT... also no HDMI-converter. This version actually comes from warehouses in Sweden, where Telia stores it.
But the specs on the phone shows 1,2 Ghz dual-core, and the rest of the specs fully complies with the specs from Samsung on this phone.
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Is it the Exynos 1.2?

[Q] Picked up the A500-32gb... Got A501 16gb 3G ?

As the title says... Box and manuel etc are all for the 32gig wifi model! Not impressed tho, waste of my time.. Have to send it back an wait till this coming thursday for a replacement!
Anyone else had this problem? Great bit of kit tho, looking forward to being able to use.. Ordered a 32gb mem card! Shame there isnt a great deal of proper cases/gel covers for it?

What exectly is your problem?

lord_voldemort666 said:
What exectly is your problem?
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He gotta 16GB instead of the 32GB on board memory ... Bad juju.....

Yep! Didnt even think the A501 was out yet!
Only issue apart from that is lack of asscesories (hopefully change soon) and the grid for placment of widgets? Is that changable, so they dont snap to?
Thanks

I heard about people getting the 16GB intead of 32GB but not with 3G. A misstake at packaging, no problems changing the bought device to a 32GB version.
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I don't buy this thread without pics.

No, isnt a problem changing it.. Just more waiting!
GammaRascal- you will excuse me if i dont jump at the chance to 'sell' you my thread, go to trouble of joining? Just to bull****... Have better things to do, but thanks for the helpful reply!

Nope, I'm just saying I don't buy it without proof.
While I have heard of 1 person buying a 16gb version of the tablet and thinking they were buying a 32gb version, no proof was ever posted in that instance either and you're suggesting the box was labeled a501 and 32gb?
I call bs. As sofiaeriksson suggested, that could be a packaging error but 1 instance of that happened? Unlikely.
And since you're OP it was only a waste of your time - as if to suggest you paid the same price for a 32gb 3g model as you would have for the currently only released 16gb wifi model, it sounds more like you made a shady deal and got taken.

As the title says.. I ordered the 32gb wifi model and go the 16gb 3g model, box etc and lable says 32gig A500!
It would seem like a packaging error how else do you explain the mix up in model/packaging!..
I will take a photo of the device infomation and post it.. Just so i can sleep at night, thinking about how much it plays on my mind that you dont trust me!

You're right. You did say, you picked up an a500 32gb but you got an a501 16gb 3g.
Let me clarify.
To my knowledge, there is no a500 32gb in the wild. (**correction: J&R seem to be the only site listed from acer that have a 32gb version) I don't know where you ordered it from but you say the box is labeled 32gb and that error just hasn't been reported.
Believe me, if there were a slew of shipped 16gb a500 packaged in 32gb labeled boxes, there would a ton of pissed off consumers (; But there isn't. Something is fishy there. I'm not necessarily pointing fingers at you... I'm just saying, it doesn't add up.
There is no 3g model in the wild. While pre-patched a500 will say a501 in the tablet specs, it is in fact, an a500. The same reason why when you open up the sim slot, you'll see that extra area for what would be the sim card. It's just that we're sharing the same body with the a501 and shipped revision.
If you send it back, I'm not exactly sure what they will do with it. Where did buy it from and how much did you pay?

gammaRascal said:
To my knowledge, there is no a500 32gb in the wild.
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Wrong. There are LOADS of 32gb A500 models in the wild. I'm posting this from one of them.

FloatingFatMan said:
Wrong. There are LOADS of 32gb A500 models in the wild. I'm posting this from one of them.
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Strange, I'm not seeing 'loads' through my searches. Even J&R is sketchy but most of them are overseas or preorder.
List me.

gammaRascal said:
Strange, I'm not seeing 'loads' through my searches. Even J&R is sketchy but most of them are overseas or preorder.
List me.
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Check the flag under my name... Maybe the US got short shrift. AFAIK, *all* A500's in the EU are 32gb models.

FloatingFatMan said:
Check the flag under my name... Maybe the US got short shrift. AFAIK, *all* A500's in the EU are 32gb models.
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Maybe. I don't know. I'm not seeing any here. I just assumed the OP was NA.

Assumed huh? i am in the uk and got mine from currys!
Should be a little less quick to shoot other people down because you assume im wrong or bullshitting you rascal!

Just calm down there Fillthee. There's no reason to escalate. I stand by everything I said. There are 32gb models available. I did correct my post before FloatingFatMan responded and I did say 'To my knowledge' not, 'It's a fact'. (speaking from NA) I knew there were 32gb models out there, there are many post from people here who claimed as much as part of their description or in passing.
I'm still calling this a bs complaint but that's neither here nor there. You're only recourse is to send it back if, in fact, there was a 16gb model in a 32gb box. At this point, pictures wouldn't even prove your argument. It's just bs all around.

3G models aren't out.
32gb models aren't out.
Only place 32GB models are listed is on jr.com.
http://www.jr.com/acer-computer/pe/ACE_A50032GB/ out of stock, wrong product image, etc..., obviously not activated.
Either OP got scammed, or OP is full of it.
I call bs on this thread.
Edit: the loads that others are talking about, I don't see.
Check http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-I...available-32GB-model-coming-soon.54614.0.html . Was posted yesterday.

netham45 said:
32gb models aren't out.
Only place 32GB models are listed is on jr.com.
http://www.jr.com/acer-computer/pe/ACE_A50032GB/ out of stock, wrong product image, etc..., obviously not activated.
Either OP got scammed, or OP is full of it.
I call bs on this thread.
Edit: the loads that others are talking about, I don't see.
Check http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-I...available-32GB-model-coming-soon.54614.0.html . Was posted yesterday.
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Totally, utterly and completely wrong, wrong wrong.
The US is merely a tiny portion of the larger world, y'know. 32gb models are available in plentiful supply in Europe.

I find it funny how im full of it just because it isnt for sale in the US? Im well aware that the 3G model isnt out!!
Which was the point of the thread as i was rather supprised when i checked the device - finding it to be a 16gb 3G ..

i had that same problem. I bought mine in Sweden when it launched. The packaging and manual said 32gb wifi, the tablet was 16gb wifi. As for many orhers in the tab specs (about tablet) it said A501, it said the same on my new 32gb model but that's fixed with the new update that i got today.
At the retailer they said the product id on the box was consistent with the id on the tab (about tablet). This is a packaging error, nothing more and it's easy to change it to get what you paid for. It's unfortniute but **** happens. Atleast fir me my retailer threw in a 32gb micro sd card for the problem f going back to change it.
I've heard of this happening three times in sweden, prob more though.
The conlusion, he read A501 in the tablet specs and didn't know it was a common misstake.,.problem solved.
Exchange it and ask for some compensation like a micro sd, usb flash drive or something like that, hopefully you'll get something good for the problems this caused you.

[Q] uk xoom questions

hey guys,
So i was recently in the UK so i picked up a Xoom WIFI.. i know it was a bit of a risky thing seeing that I live in Bermuda which is US Friendly as far as electronics and voltage.
My questions is what are the major difference between the UK and US Xoom besides the MZ604 and MZ600?
Am i putting myself at a major disadvantage my having the UK version in a US territory?
Also is there a One Click Root method for XOOM WIFI MZ604, because i cannot get a Android SDK set up for the life of me on my new computer.
Thanks in Advance.

You may experience a slight disadvantage from buying a Non-US Xoom as evidenced here :
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/50837?tstart=0

basically i can just load US firmware on then its not UK xoom anymore?

The US Wifi is MZ604 as well.
You are not putting yourself at disadvantage by having a UK wifi xoom.

Correct. Load the US firmware and get the upadte to 3.1. I've done it and I'm in the UK. It's the exact same model, just different software.

DONE! thanks guys there is a really good thread going that has exactly how to do it! now i just have to use this ugly converter until my US charger is shipped. =)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093112
in case anyone wants the thread. to switch to the US ZOOm software and upgrade to 3.1

Acer A500 is now also the Liberty G100 ?

Hi, just spotted this in my local MediaMarkt store here in Germany. maybe this was already well known to all you folks out there.
http://www.packardbell.de/pb/en/GB/content/model/XE.H7EEN.002
a quick hold and check and not a lot of difference apart from the Glossy back cover (not nice) and certainly the power adaptor fits and was happily charging my Acer.
Perhaps we might get a few more peripheral or even a better power adapator available

Hahaha very true
and look at the accessories, spot any similarities LOL, well no wonder since Packerd Bell belongs to Acer. But i like the covers
http://store.packardbell.com/store/pbemea/en_GB/list/categoryID.56314800
BTW i see some build differences excluding the glossy back, assembly looks a bit different , does it feel well build?

Acer owns a group of brands. Packard Bell is one of them so most of the products in each of the brands are just re-branded devices suited for whatever is most popular in various regions. We have Acer, Emachines and Gateway stuff in the U.S and Packard Bell joins the fray overseas.

Yeah .... "Cousin Itt" was spotted back in May
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092029
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should i get 10.1 or other tablet?

hello. i heard that the galaxy tab have a newton ring problem and a main "causer" of this is heat.
this is a series problem for me because i live in kuwait and it is 40+C and getting 40*C is lucky
and people say the screen crack very easy on low drops
i am thinking of asus transformer pad
what should i get
if your answer is the galaxy tab 10.1 because it is thin then save it for yourself

Hello, so far the samsung galaxy is one of the best tablets on the market. But the newton ring is a real pita. I suggest you to wait and see what will happen in the next weeks. I think they'll try to address this issue as soon as they can.
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mine has gotten hot and luckily no issues here!!

lost2030 said:
mine has gotten hot and luckily no issues here!!
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when did you get yours?

Ok what is Newton Ring in layman's term? Read it in wiki and all I understood is there's some light interference between two surfaces, etc
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hnakhi said:
hello. i heard that the galaxy tab have a newton ring problem and a main "causer" of this is heat.
this is a series problem for me because i live in kuwait and it is 40+C and getting 40*C is lucky
and people say the screen crack very easy on low drops
i am thinking of asus transformer pad
what should i get
if your answer is the galaxy tab 10.1 because it is thin then save it for yourself
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I'm in Texas.... Now it's about 105 every day and i'm using my tab by the pool everyday for like 1 hour. i have the tab since like 4 weeks or something like that and it works perfectly. no issues because of the heat.

dude,
don't hurry to get the tab. apart from the newton's rings prob, right now they are in deep **** especially ''after the australia's ruling'', and in the following days/weeks, the tab might even get banned in other countries. i guess Sammy might even stop production , and get another model out fast.(they have done it with p7100 so this wont come as a surprise).

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when did you get yours?
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This past Saturday. I've been using it a lot

I picked mine up on Friday and couldnt be happier!! My first Andriod device!
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thanks guys for all the comments.
but even if there wasn't a newton ring problem ... i am still having second thoughts whether i should buy the transformer or the galaxy tab
i dont think i care about the thin stuff

The main reason I bought the galaxy tab was because of how thin and light it is. Also I wouldn't be using hdmi out so the lack of a built in adapter didn't matter to me. If you do plan on using hdmi out, keep in mind that in order to use it on the galaxy tab, you would have to to buy an extra adapter and with the transformer, you would not. Same goes for OTG USB devices; you would need an adapter for the galaxy tab. But it really is amazing how much lighter and thinner this tablet is compared to any other tablet... I've owned the xoom and it was like carrying around a brick; the transformer is only 50 grams lighter than the xoom whereas the galaxy tab is over 100 grams lighter than the transformer. I've had great experiences with both Asus and Samsung hardware but in the end, I chose Samsung due to the much smaller form factor. If you do decide to buy the galaxy tab, you will be buying from a newer batch of them which seem to not suffer from the Newtonian rings problem.
Sent from a phone, playing a phone, disguised as another phone.

slifer315 said:
If you do decide to buy the galaxy tab, you will be buying from a newer batch of them which seem to not suffer from the Newtonian rings problem.
Sent from a phone, playing a phone, disguised as another phone.
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That's what I wanted to hear
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If you're considering the Transormer and intend to root the device, you should take this into consideration.
http://androidroot.mobi/2011/08/02/the-never-ending-battle/
The never-ending battle.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 - 10:21 am - Android, General, Transformer
Been a while since last post, but it appears ASUS’s counter move have finally come.
All signs point to that with the B70 revision of the Transformer, they have changed the Secure Boot Key.
At the same time they appear to have disabled downgrades in the more recent revisions of the firmware (the one B70 comes with!)
This means: At this point it’s not possible to root B70 revision ASUS Transformers. We will of course see what we can do to find a way around it, but keep in mind neither of us have access to a B70 revision model nor do we intend to spend the money needed to get one.
It was a good run, and congrats to all those with pre-B70 revision devices and bummer for everyone who bought newer revision devices hoping to root
Thanks,
RaYmAn & Bumble-Bee
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I'm waiting on my GT10.1 right now while I am at work and it is out for delivery.
I was in the same boat trying to decide between this and the TF. Ultimately I decided on the GT because of how it felt in my hand. Its not about thin, but it is related. When I held the TF, it felt great in landscape. Lots of bezel for my thumbs to grip but not obscure the screen and the back felt amazing. But the instant I turned the TF to portrait, it just felt bulky and awkward. Nowhere to put my thumbs and the curved back isn't as graceful in that orientation. Just felt fat to me. I sorta like the idea of an sdcard and hdmi, but with enough memory I probably won't use it. My phone has 16G built in and another 16G card, but I never put anything on the card.
Once I had basically decided, i did some digging and I'm actually really excited about the TouchWiz update. Personally I think it will make it more attractive (I don't like the Tron look of stock) and adds features. Basically once you stop going back and forth there will be a lot to love about whichever tablet you choose.

These are the two I am deciding on and hope to buy one a little later today. I have a samsung phone. Great device. People complain about the slowness of samsung updates. Turns out it doesn't really matter if you root and rom, so I quit worrying about that. My concern is that lack of micro-sdcard slot. On the one hand, I think 16gb is enough and perhaps this is the future, what with streaming and all. On the other hand, it would be nice to have those ports (with a usb adapter to carry around.
Then, just to confuse me further, my brother's Acer 500 is pretty nice too and has usb and micro-sdcard.
So, are people missing the sdcard slot and usb? the thin and light Samsung is in the lead atm

Barsky said:
These are the two I am deciding on and hope to buy one a little later today. I have a samsung phone. Great device. People complain about the slowness of samsung updates. Turns out it doesn't really matter if you root and rom, so I quit worrying about that. My concern is that lack of micro-sdcard slot. On the one hand, I think 16gb is enough and perhaps this is the future, what with streaming and all. On the other hand, it would be nice to have those ports (with a usb adapter to carry around.
Then, just to confuse me further, my brother's Acer 500 is pretty nice too and has usb and micro-sdcard.
So, are people missing the sdcard slot and usb? the thin and light Samsung is in the lead atm
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at first I thought I would miss the microSD slot but you could buy their 30 pin to USB for 19.99 at BB or go for the 30 pin/USB & 30pin/SD connector from expansys.
http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung...-10-1-30-pin-to-usb-30-pin-to-sd-slot-219891/
I bought the 19.99 usb connector & http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HGFKR8 from Amazon for less than $9.99.
My USB connector does help not having on-board microSD slot
Plus with the Seagate WIFI GoFlex Satellites that are coming out. You can wifi stream.

slifer315 said:
you will be buying from a newer batch of them which seem to not suffer from the Newtonian rings problem.
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How sure are we on this?? any idea of batch numbers or something which seem to have these issues fixed?

Bought mid June at Best Buy , and have the newtonrings
Hi, I life in Begium and was lucky to buy a SGT 10.1 in pre-order at Best Buy during our vacation in the US , mid June.
Unfortunely I've noticed last week also the "newton rings" , kind of "oil" in the middle under the touchscreen
I have take contact with Samsung Belgium by phone ... they never heard about that (maybe because the tab 10.1 is still NOT official released in our country)
I have send a email, but still waiting for an answer.
It happens only when the tablet is getting "hot" ... sometimes when sitting outdoor into the sun, about 25 degrees Celsius ... so that's not so hot

Made contact again with Samsung Belgium, finally they accepted the touchscreen problem.
They gave me a adress in Holland, a repair center.
Device send to Holland, posting on my own costs.
So they exchange the screen and sended my device back home
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.torrented said:
If you do decide to buy the galaxy tab, you will be buying from a newer batch of them which seem to not suffer from the Newtonian rings problem.
That's what I wanted to hear
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jackie_jagger said:
How sure are we on this?? any idea of batch numbers or something which seem to have these issues fixed?
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Yes. I have a B6 model (in the serial number) and a friend has a B8 model.
The B6 does not have the SAMSUNG name on the bottom of the glass near the charge port. The B8 (newer model) does.
Apparently, the newer batches have the SAMSUNG name on them. That being said, I don't have any Newton's rings on my B6 32GB model.