If you've been following recent Motorola Xoom developments, you'll know that the first "Google Experience" tablet has just been updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Alongside the update, Carphone Warehouse, one of the main sellers of Xooms in the UK, has cut the price of the Wifi-only model to £249.99. This is a £50 drop from the earlier RRP of £299.99, and the latest in a long line of Xoom price drops which has seen the tablet gradually fall from the July price of £399.
It might not be as sleek as the Galaxy Tab 10.1, or as fast as the ASUS Transformer Prime, but £250 for a 10-inch, dual-core ICS tablet isn't a bad deal at all if you ask us. UK readers, would you be tempted to drop £250 on a Xoom at this point? Be sure to let us know in the comments.
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-xoom-uk-price-slashed-again-now-£24999
So from a perspective buyer to those who own the Xoom, is it still a worthy purchase compared to newer tablets? I've been wanting to get a 10" tablet but they either lack the dev scene or hit the wallet pretty hard but the Xoom is well supported and at this price seems to be a steal. I did hear about lag/performance issues early on but has this been ironed out? Thanks
Hollow.Droid said:
So from a perspective buyer to those who own the Xoom, is it still a worthy purchase compared to newer tablets? I've been wanting to get a 10" tablet but they either lack the dev scene or hit the wallet pretty hard but the Xoom is well supported and at this price seems to be a steal. I did hear about lag/performance issues early on but has this been ironed out? Thanks
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ICS for me has fixed all the niggles of honeycomb, its still not perfect but the DEV scene has now gone massive with ICS builds so it wont be long.
Personally I still feel the XOOM is the best made of the tablets, I love the fact that out of all the tablets you can now buy, it still has the smallest bezel which for me is a winner.
Great price for a good tab but the question is when will the uk get the ics update..
Hi, I picked my Xoom up from Argos for £220 and that was before Christmas.
Also had a nice case from Amazon for £10, fits a treat and tablet performs great. J ust waiting now for OTA update to ICS and job done.
Bargain for sure
This is a bargain, ICS is great, no need to wait for the OTA, goto the US version of 3.2.1 and await the push
Jezwick said:
If you've been following recent Motorola Xoom developments, you'll know that the first "Google Experience" tablet has just been updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Alongside the update, Carphone Warehouse, one of the main sellers of Xooms in the UK, has cut the price of the Wifi-only model to £249.99. This is a £50 drop from the earlier RRP of £299.99, and the latest in a long line of Xoom price drops which has seen the tablet gradually fall from the July price of £399.
It might not be as sleek as the Galaxy Tab 10.1, or as fast as the ASUS Transformer Prime, but £250 for a 10-inch, dual-core ICS tablet isn't a bad deal at all if you ask us. UK readers, would you be tempted to drop £250 on a Xoom at this point? Be sure to let us know in the comments.
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-xoom-uk-price-slashed-again-now-£24999
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just got the standard dock for £17.50 from cpw.
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Wokerz said:
Great price for a good tab but the question is when will the uk get the ics update..
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A good enough price for me . Like you I wonder when ICS will hit the UK. I think I'll give it a month then root it. That gives me time to work out exactly what to do.
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Ordered mine last week, should be with me tomorrow hopefully. While there may be newer tablets on the market at the moment, the price of the xoom and the incredible support being offered on this forum make the xoom the clear choice.
My sister just got one from carphone warehouse, she had been looking at one for a while, she just wants it for reading stuff online, so tegra 2 more than powerful enough for her. At £250 with ICS on its way it's too good to leave. If I didn't have the eee pad transformer and hp touchpad I would have considered getting one to play with
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A good enough price for me . Like you I wonder when ICS will hit the UK. I think I'll give it a month then root it. That gives me time to work out exactly what to do.
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Hmmmm, and that didn't last. I rooted it that very night using the instructions at xoomforums. Very straight forward:
xoomforums.com/forum/motorola-xoom-hacking-guides/6591-how-uk-wifi-us-ged.html
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Hmmmm, and that didn't last. I rooted it that very night using the instructions at xoomforums. Very straight forward:
xoomforums.com/forum/motorola-xoom-hacking-guides/6591-how-uk-wifi-us-ged.html
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I bought mine yesterday from cpw for 249, flashed it to US version and am rocking ICS as we speak.
A bargain in my eyes
Got the 32GB + 3G version for the equivalent of 210gbp here in sweden today
It will arrive on Tuesday, can't wait!
They got an offer where I live, Motorola xoom 32gb 3g with dock and folder case for 220€ is it worth buying the xoom? For studies how good is it?
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romdroid. said:
They got an offer where I live, Motorola xoom 32gb 3g with dock and folder case for 220€ is it worth buying the xoom? For studies how good is it?
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Yup, defo worth it. If you're looking for a tablet experience, the XOOM is in my opinion one of the best options, especially as it has that very handy SD card option!
And for 220€ that's an absolute steal!
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Yup, defo worth it. If you're looking for a tablet experience, the XOOM is in my opinion one of the best options, especially as it has that very handy SD card option!
And for 220€ that's an absolute steal!
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yeah i know with a case and a dock i dont think u'll find a better price for the xoom
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yeah i know with a case and a dock i dont think u'll find a better price for the xoom
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If you haven't ordered it yet they're all sold out now.. .
*Tapatalked*
Price has gone from £329.99 on Argos to £479.99!!!!
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5072844/Trail/searchtext%3EXOOM.htm
mtbgus said:
Price has gone from £329.99 on Argos to £479.99!!!!
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5072844/Trail/searchtext%3EXOOM.htm
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i got mine just before price went back up. i think they are selling whats left of their stock, the xoom doesnt appear in the new catalogue at all.
ChipZ16 said:
Got the 32GB + 3G version for the equivalent of 210gbp here in sweden today
It will arrive on Tuesday, can't wait!
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I bought it aswell, but I got it with flip folio + dockstation. All for 220 euro. I think it was same for you.
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Just a quick heads up, and it's not quite as epic as the original firesale, but the 16GB and 32GB HP Touchpad are on woot and sellout woot today for (if I remember correctly) $169 and $209/219 respectively. Refurb condition, but hey for that price, who cares! Hope you all get one (those who wanted it, but missed the original sale). Good luck!
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they were cheaper when eBay was selling them to Canadians and people in the UK but screwing US customers since their US server died.
Thanks a lot for the heads up man, been waiting for a sale like this for a while
another thing you guys can do is call and see if any aaron's around you have any they have repoed because last time I checked cash price was $70 I've gotten 3 this way.I'll check on the price when I go to work and let you guy's know.
Asus Transformer is much better imo
Do you what the inventory looks like?
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aww sucks, they don't ship to canada
16GB sold out
16 and 32 both sold out.
32Gb back in stock. Doubt theyll last long though.
Lol dont know what happened there... Sorry
Good price..... But by the time i import it from us or uk the customs and shipping comes close to 400$ so for the indian's tp is quite expensive...
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DailySteals.com got this
Motorola XOOM 10.1" 32GB WiFi+3G GSM Unlocked
for only $299.99 + $4.99 Shipping.
Not a Bad Deal at all but...
Only Catch is ITS REFURBISHED UNIT
And 90 Days Warranty
Personally I recommend buying Used Product over Refurbished
Thnx.
Refurbished is not a big problem but you should remember that Xoom has the most bad display. That's the reason I didn't keep it. I have used Xoom, galaxy tab 10.1 , thrive, transformer. Xoom display was simply outdated. But even then this price is still very much attractive for a wifi+3g.
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Well thnx for the update,
I have Asus TF-101 since day one,
Never liked XOOM and its original Price
thnx.
I am trying to sell mine, and I know this isnt the section to post ads, so I am just going to link you to the thread I made in the marketplace. Thanks for looking.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32148351#post32148351
Thats a steal IMO, I can't believe someone is trying to say its overpriced. If I didn't already have an A500 (although mines the 16gb) I would take that off your hands fast. I paid $300 for my 16gb last November.
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Thats a steal IMO, I can't believe someone is trying to say its overpriced. If I didn't already have an A500 (although mines the 16gb) I would take that off your hands fast. I paid $300 for my 16gb last November.
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Thank you! Finally someone sees it the way I do! Only if you were buying lol I didn't wanna reduce the price but I'm not getting any bites local or here so I had to do something.
Sold it for $300 locally. You can close this thread, thanks.
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Thread closed as per OP request.
Glad you got a good price.
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Here's a question I have for people. Has anyone, since December 10th, dont a warranty replacement for their 16gb Nexus 4's? I did one but have not yet received any notification that my replacement phone is going to ship anytime soon.
This paired with the fact that the 8gb Nexus 4 is not listed as being available where the 16gb is and you'd think if they were expecting more stock they'd still take orders just push the date back like they did with the 16gb.
Here's my pipe dream of a hope: do you think this might mean, due to the overwhelming popularity and demand, they are going to phase out the 8gb N4, drop the price down so 16gb is the price of 8gb and a new 32gb would be price of 16gb and therefore they'd be waiting for the new 32gb models to roll off the manufacturing line to send out the new 32gb replacements to the 16gb RMA's and give a $50 credit to everyone else?
This is me being truly optimistic and hopeful but I can't imagine if they give me 21 days to return the defective phone from the day that I ordered the new one that they wouldn't have planned on getting me the phone within that 21 days. If so, sucks for those who did not RMA their 16gb!
I don't think they'd that to be honest. A lot of people who already bought it would get mad, etc.
they did it with the Nexus 7
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they did it with the Nexus 7
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After four months, which was still too soon for many. But a month? That's too soon for everyone.
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