I didn't buy my Iconia to spite Apple. My experience with the A500 is quite unusual. I was definately not in the market to buy a tablet when of all things, I saw a Rent-A-Center ad on TV for the Acer Iconia A500. I thought it'd be cool to give it a try!
I tried (the brand-new in a sealed box) the Iconia A500 and just fell in love. I read up on the Internet, I saw YouTube videos, I was sold on it. So there I was, paying rental fees on the Iconia and I knew I'd soon have to pay the first month (my deposit was like $50!) and that'd be just over $100.00. That's about 1/4th the cost of one to own, so that was a predicament.
I had the Iconia a week, was still paid up and bought one at OfficeDepot for $449. I turned the rental Iconia in after a week, still paid-up and surprised the salesman! Within a week, OfficeDepot and Wal-Mart were advertising them for $399, so I took mine back to OfficeDepot and the store manager was freaking out, afraid I was returning it. They happily gave me the 50 bucks on their price guarantee program. Wasn't sure if they had one, but figured I'd complain about their price and Wal-Mart's price. Didn't have to when the store mgr found out I wasn't returning it, so I left with 50 bucks!!!
I say this long, convoluted story for a reason. The Rent-a-Center I got that from had me on a waiting list to get it, so RAC's across the nation are putting thousands out there in the field. I loved it and ended up buying one. I'm sure I won't be the only one.
Thank God they weren't renting Ipad2s! I would have had no idea about .3 MP front and .97 MP rear cameras. mini and full-sized USB ports, HDMI you don't have to have a dongle to use as well as MicroSD! They don't "warn" Ipad 2 buyers about lacking all of those things the Iconia has for $100 less now after the price reduction! They don't tell you most of the Ipad 2 applications cost money while most of the Android apps are free. Heck, the game Need for Speed had me sold for quality gaming on the A500!
What made you buy the Acer Iconia A500?
I bought mine after giving up on the cheap chinatabs that lack support.
Very happy with my A500.
Not intending to put down the ipad 2. In fact, I think it is quite an engineering marvel. But no matter how much I try to like it, it still feels like an oversized iphone to me.
goodintentions said:
Not intending to put down the ipad 2. In fact, I think it is quite an engineering marvel. But no matter how much I try to like it, it still feels like an oversized iphone to me.
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Well i have both and think both have their unique place for me and like both of them
I bought mine because it's my 3rd Android tab and I wanted 3.x on tablets. The UI improvements for me are amazing. I also own an iphone 4, so I don't need an apple product. That'll likely be my last Apple purchase however. Once I see how Android 4.x pans out on mobiles instead of just tablets, I will likely replace my iphone with one. I will probably keep the iphone around though. It costs roughly 40USD to unlock them here, so selling it might be an option also.
Another reason I got the Iconia is it was too hard to get the Transformer when it launched. Kind of glad that was the case now.
I returned a Toshiba Thrive after 2 weeks due to the sleep bug, and waited a bit. I found the Staples coupon for any tablet, $100 off. By this time the Iconia had come down from $449 to $399 and Staples was out of everything other than the Xoom and Galaxy. I didn't want either, but found that OfficeDepot would honor the Staples coupon on select models, the 16gb Iconia being one. So, for $299 plus tax I walked out with one!
One of the keys to the Iconia is the Gorilla Glass, http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/acer , and the nice aluminum body. Honeycomb 3.1 and I'm a happy camper.
mknewman said:
I returned a Toshiba Thrive after 2 weeks due to the sleep bug, and waited a bit. I found the Staples coupon for any tablet, $100 off. By this time the Iconia had come down from $449 to $399 and Staples was out of everything other than the Xoom and Galaxy. I didn't want either, but found that OfficeDepot would honor the Staples coupon on select models, the 16gb Iconia being one. So, for $299 plus tax I walked out with one!
One of the keys to the Iconia is the Gorilla Glass, http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/acer , and the nice aluminum body. Honeycomb 3.1 and I'm a happy camper.
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Same for me, wanted to get a Tablet, found the $100 off staples coupon, went to my local staples, in stock, went home with one for $299
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It's a good phone when it wants to be but it's currently about to go off for repair and once it gets back, it should be a refurb therefore as new so I was thinking of selling just before my contract ends next month yada yada
I'm thinking either a Dell Venue Pro or an Xperia Play to replace it, probably the Dell and I was wondering how much an as new MS2 would sell for. Rooted or unrooted.
If anyone can suggest any good keyboard phones around the £200 mark, I'll take a look into them.
Droid 3 is also an option.
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But droid 3 is twice the price of the Venue Pro and Xperia Play >.<
True, Dell Venue Pro is so damn cheap, it will be a wise choice after all. But you could also have a look at the HTC 7 Pro...not much more expensive and better keyboard wise I'd assume...I mean coming from a great keayboard device like the MS2 you'd probably moan about Dell Venue Pros little keys...they suck
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-Streak-7-1...3400?_trksid=p1468660.m2000036#ht_3948wt_1396
$299.00
Idk if people are still interested in this tablet but that's a decent price for a brand new one already unlocked
Alri8 guys,
Wally world has Dell Streak 7 16GB Tablet with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, GSM Sim Ready, Unlocked and No Contract
for $268.98 + $0.97 shipping .
I am not sure call it a good deal or not.
thnx.
there is a pretty good deal for that playbook right above it too =p
Dell frequently sell it in their outlet store for $179
1saleaday have another awesome tablet on there eBay for sale. $199 is really too good to miss out on this tablet, oh yeah, the catch is that these are manufacturer refurbished, but if you ask me this is really not a problem considering that I am typing now with a thrive tablet that I bought refurbished and have had no problem with it, also have bought some other refurbished items and so far all have worked out to be as good as new, and the big hit here is that you can also buy thrive with silver back this time, so hit it before you miss it ;-)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-8GB...i-/221009996697?var=&_trksid=p1468660.m200036
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thanks.... just bought my first tablet. was waiting for the best offer offer on a 10 incher below the 200 dollar line.
ICS coming soon is another plus for this tablet.