Asus Transformer 3G (TF101G) Coming to NZ mid-late December

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#94118 6-Dec-2011 14:40

For those of you who may be interested, I have been informed by Harvey Norman NZ that the 3G version of the original Asus Transformer, the TF101G, will be coming to Harvey Norman NZ Stores mid to late December.

Harvey Norman Australia already stock them @ AU$788
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101-32gb-3g-tablet.html

If you compare the AU price for the non-3g 32gb model, with the NZ price of the non-3g 32gb model, the NZ price is approx 1.44 times the AU price.
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf-gb-tablet-1.html
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http://www.harveynorman.co.nz/asus-eee-pad-transformer-32gb-with-docking-station.html

So the NZ 3g version could be between $1100-$1200

A shame that NZ will probably have to wait another 2-3 months for the newer Transformer Prime.

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#554561 6-Dec-2011 16:50

snowfly: For those of you who may be interested, I have been informed by Harvey Norman NZ that the 3G version of the original Asus Transformer, the TF101G, will be coming to Harvey Norman NZ Stores mid to late December.

Harvey Norman Australia already stock them @ AU$788
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101-32gb-3g-tablet.html

If you compare the AU price for the non-3g 32gb model, with the NZ price of the non-3g 32gb model, the NZ price is approx 1.44 times the AU price.
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf-gb-tablet-1.html
vs
http://www.harveynorman.co.nz/asus-eee-pad-transformer-32gb-with-docking-station.html

So the NZ 3g version could be between $1100-$1200

A shame that NZ will probably have to wait another 2-3 months for the newer Transformer Prime.

I want the Prime. :-)

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technicaljoe

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#554691 6-Dec-2011 21:03

It's hard to justify spending $1000+ on an obsolete device... :-|

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#554695 6-Dec-2011 21:12

That pricing sounds a bit extreme considering I just saw the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G for 899 in some harvey normal brochure

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#554789 7-Dec-2011 05:15

P1n3apqlExpr3ss: That pricing sounds a bit extreme considering I just saw the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G for 899 in some harvey normal brochure

That's probably the wifi version?

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#554847 7-Dec-2011 09:26

Linuxluver:
P1n3apqlExpr3ss: That pricing sounds a bit extreme considering I just saw the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G for 899 in some harvey normal brochure

That's probably the wifi version?

Nope is definitely the 3G version, 16GB model for $897 and 32GB for $1149 while the Wi-Fi version is just $738

snowfly

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#554849 7-Dec-2011 09:27

The price I put in the original post was only an estimate I made, for the 32gb 3g transformer model.

So would be in comparison to the 32gb 3g samsung tab.

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snowfly

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#558335 15-Dec-2011 14:55

Update - was informed pricing for the TF101G will be $1099 nzd

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#558346 15-Dec-2011 15:23

Why wait for the Prime to come to NZ? Pre-order from Clove and be happy!

Mine should be arriving sometime in January, assuming I don't get trigger happy and pay too much to get from Ebay on their US release...

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#558352 15-Dec-2011 15:30

NZtechfreak: Why wait for the Prime to come to NZ? Pre-order from Clove and be happy!

I assume some people would want a 3G capable tablet instead of Wi-Fi only; even if I expect the Prime 32GB to be around that price