Acer Iconia Tab A501 10.1" Tablet 1GB RAM 32GB Wi-Fi & 3G £249.95 @ John Lewis

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  MadeDixonsCry7 months, 6 days ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Good price for this item but it's too little too late as we've had better prices for equivalent tablets (HP Touchpad/Blackberry Playbook, etc)
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  PhilK7 months, 6 days ago2 Likes #2Show comment toolsReply

  Don't think anyone knows enough to comment, really. But I'll have a crack going by reviews elsewhere - Fast enough. Crappy battery life, though. Pays yer money etc, but I'd want a tablet that lasts more than 6 hours battery life.
  It'll need to come down in price a lot more to make up for that. It's not even ICS I don't think !
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  SILFCFAN7 months, 6 days ago1 Like #3Show comment toolsReply

  good price for a 10" tablet with 32gb, wifi and 3g! but with the kindle fire hd and nexus 7 (albeit there only 7") the game seems to have changed, when you can get a high spec tablet running newer software for sub £200 people will be very tempted to make do with a 7" tablet. Ipad mini and windows 8 tablets out very soon as well, i think stores are starting to clear out older models.
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  dearley12317 months, 6 days ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  Just been looking for a tablet for my parents for Christmas. Not impressed with the 7" tablets or the Android operating system. Looks like an ipad2 then. Makes me realise how good the Touchpad I use is except for video playback which can be sketchy.
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  Pluun7 months, 6 days ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Hmm.
  I'd think about it if it took a sim card.
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  DubDriver7 months, 6 days ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Pluun

  Hmm.
  I'd think about it if it took a sim card.

  
  It states Wi-Fi & 3G, doesn't the latter mean it takes a sim card?
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  Noclouds7 months, 6 days ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  According to the review on CNET, it has a sim card slot but they unfortunately also say "high-bit-rate, 720p, MP4 videos wouldn't load on the A501."
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  Sweetchuck7 months, 5 days ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Seems a very reasonable price for a 3G tab with specs like this. I certainly can't think of any other 10" tab with 32GB memory, a dual-core processor, SD slot and - crucially - 3G for this price.
  
  Closest competitor price-wise is probably the 16GB 3G Galaxy Tab 2, which can be had for about £250 at the moment, if you go for Samsung's £50 cashback.
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  BargainHunter_7 months, 5 days ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Sweetchuck

  Seems a very reasonable price for a 3G tab with specs like this. I certainly can't think of any other 10" tab with 32GB memory, a dual-core processor, SD slot and - crucially - 3G for this price.
  
  Closest competitor price-wise is probably the 16GB 3G Galaxy Tab 2, which can be had for about £250 at the moment, if you go for Samsung's £50 cashback.

  
  
  I think cashback ended in Sept
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  ppatto7 months, 5 days ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  great deal and price well ahead of others.
  and 2 years guarantee cant argue with that!!
  heat
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  sofiasar7 months, 5 days ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  could these be an alternative to laptops? i surf the web utube and a student so need to type
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  Sweetchuck7 months, 5 days ago1 Like #12Show comment toolsReply

  BargainHunter_

  Sweetchuck

  Seems a very reasonable price for a 3G tab with specs like this. I certainly can't think of any other 10" tab with 32GB memory, a dual-core processor, SD slot and - crucially - 3G for this price.
  
  Closest competitor price-wise is probably the 16GB 3G Galaxy Tab 2, which can be had for about £250 at the moment, if you go for Samsung's £50 cashback.

  
  
  I think cashback ended in Sept

  
  Nope, it's been extended to the end of October.
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  Kev`7 months, 5 days ago2 Likes #13Show comment toolsReply

  This is the cheapest around for this tablet by a fair chunk, hence a hot deal. Sometimes the fan boys forget the whole point of this site. Heat added op.
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  drew8727 months, 5 days ago1 Like #14Show comment toolsReply

  It is a good deal but I can't help think that alot of tablets are going to drop come late November. Keep your money in your pocket until then I think.
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  makmon97 months, 5 days ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  This is an old model, nobody wants it vs the new stuff. Rather wait for the new Mini Ipad or get the Ipad 2 or 3 over this POS
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  gother7 months, 5 days ago1 Like #16Show comment toolsReply

  I've got the A500 which is this tablet but without the 3G.
  720P videos no problem it even plays 1080p videos easily.
  Battery life is poor i agree.
  Sometimes disconnects itself from wifi and loses signal completely but it soon sorts itself out.
  Freezes at times but no real big issues.
  Games look stunning on it.
  Fast processor.
  
  It is worth this price easily nice find op.
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  polly697 months, 5 days ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  I had the none 3G version from dabs about 12 months ago for less than this, it was a decent tablet i never had any problems with it the only issue i found was that it was heavy when held for a while it also felt well made although some people reported the camera lens cover falling off. I installed ICS on mine but its not for the faint hearted as you can easily brick the tablet, there's a decent developer section over at XDA with decent roms, i sold mine months ago as i had preordered the Nexus7 which im using now but even then there was beta Jellybean roms for it so i would assume that it had a custom rom by now but to get ICS on there you have to have a good understanding of Android and hacking it there are programs that will do the change so you can install the new updated bios but you have to have your wits about you and read the instruction a fair few times and make sure you know what your doing before attempting it as a mess up will brick the tablet and once you move from Honeycomb there is no way of going back even with a Nandroid backup trying a restore will brick the tablet.
  

  
  Edited By: polly69 on Oct 13, 2012 22:13
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  Sweetchuck7 months, 5 days ago3 Likes #18Show comment toolsReply

  makmon9

  This is an old model, nobody wants it vs the new stuff. Rather wait for the new Mini Ipad or get the Ipad 2 or 3 over this POS

  
  Wow, what an intelligent and insightful contributor you are.
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  pibpob7 months, 5 days ago1 Like #19Show comment toolsReply

  polly69

  I had the none 3G version from dabs about 12 months ago for less than this

  
  You bought a 10" 32GB tablet for less than £250 a year ago?
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  Sweetchuck7 months, 5 days ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  pibpob

  polly69

  I had the none 3G version from dabs about 12 months ago for less than this

  
  You bought a 10" 32GB tablet for less than £250 a year ago?

  
  I also find that slightly hard to believe.

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