[Best Buy] Galaxy note 10.1 32GB $499 Pre-order

Sep 8th, 2012 5:20 pm

#1

Xtyle86 [OP]: Member; Aug 16, 2010; 401 posts; 381 upvotes; Vancouver

Sep 8th, 2012 5:20 pm

[Best Buy] Galaxy note 10.1 32GB $499 Pre-order

Hi All,

This is my first deal post so please go easy on me.

I think this is a hot deal considering that it's $499 for 32GB ($549 in US).
How many times do we canadians get items at lower price compared to US.

It's a pre-order and they will ship on Sept 26th.

I have been waiting for this tablet for several weeks now. And it's finally here!
I understand there are many negative reviews but most of them are about plasticky quality and lower resolution.
They rarely talk about the Wacom 1024 pressure sensitive technology screen, which is currently going for $999 on Wacom website (same technology, same screen resolution).

So enjoy and please thank if it helped you!

Link to pre-order page

Sep 8th, 2012 5:32 pm

#2

Dwight10: Banned; Jun 29, 2012; 475 posts; 36 upvotes

Sep 8th, 2012 5:32 pm

Yes, your info is helpful to me. Really its a hot deal.

Sep 8th, 2012 5:45 pm

#3

densil_lopez: Deal Addict; Feb 9, 2009; 2676 posts; 1313 upvotes; GTA

Sep 8th, 2012 5:45 pm

Xtyle86 wrote: ↑ It's a pre-order and they will ship on Sept 26th, however, the pre-order button is currently deactivated...

please thank if it helped you!

L]

I try to click and found Preorder button is activated But
Thanks button under your post is deactivated.....

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R.I.P Steve jobs...!!

Sep 8th, 2012 6:04 pm

#4

Xtyle86 [OP]: Member; Aug 16, 2010; 401 posts; 381 upvotes; Vancouver

Sep 8th, 2012 6:04 pm

Preorder button is active!
Now, the waiting game begins...

Sep 8th, 2012 6:10 pm

#5

Bulletwithbatwings: Deal Addict; Apr 26, 2011; 1682 posts; 881 upvotes; Montreal

Sep 8th, 2012 6:10 pm

This tablet is ugly, the resolution is low and it seems a little pricey... but I really want one!! The benchmarks show it to be the fastest tablet on the market, the pen is amazing and from the review videos I've seen, it never lags.
The $50 off is great, but there is no active preorder button. Was anyone able to preorder?

Sep 8th, 2012 6:14 pm

#6

Xtyle86 [OP]: Member; Aug 16, 2010; 401 posts; 381 upvotes; Vancouver

Sep 8th, 2012 6:14 pm

Try firefox.
For some reason, IE doesn't work.

Sep 8th, 2012 6:18 pm

#7

Bulletwithbatwings: Deal Addict; Apr 26, 2011; 1682 posts; 881 upvotes; Montreal

Sep 8th, 2012 6:18 pm

Xtyle86 wrote: ↑Try firefox.
For some reason, IE doesn't work.

I was able to preorder using this link in google chrome:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/Search/SearchResu ... gory=20356

I used the preorder button on the right of the item description.

Sep 8th, 2012 6:21 pm

#8

bunga: Deal Addict; Aug 6, 2005; 1685 posts; 109 upvotes

Sep 8th, 2012 6:21 pm

This is one tablet I would not be excited about.

"The build quality is so bad, I think it gave me cancer."

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/21 ... oney-grab/

Sep 8th, 2012 6:23 pm

#9

CheeseDie: Deal Addict; Dec 6, 2011; 1980 posts; 271 upvotes; MONT-ROYAL

Sep 8th, 2012 6:23 pm

$500 to play angry turds?

i'd rather get a playbook! hehehe no seriously no contest.

you can get one heck of a laptop for $500, these tablet prices stink like the

Cheetahmen 2 lost levels kickstarter scam..

Sep 8th, 2012 6:23 pm

#10

Longobongo: Deal Fanatic; Jun 2, 2006; 6651 posts; 1304 upvotes; Mississauga

Sep 8th, 2012 6:23 pm

regular price, where's the hot deal?

plus the kindle fire hd and ipad mini (should) outprice/outspec it

Sep 8th, 2012 7:01 pm

#11

Bulletwithbatwings: Deal Addict; Apr 26, 2011; 1682 posts; 881 upvotes; Montreal

Sep 8th, 2012 7:01 pm

CheeseDie wrote: ↑$500 to play angry turds?

i'd rather get a playbook! hehehe no seriously no contest.

you can get one heck of a laptop for $500, these tablet prices stink like the

Cheetahmen 2 lost levels kickstarter scam..

I actually just DID get a great laptop for $450, but I don't plan on using them the same way. I actually want the tablet for drawing and reading comic books.

Longobongo wrote: ↑regular price, where's the hot deal?

plus the kindle fire hd and ipad mini (should) outprice/outspec it

This tablet has a an overclocked Exynos quad core processor, 2 GB's of rm and a kick- ***** digitizer. The iPad mini and Kindle Fire will not out spec it and don't even have file managers, therefore they are useless for me and many others.

And the deal comes from this costing $550 for the 32GB in the US, so maybe Bestbuy will correct the price before launch and will be forced to honour the $500 price point.

Sep 8th, 2012 7:17 pm

#12

proteinJunkie: Member; Oct 4, 2008; 277 posts; 27 upvotes; London

Sep 8th, 2012 7:17 pm

Bulletwithbatwings wrote: ↑This tablet is ugly, the resolution is low and it seems a little pricey... but I really want one!! The benchmarks show it to be the fastest tablet on the market, the pen is amazing and from the review videos I've seen, it never lags.
The $50 off is great, but there is no active preorder button. Was anyone able to preorder?

Really low resolution? cause there are so many HD 1080p and above tablets on the market right?

just the acer and asus and ipad.. out of the many lol

Sep 8th, 2012 7:32 pm

#13

chimp: Deal Fanatic; Mar 30, 2011; 7270 posts; 719 upvotes

Sep 8th, 2012 7:32 pm

1280x800 is better than iPad 2 but given my experience of iPad 2 it is pretty low. As it seems that AA technique(like ClearType) used on laptop is not used on tablet due to the rotational usage requirement. As a result, a large size tablet requires a relatively higher dpi for fonts to render smoothly(iPad 2 is brutal).

Sep 8th, 2012 7:33 pm

#14

SKYMTL: Deal Addict; Jul 25, 2006; 2181 posts; 280 upvotes; Montreal

Sep 8th, 2012 7:33 pm

Longobongo wrote: ↑ and ipad mini (should) outprice/outspec it

Funniest thing I've heard all week!

Sep 8th, 2012 7:43 pm

#15

weirdear: Member; May 25, 2009; 394 posts; 99 upvotes

Sep 8th, 2012 7:43 pm

This isn't a tablet for everyone, it's a tablet for those who need/want the pen input. You can't really compare it to other tablets, because no others compare to it in terms of stylus usability. Personally, I have no use for this over a nexus 7, however people saying it's not worth it aren't looking at it for what it is, a good android tablet, and a great stylus device.

Sep 8th, 2012 7:47 pm

#16

dictionary00: Jr. Member; May 21, 2009; 109 posts; 35 upvotes; Vancouver

Sep 8th, 2012 7:47 pm

This is relevant to my interests! First tablet that holds the least bit of interest for me as a science/math type. Digitizer blows me away...and it even does recognition of math formulas

Don't give a crap about resolution and specs (I have a TV and PS3 for those), so this is very good news for me.

Sep 8th, 2012 8:34 pm

#17

bas00m: Deal Addict; Jun 21, 2011; 1124 posts; 209 upvotes; YYZ

Sep 8th, 2012 8:34 pm

nothing beats the Asus Transformer Infinity IMO!

Sep 8th, 2012 8:39 pm

#18

Xtyle86 [OP]: Member; Aug 16, 2010; 401 posts; 381 upvotes; Vancouver

Sep 8th, 2012 8:39 pm

As I said in the original post, when you compare this tablet to this one, you can tell that Samsung did not "cheap out".
Same resolution, same pressure sensitivity, $500 less + Android operating system.

If you ask me, I don't know how they priced it so low.
As someone mentioned, it’s not for everyone. If you want a high resolution tablet, go for Ipad. But Ipad got nothing on this one in terms of stylus usability and hardware specs.

Sep 8th, 2012 8:39 pm

#19

kwanyeung20: Deal Addict; Feb 1, 2012; 2205 posts; 590 upvotes; GTA

Sep 8th, 2012 8:39 pm

nah i figured out tablet is not for me... I would only consider to buy one to watch video, read pdf n manga for $200 10"

Sep 8th, 2012 8:41 pm

#20

Bulletwithbatwings: Deal Addict; Apr 26, 2011; 1682 posts; 881 upvotes; Montreal

Sep 8th, 2012 8:41 pm

bunga wrote: ↑This is one tablet I would not be excited about.

"The build quality is so bad, I think it gave me cancer."

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/21 ... oney-grab/

Ugh, this review greatly discouraged me. Not so much about the speed because many others are saying it's the fastest tablet out there, but because of the really poor quality back cover. I still might buy it, but I'll need to see what case options are available 1st.