Updated: See official announcement below. Sat down with the folks from Asus Philippines this afternoon to talk about a contest we’re launching for our readers here at YugaTech. So I asked them what’s with the delay of the Asus Transformer and when it will be released to the public.
Apparently, there’s been a huge demand for the Transformer that it pushed back the release of the tablet in the Philippines. Obviously, we’re not really that big of a market to be prioritized.
Still, it’s good to know that the Asus Transformer is finally coming by end of this month (the date July 23 was bounced around but that’s not yet solid).
Update:
Manila, Philippines (July 15, 2011) – For all the Filipinos who have been anxious and impatient about the availability of the the Eee Pad Transformer, Asus Philippines officially announced its availability locally. This is the same tablet that immediately sells out in the US upon launch last May. A lot of the consumers buy tablets mainly for the Andorid Apps. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is not only a tablet for entertainment, but also for productivity and creativity.
Powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, this Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablet has a unique mobile dock. That’s a full QWERTY keyboard and touch pad with multiple I/O ports 2 USB slots, mini HDMI port, Micro SD and SD slots. This is the tablet for content creation, social communication, HD media playback and smooth realistic game play. If you are currently looking for a tablet for media consumption and mobile productivity, the Eee Pad Transformer is it!
Asus Philippines announced as well that all buyers of the Eee Pad Transformer/Eee Pad on July 20- 23 in any of the Asus authorized dealers in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong can get a chance to win a trip to any Philippine destination!
After purchasing, customers will receive a raffle coupon from the dealer store they purchased the item from. Customer must fill in their name, address, e-mail, contact details and serial # of purchase. Customers must drop off their raffle stubs at ASUSworld Megamall, 4th floor Cyberzone, SM Megamall. Entries will be accepted until 6pm on July 23. Raffle entries will be drawn by an ASUS representative on July 23, 7pm. Log on to http://ph.asus.com or find Asus Philippines on Facebook, facebook.com/asusph.
The pricing for the 16GB is all hyped up, that should be the price of a 32GB, also this model is about to be phased out pretty soon due to Icecream sandwich. People who’ll buy this will be crying pretty soon.
Yes, but they don’t have the eeepad transformer 32gb with dock available here in the Philippines.
Sold one of my iPad2s for this. Hopefully by Wednesday I will be posting from the new Asus Transformer. The name sucks. Asus Assasin, Asus Switchblade… better names. Why call it after a movie? Transformer is so Jologs.
Just bought my eee pad today!!!
Where did you buy it and how much?
Asus sm north. 30k with dock 16gb.using it now in posting this message.
Thanks! Hopefully there still some left tomorrow when I go there. A lot of people are looking forward on owning one…
I advice not to buy from ASUS store in SM North, instead buy from Electroworld in SM North Annex also, they are offering it for 29k flat in cash basis (with dock). Sayang nga nakabili na ako sa ASUS, sabi kasi nila limited stocks lang kaya inassume ko sila lang meron kasi inaannounce nila sa July 23 pa release pero July 17 pa lang ngayon merong available na sa ibang stores, (mga 2 shops ang nakita kong nagbebenta), kaya I bought it for 30k cash ayaw na nila magpatawad, nakakainis sayang din ang 995 pesos, sinamantala nila ang pagkasabik ko. BTW, if you have found a good leather case for Transformer please tell it to me, inikot ko na kasi ang buong SM North wala akong makitang compatible para sa Transformer.
Even at that price, I’d still buy this instead of the iPad
ayon sa fb ng asus..
SRP
22,995 Pad Only
29,995 Pad and Mobile Dock
hays mahal paren.. sana man lang mas mababa ng 3k sa IPAD2 para masarap bilhin..
This is interesting!
Gusto ko yung Asus EP121.. kelan ba irerelease yun dito?