​I wouldn't have believed it either had it not been on my lap. Plugged it in to charge and started smelling burning. Looked down to see the charge port actually visibly smoking. Melted the charge port and my 3m micro USB cable. I'm more upset at the cable to be fair, 1m cables just aren't enough these days.

Perfect, like a previous poster mentioned my current Asus first gen tab just decided to melt on me. It's been on its way out for a while but what a way to go. Time for an upgrade, picking it up tomorrow :smile:

Get it, enjoy, wait for the newer one to drop...?

yeah hence the quotes. it's fine but if there's a later one...i want that

It isn't outdated. Let alone having the Marshmallow update, there were tablets released after this one with lesser spec. So chronology isn't very relevant.

true but i can't bring myself to buy something "outdated" :disappointed:

was going to get this until i realised there is an updated version.

Still undecided... still thinking about the galaxy tab s for £170 but concerned that 2 year plus old tablet might start going wrong...

I previously had a 1st gen nexus 7 which blew up - it basically melted in my hand! I'm giving Asus one more chance though!

That's a relief. I have bought 3 versions of Asus tablet including this one and not had a problem with any of them. The auto-brightness can be turned off and there's also a blue light filter. Just keep prodding around.

left it charging but it was still stuck on the start up screen, tried rebooting a few times - no luck. Eventually it was 3rd time lucky with factory reset and it got going. it came with marshmallow (6.0.1) out of the box - I wonder if that is related to any of these issues, or if I should be concerned there is a problem with the device.

Now it seems to be working, my general impressions are good. I personally like the form factor, it is great for general browsing and news/magazine apps. the screen is excellent although I have some issues with the auto brightness function. overall it feels well built and is quite thin and light, I wouldn't hesitate to throw it in my bag without it weighting me down. Hoping the start up issues were just a one off!

Ok, I got mine today - it's been charging for a few hours and is still stuck on the start up 'in search of incredible' screen. Has anyone else encountered this or have I got a dud?

Is the tab s 10.5 16gb still considered a good tablet? One in my local cash shop for £170

The z580ca does look like a much better tablet overall but doesn't seem to be widely available...

​Cheers for that. I'd seen this one and had a look at the reviews. They are mixed but it's only for the nipper and for 90 quid guess there will be a few minor negatives

I guess they're just protecting their stock but I have to say that if you're really nice to them (and I'm not suggesting that you aren't) they will invent a 'fault' to enter on to their system if you decided you just really hated something. I've done that with several items - the last of which was a mouse which I used, absolutely HATED, and took back to swap for a different one.

I agree with you.
Despite that difference between Z580C and Z580CA is massive, different CPU, different rom (4gb vs 2gb), and support for Z pen.

It's still quite an nice deal.

PS, don't forget the 1% (£1.25 effectively) cashback through quidco.

And you get 100GB free google drive for 2 years, that's another £48.00.

Warning, PC world/Currys won't let you return it with reasons like, "I don't like it no more" if you opened the plastic package.
The 21 days return policy only applicable to unopened item, which is ridiculous.

way too many bloatware.
frozen frequently.
Until I installed a different launcher. Then everything is fine now.
really impressive screen, resolution, brightness.
Audio is OK.
Way better than Lenovo ones.

Just wish there was a cleaner version of the software.

I have this tablet too, its very good! I like the double tap screen on off function. The only negatives with the tablet are the power and volume buttons,theyre very stiff and awkward to use.

I picked up one of these yesterday. It is a pretty good tablet for the money. One thing that was really surprising was that most sources, including the PCWorld website lists the processor as an Intel Atom z3530, which runs up to 1.33 Ghz. However, on my model it reports the chip as the z3560, with a clock speed up to 1.8 Ghz.

Personally I would avoid x86 tablets as Intel had left that market.

ive already seen the thread you posted in :wink:
saw it months previously and then again about a week ago so missed your posts sandwiched in between.
good news all round then!

I did think the first thing too. I was contemplating for a week watching the site, then this new stock popped stating in had MM. I checked on the Asus site too and it said it had MM so I took a punt thinking that if it didn't have it it, I'd just get a refund. I have a link to the XDA with my posts but not sure if I'm allowed to link it here? PM if you want.

Asus do things very differently, they haven't even released to bootloader key for the tab but have for other products, so it doesn't surprise me that they've released the tablet with it pre-installed before a general release of the update.

Regardless, it's a cracking piece of equipment

Thanks - I didn't realise it wasn't an OTA update. I'll update it now :smiley:

it had crossed my mind :stuck_out_tongue:
is it not a bit odd that pre-installed comes before upgrades?

??

Oh, you think I'm telling porkies about MM being installed on it? I'm a member on XDA and posted a shot back in August...made a mistake in my original post, got mine mid Aug but it did come with MM

I'm looking for a sub ​£100 8 inch tablet to replace a hudl 2 that has died. Any recommendations?

I bought this tablet last end of July (new release at £180) and it came installed with MM if anybody is wondering. It's a great machine at the price, battery life could be better.

Sorry I was forgot to mention it was the tablet.

Can you install kodi on this ? If not, what is the best tablet for kodi ? Any help would be appreciated ?

Aaahh. I wish I could afford a Sony Z4 tablet. Those things are so insane in spec Sony don't even need to bother releasing anything else for a good couple of years as they're still more powerful than some stuff that's only just getting released now. But they're SO expensive for it.

I think Iain is talking about the tablet, not the phone....

Elkay

dont do what i did and factory reset by mistake :laughing:
(why doesn't that choice have a confirm option!?)

Wow, well spotted great news, I shall up date mine, when I am home!

Asus ZenPad Z580C 8" £149 or nVidia Shield K1 £169 nVidia Shop ??

Was in PC world Friday past as the other half was looking for an android was pants not many tablets on display and what ones were they weren't turned on staff weren't overly helpful either ended up buying the z3 compact from Argos for 199 had a shot of it was well impressed other half loves it.

Not half as rabid as everyone auto-voting a measly £10 off Prime for a year into the thousands...

Had this (16GB one) for well over a year since it first came out and it's not got Marshmallow. Still a very nice tablet though.

This is a great tablet but the WiFi on it is pants. I can use my phone at the end of the garden, I can't use this tablet at the back door.
Still a heat from me as it's a good deal.

Great tablet, I bought one as a alternative to A ipad mini, excellent display, works really well, definitely not laggy.

i guess technically i was right as it wasn't probable :wink:
was pretty surprised (as were pretty much all the tech sites) going by asus history

i see pcworld actually list this as having marshmallow which is 'probably' wrong so soon after the update being available?
right now you need to manually update so seems unlikely

the 32gb version is listed having marshmallow @149quid
the 16gb listed as having lollipop @ 169 quid
seems a bit unusual they haven't put REDUCED FROM XXX as they usually would
hopefully the listing is correct as it appears to be a 'new' product with no reviews

yes its a good deal but yet again you spoil it with your rabid digs at amazon

yet another deal to bitch at amazon lol