"Pure Speculation" WiFi and Bluetooth are getting a makeover. GPS being Removed.

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This is pure speculation and I have no hard facts to back it up but I've always said, "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck......it's a duck".

We all know that the Prime is not in any retail stores at this moment and it's debut has not went full swing yet. A couple batches of pre-orders have shipped but that's about it. Some websites now are showing they won't have any in stock until next month.

In my opinion, Asus stopped shipping orders out to retailers due to the WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS problems. Let's face it. This tablet isn't so popular yet that Asus can't keep the orders up. They realized they had to go back to the drawing board and either redesign or replace the antennas used for WiFi and Bluetooth. The next large wave of Primes should be the revised version which will have much better WiFi and Bluetooth performance.

Asus knows that it would cost them a lot less in the beginning if it just kicked it's chop shops into overdrive in order to ship a fully working tablet rather than getting a bunch of returns and a bad name in the process.

Now, when it comes to the GPS, this is more of a conspiracy theory but it makes sense. We all know that Asus removed "GPS" from the spec sheet and the reason they did is because this second revision of the tablet WILL NOT have a GPS chip inside or it will have it's GPS chip disabled. This is much easier and cheaper for them in the long run because they realize it will never work properly or efficiently without a WiFi signal.

Like I said before, this is just a theory but I just can't imagine why this tablet was supposed to be released in full force prior to Christmas and still continues to slowly trickle. Please don't tell me the tablet is so popular and that's the reason it's hard to get your hands on one because the general public doesn't even know about it yet.

If its a theory put it on the thread title.
And write it in capital letters..THEORY...

Originally Posted by rubi76

If its a theory put it on the thread title.
And write it in capital letters..THEORY...

+1 I hate threads with so obviously baited titles. Just wrong.

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Originally Posted by rubi76

If its a theory put it on the thread title.
And write it in capital letters..THEORY...

I can't think of better words to say...thanks given.

OP...please change the title...if you don't know how then ask.

Thread title changed. Didn't mean for it to be a bate and switch which is why I started off by saying......wait for it......"THIS IS PURE SPECULATION".

Anyone could have easily stopped reading and move on at that point.

Originally Posted by jrwingate6

Thread title changed. Didn't mean for it to be a bate and switch which is why I started off by saying......wait for it......"THIS IS PURE SPECULATION".

Anyone could have easily stopped reading and move on at that point.

Thanks for the change in title. With that said I've got to say that your piece is well written and an interesting theory...we shall see.

Doesn't google require GPS for any device connected to the market? I don't think they could remove GPS entirely . . .

Deletion please

Originally Posted by richaoj

Doesn't google require GPS for any device connected to the market? I don't think they could remove GPS entirely . . .

No. Bottom of the page...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...428200&page=13

Actually, this tablet is that popular that they more than likely been having trouble keeping up with orders. look how in the beginning alot of peoples orders got cancel because the online retailers didn't get enough units or Asus cut the numbers down sent to particular retailers. probably to make sure there was at least enough to go around to various outlets.

as far as Asus stopping production and completely redisigning, I highly doubt it. As far as Asus knows there's only a GPS issue. that's a problem across the board. the wifi and BT one isn't. seems to only be affecting some users. they already solved the GPS issue by removing it from spec sheets and anyone who sends Prime in, to get fixed for GPS, will have it removed more than likely. people who still have units with GPS will more than likely still receive updates n such for GPS to make the best of it.