*** The Official Google Nexus 7 Thread ***

I just checked my email and google play sent me a shipped email for the 8gb version at 7:30pm,hopefully means i will get it on thursday,now i am officially excited :D

And if other people who ordered from google play was wondering i ordered mine on the 10th july.

MAYBE i will post a pic of it when it arrives
 
One of my uncles has even had a play on one of these now. He's not the most clued up with tech but I was round his earlier today and he said 4 work colleagues in his office all have 'this new tablet' which has just come out recently. I knew it was the Nexus 7, he goes it is blisteringly fast and incredibly smooth. They have an iPad 1 in their house which he uses regularly, but he much prefers the size of the Nexus, he was blown away by it. He knows me quite well and said when you use one, you will 'definitely buy one.'

So, I just need to avoid using one now. :o:p

EDIT: Oh and they ALL bought it from the e-place, a fifth colleague ordered it there and then when SHE got to use it.
 
Well after reading XDA Forums I'm glad I'm not the only person with OCD tendencies. :p

Their is a 24 page thread of people reporting faults though which is a real shame. Fingers crossed the recent batches have been solved.
 
XDA is well known for the way people overblow things and then there are 15 pages of angst, blaming one another and then various rounds of Engrish.
 
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=2667319&ctx=plusone

An update on Nexus 7 pre-order shipping status
We’ve had incredible demand for our new Nexus 7 tablet and are shipping them as quickly as possible. When your device ships you will receive a notification from Google Play with a shipping tracking number. We will have all orders placed through July 13 processed and shipped soon. Orders placed after July 13 will ship according to the quoted timeframe when you purchased and we will update you with a tracking number when we've shipped. Thanks for your patience.

Below are more specific details by country for devices ordered through July 13. If the below information is not true for you, and you ordered on or before July 13, please reach out to our support team so we can investigate.

In the US:

We’ve shipped all standalone Nexus 7 8GB orders (e.g.: those without a case, charger or Nexus Q). By the end of day on July 19 (PDT), we will have shipped all standalone Nexus 7 16GB orders placed through July 11 (PDT), and upgraded these orders to overnight shipping. We will process the remaining standalone Nexus 7 16GB orders by the end of next week with overnight shipping.

If you ordered your tablet with a case, charger or Nexus Q, your Nexus 7 will ship this week with overnight shipping, in some cases ahead of the rest of your order. But don’t worry, the rest of your order will be on its way soon.

In Canada:

We’ve shipped all Nexus 7 8GB orders. We are in the process of shipping Nexus 7 16GB orders and will ship them in 1-2 weeks.

In the UK:

All Nexus 7 8GB orders will ship by July 20 (BST). All Nexus 7 16GB orders placed through June 30 (BST), will ship by July 20 (BST). The remaining Nexus 7 16GB orders will ship next week.

In Australia:

All Nexus 7 8GB and Nexus 7 16GB orders will be fulfilled by the end of day on July 19 (AEST) and will arrive in 3-5 days.
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Tom_D said:
Just the ones that have been widely documented mainly,

Screen not bonding correctly with glue. One side sticking out higher than the other.
Dead Pixels
Flickering
Units arriving with chips/chunks out of the bezel
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*Kelt hugs his perfect N7*
 
We wanted to send you an update on your Nexus 7 pre-order. We’ve had incredible demand for the new tablet and are shipping them as quickly as possible. All Nexus 7 8GB orders will ship by July 20, and Nexus 7 16GB orders will ship by next week. We’ve upgraded your shipping to overnight so your your order will arrive sooner.
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Overnight shipping? What is that exactly, 9PM delivery? :p
 
Mine was shipped yesterday and it's out for delivery today.

I had a weird dream last night. My 7 was delivered but the courier left it on the seat of my motorbike. As I went to get it the bike and the 7 vanished. Sometime later I looked out the window and I could see the 7 on the grass, out of all the packaging, so I went and picked it up.

There was a big crack across the screen and body but it still worked but as I started using it it split in 2. Funny thing was both halfs worked.
 
A quick spin on things: this tablet is cheap. Very cheap. Cheap as in "at or below cost" cheap depending on who you listen to.

From Google/Asus' perspective, they certainly wouldn't want to end up with a surplus of stock which they couldn't shift. Each tablet unsold would knock a massive dent in any future profits, so they probably made a calculated judgement as to how many would sell, and underestimated it.

A lot of people have said Google should take a note out of Apple's book. Well, for each 32GB iPad costing around $370 to manufacture, Apple will sell for $729. If Google/Asus were making those sorts of profit margins I'm sure they would have kept more in stock and would have been ready to ship more and faster.

Communication could have been better, but overall the situation is pretty understandable considering the amount of demand the tablet has been having.
 
SS-89 said:
Am I reading that correctly or does that mean my pre-order (4th July) will not ship until next week...I wasn't bothered before but if that's the case I'm cancelling and ordering elsewhere.
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Yea, next week for you matey :-(
 
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