I just received my new tablet a couple of days ago, so I haven't had a chance to truly get used to it. However, during the very simple set up procedures, it synced with my Samsung S4 Active account and copied all of the information over to it, including all of my downloaded apps. What a great feature!
My first impressions:
1) The screen on this tablet is awesome! It's big, bold and bright.
2) After reading about how heavy this unit was I was pleasantly surprised at how light and thin it actually was. I can see how comparing it to a regular tablet might make it seem to be heavy, but it wasn't. Even if it was, what else would expect from a 12.2" screen?
3) Overall, it still seemed lighter to me than my wife's full sized iPad. I was very surprised at how long the battery lasted. I had the screen set to max brightness, watched videos and surfed the web for several hours and it still registered over 70% life left. Impressive.
4) I liked having the home and back buttons at the bottom when held in a landscape configuration. They were easy to use and came in handy.
5) There is not true user manual that comes with it, but it’s very easy to figure out. Anything I wasn’t sure of, I just used the Google speech to search to find the answer.
6) I like the volume buttons on top of the unit. Very handy.
7) I wasn’t too sure of the “Windows 8” look; however I was happy to find a button at the bottom that took me straight to my apps. You can also swipe from the right side of the screen for an easy menu.
Some things I wish it had:
1) I wish it had come with more on board memory. For this price and size, I’m surprised it maxed out at 64MB. I know I can add an SD card, but felt this unit should have had more from the start.
2) Why didn’t the wireless version come with the faster processer like the LTE version? It may make sense to the company, but not to me as an end user.
3) I wish the S Pen would have been a little larger.
4) A lower price. This was an expensive unit. I felt the price should have been $100 less, but I was glad to see it was a lot cheaper than in the UK at least. Also, my Reward Zone gift certificates helped pay for it.
The only issue I had so far was a damaged first unit. Yes, after waiting for over a month of it being on back order (after a pre-order wait), I finally received my new Notebook Pro 12.2 and found it to be dented on the back of the case. It had a slight indent as well as a bulge. However, thanks to Best Buy's awesome customer service, I had a brand new one the very next day at no extra charge for expedited shipping. I couldn't have asked for more!
Overall, I’m very happy with this unit so far and look forward to having it when I travel. It will take me a while to unlock all of its potential, but that’s not a fault of the product, just a lack of free time on my part. I think you would be very pleased if you purchased one for yourself.