Sony Vaio Duo 13 Owners Thread

Hey, you realize this is already next week ?

Pity that I could not order the 4650 version (4500 only in Belgium)

 

yes , i'll do unboxing video etc.

 

It also will not come with 8GB of ram options, I believe it is a deal breaker for many.

 

I was wondering if I should get a white or black Duo 13....Is the white more susceptible to scuffing and marks vs. the black?? Does anyone have a preference and why? Thank you for your time.

 

Looks like estimated ship date for my order has been pushed back to 7/26/2013 (from 6/28/2013). I placed the order on the 9th.

 

Here is an Interesting comparison between HD5000 and HD4400:

AnandTech | The 2013 MacBook Air Review (13-inch)

I am not sure the difference is worth $270. It will be unnoticeable in the real life use I think.

 

Shoot, that's not cool. Did you find out why? Hopefully Sony isn't doing this across the board.

 

Nice find, thanks!

I guess HD5000 on the 4650u is limited by the 15W TDP. Well, since I won't have access to this CPU (at least for now) I guess it won't be so bad with the 4500u. It would be interessting to compare two Duo 13, one with a 4500u and another with 4650u as Anandtech didn't compare the same laptop brand and good cooling and form factor plays an important role in performance of a CPU of this caliber!

 

My ship date was also pushed back from 6-28 to the 7-26!!! This is ridiculous, what is the point of estimated ship dates if its going to be this off. seriously thinking about cancelling my order if Sony doesn't give me a discount on the purchase.

 

I called them and CSR said it could be due to 4650U shortage.

 

One thing to notice is that 5000 is on MBA, and 4400 is on Acer laptop. They may be using different power saving strategies... I'd be interested to see the performance difference between 4400 and 5000 on a same machine.

 

Haha, glad you weren't waiting for the Lenovo Helix or Kupa X15, those things have been pushed back many months!

 

Well my duo order seems to be delayed but at least the slip case arrived today...

Here are some pics.

 

They do it so, you can't cancel your order. Else you will be stuck with a case!

 

Did anyone else notice the price has dropped $200 on the custom laptop???? So I am supposed to pay more and have to wait another month now for my laptop? Emailing to cancel my order right now!

 

I'd be surprised if they don't have an option to pay more for 8GB of RAM and a larger SSD. When the Duo 13 was first demoed, it was also demoed with a mid level configuration. We'll see what happens. Samsung would be exceedingly clueless to release the ATIV Q with no other option than 4 GB of RAM.

 

My date hasn't moved! Hopefully it's not going to get delayed!

 

ok, this is seriously ridiculous. First, I see that my order of the core i7 4650u that I ordered on 6-9 (initial estimated shipment 6-28) was moved back nearly a month to 7-26. Now, I see that the same customizable is $200 cheaper and is estimated to be shipped on 7-5, three weeks earlier than the laptop I preordered over 2 weeks ago!

are the early adopters being punished horribly here? Im seriously thinking about cancelling my order now, but I have serious reservations about the whole "estimated shipping" time system, which I believe is completely convoluted. what do you guys think? is it worth cancelling and reordering and hopefully getting the notebook at an earlier date (but risking getting it at an even later date?)

just think this is ridiculous. maybe the system is set up to bait and switch people to preorder the computer thinking theyre actually going to get it at a reasonable time, then hitting them with a month-long delay due to actual supply constraints.

 

actually, I DONT see a $200 decrease. I thought I did, but I didn't consider tax. Maybe it was the automatic 7% discount for students, which I already used.

 

If you try to build a new i7 4650 now, estimate ship date is Sept 6th.
My order was suppose to be shipped on 6/28 but now its moved to 7/19. Another one we have with i5 says "its being built" eventually I am going to see the thing sooner or later but I can't really wait anymore....

 

I'm receiving my DUO13 today, with i7-4500u and 8GB. One week before expected delivery date (3/7/2013). I'll send first impressions

 

My DUO 13 is arriving today but i can't find the slip case in any sony store, i would really appreciate if you could tell me where did you buy it

 

According to insider wow works in Samsung Russia and already had an option to look inside the Ativ Q. He sad that ram is soldered on board, it is 4x1GB chips and there is no place to add more. I hope he is wrong, but probably it is the price we have to pay for the thickness.

 

Sony have been just announced here in Russia and it cost $2300 for the base model. It is literally cheaper to fly to US, buy it there and come back.

 

I ordered it through the U.S. Sony - it was in stock last week.

 

Does your order status say "Processing"? I noticed the new ship date when the status changed from "Processing" to "Shipping update." You're probably safe if the status goes directly to "It's being built."

 

This is not good, when I was told that the base model may cost approx. USD$1800, I thought the sales guy was making up the figure cos the Duo 11 here in Malaysia is about USD$1330.
It's not announced here though, if the price is as told, I'll probably go for the Surface Pro or wait for it's Haswell refresh.

 

Not sure if this is compareable to surface pro specially at the size of screen. DUO13 is a special device and I pay for it extra for being Laptop and tablet at the same time in a unique way. We have surface pro and unfortunately it is not that amazing. My wife is very tech savy and owns the surface pro for few months, just recently I took her to Sony store and she loved the DUO 11 and she asked me to order her a DUO 13 to sell the surface pro. Battery sucks on Surface. If this is to expensive, it would be worth to wait and see what comes next very soon. Good luck pal.

 

Sony Vaio Duo 13 tablet bemutató videó | Tech2.hu - YouTube <- this video confirms that VAIO Duo 13 made in japan. unlike china vaio pro, cheap quality.
pause @ 1:57min in full hd mode, you can see the "made in japan" label. thats why its expensive! good quality always comes with a price!

 

Nice... So jealous! Mine still says processing, estimated ship date July 5. (i7-4650U)

 

I wish for that message to changed soon

 

I've been playing for some hours, and i agree with internet reviews, great quality (i can conifrm, it's build in Japan). Windows Experience Index is slightly better than my Z2 (i7-2620M/8GB) even disk access, so far it looks as responsive as the Z2 but tomorrow i'll began to do some serious work and i'll confirm this point.

Only two small annoyances, SIM Card slot is micro-SIM size, i'll need to change my data SIM. Also i'm really missing the finger print scanner, SONY has included a facial recognition feature but i've not tested it.

In the box were included the wifi hotspot and the hdmi-vga adapter.

I've not really used a lot the pen but i know what to expect, i've an n-trig device (HP Slate 500) and a wacom device (Galaxy Note 10.1), i know that i'm losing responsiveness (and the f.....g battery annoyance on the pen) but it`s enough to take notes.

So far. It seems a good replacement for the combo galaxy note 10.1/Vaio Z2

 

Looking forward to more impression of the device! My order (i7-4500U 8GB) status is "your vaio is being built"

 

Can you say more about the pen and writing? How comfortable is writing on the Duo 13? Can you relax your arm while writing? How good is the pen? accuracy? can you draw with it? Im used to my Intuos4 with 2048 so I dont expect too much but its still fine to draw sketches,...?

 

Pics please.

I am getting impatient...I might just buy the i7-4500U version.

 

I'm writing this with the pen . I used n-trig pen for several months and Quality's really good for note taking, only that ntrig pen produce more noise when hit the glass. size is perfect you can write quite comfortably, accuracy is really good, even at screen borders.Tomorrow i'll use it in several meetings, but i don't expect surprises,

Sorry but my drawing level is like a two years old child, no help there.

 

My experience says two y ears old children are pretty good at drawings. Give it a shot. Really thank you for making the pain of waiting a bit easier for us.

 

Congratulations! Could you please tell us how the screen feels? Does it wobble when touched in a laptop mode? And isn't the text too small in both metro and desktop mode?

 

The screen feels really solid, no wobble, right know i'm writing in the couch and the screen doesn`t fall over even when it`s vertical, as seen in some internet reviews. The text, default dpi is small but i'm used to that as the z2 has exactly the same resolution and screen size and it's quite convenient when using programming IDEs. About metro, font is bigger and quite clear.

 

any problem with viewing angle? as its in fixed position.

 

Question to owners, any fan noise while playing a full screen 1080p video?

 

According to ultrabookreview.com which I think is the most thorough review of Duo 13, fan noise is minimal.

Sony Vaio Duo 13 review - a big step forward

 

With some people actually getting their hands on the Duo 13... I am getting really really anxious!! July 5th sounds like eons away...

 

I noticed a pending charge reappeared on my credit card today and it's the full amount this time. The estimated ship date is still delayed (7/26/2013) but I wonder if they'll ship my i7-4650U order sooner after all...

:thumbsup:

 

yoonssoo, you getting it from japan?

 

Got impatient and ordered the i7-4500 version a few hours ago from Sony HK. Managed to grab the last one. Pickup only in two weeks...

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you should have got i7-4650u version from japan. its worth it.

 

one of ours was due for July 5th, but just got shipped today from Japan. Its not mine tho :-L

 

Did you order one from Japan?
I was going to CTO one from the US but it seems like there is a long wait for it so I decided to get the i7-4500u. I can still cancel the order...

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I ordered it through Sony US. Still processing, still July 5th, but I noticed that they charged the full amount on my credit card this morning.