It should come as no surprise that the quad-core ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime is going to get some competition soon. HTC is already rumoured to unveil its quad-core tablet, the HTC Quattro, at MWC. Digitimes is now reporting that both Acer and Lenovo will also announce quad-core tablets in Q1 2012. Both will feature NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor and Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Much like we have seen with current Android tablets, Digitimes expects that there will be little differentiation among these competitors. That would play into the hands of Apple and fast-rising Amazon, allowing them to continue to dominate the tablet market.
The sources pointed out that the competition over the quad-core tablet PCs will be difficult as these quad-core devices will only see improvements over their performance and design, but will still feature the same concept as their dual-core predecessors.
Prices for Acer’s and Lenovo’s tablets are expected to fall in the US$459 to US$599 range.