In mid-April 2013, there have been a slur of articles (google for “ASUS TAICHI 31”) announcing the arrival of ASUS Taichi 31 in the US market. I have since checked the availability on a number of sources such as Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy and even eBay looking for signs of the highly anticipated product. So far, nothing. At one time I performed a Google search and thought I was onto something before realizing that it was nothing more than a few false positives. So what is happening?
I decided to call ASUS at 1-866-455-2787 and spoke to a nice gentlemen who did some pretty extensive research, all 10 minutes of putting me on-hold. He was convinced at first that it was available for sale in the U.S. and referred me to contact the resellers. But having already done my homework I insisted that it was simply NOT available ANYWHERE. He came back telling me that there has been further “delays in shipment” to the U.S. but couldn’t give me any details on the length of the delay.
He’s put in a request on my behalf to obtain updates should the situation change. Alas, I’ll just have to wait a bit longer. We’ll all have to.