Aldi's $249 Bauhn branded Android tablet
Aldi's budget $249 Android tablet was incorrectly advertised as coming with a dual-core processor, it has been discovered.
The Bauhn branded 9.7in Android tablet went on sale yesterday morning through the German supermarket chain. The product was advertised as having a "dual-core 1GHz processor".
However, it appears the device — listed here as a product of Chinese OEM Tsxd (Shenzhen) Technology co. — is powered by a 1GHz Amlogic 8726-M3 Cortex A9 processor, which is a single core chip with separate graphics processor.
All references to the tablet appear to have been removed from the Bauhn Web site. That page previously linked to further details about the tablet and included specific reference to a dual-core processor. The sales packaging also lists a dual-core processor as one of the device's key features.
Despite the incorrect advertisement, Aldi is understood to have exhausted most stocks of the device across the country. A crowd of well over 100 people attempted to purchase the tablet at the North Sydney store in New South Wales yesterday morning, though only around 40 tablets were available.
PC World contacted an Aldi spokesperson yesterday to clarify stock levels and other details, but is yet to receive an official response. Aldi previously stated that stocks of the device would vary between stores and that it may sell out on the first day due to "unexpected high demand."
That demand comes on the back of cut price Australian manufacturer and retailer Kogan selling out stocks of a budget Android tablet in just four days last week. Like Aldi's Bauhn device, both of Kogan's 10in Agora tablets (8GB and 16GB models) run the latest 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google's Android operating system.
PC World has contacted Aldi Australia for comment and will update this article with any new information when it comes to hand.
Did you buy an Aldi tablet yesterday? Let us know your thoughts about the device in the comments below!
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lidl hit by subsidence - Bury Free Press
A SUPERSTORE in Stowmarket has applied for planning permission to demolish and rebuild part of the building after subsidence made it ‘structurally unstable and unsafe’.
A temporary shop at the Lidl supermarket site on Bury Road was set up on April 7 to serve customers while the work, which is hoped to be completed in September, is finished.
A design and access statement submitted to Mid Suffolk District Council prepared by Poole and Pattle Chartered Architects says that ‘the rear section of the store and adjacent car park has been subject to ground subsidence, with visible cracks appearing in the floor slab and external walls’.
A flood risk assessment on the site reads: “The proposed development includes the demolition and reconstruction of the structurally unstable and unsafe part of the building.
“During the relatively short reconstruction period, it is proposed to continue trading via a small temporary store located on a raised platform in the existing parking area.”
An area of 520 square metres is be torn down and rebuilt in the same footprint as the previous store.
The proposal comments that there will be no change in the use of the site and that the temporary store will be taken down as soon as work is completed.
A spokeswoman for Lidl confirmed the company expects the main store to reopen at the end of the summer.
She said: “The Lidl Stowmarket store located on Bury Road is currently closed and a full refurbishment of the store in being undertaken.
“The new-look store will include a re-decorated and refurbished interior, a new and more efficient lighting system as well as updated refrigeration.
“Lidl will be operating out of a temporary structure adjacent to the store until refurbishment works are completed.
“We expect the store to reopen at the end of the summer this year.
“All the improvements should make for a greatly enhanced shopping experience for our customers.”
Businesses either side of the Lidl superstore say that they have not had any problems with subsidence but do not have buildings of that scale on their properties.
A decision on the application is due by August 17.
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