Ainol has stopped making the current model of ELF and Aurora. The new ELF and Aurora model will be released in mid of April

March 22, 2012, San Jose, CA, USA: Ainol has stopped making NOVO 7 ELF and NOVO 7 Aurora . The new model or upgraded version of NOVO 7 ELF and NOVO 7 Aurora will be released in mid of April, 2012.

Ainol’s NOVO 7 ELF and NOVO 7 Aurora tablets became very hot after NOVO 7   tablet   won the 2nd place of “Best Tablet Award” on CES this year. However, in the last month it was very hard to get them from online stores due to the short supply of IPS screen on Aurora and high definition screen on ELF.

According to Chevy Wu, Ainol’s GM of International Business, Ainol has finally stopped the production of NOVO 7 ELF and NOVO 7 Aurora . “They will be replaced with upgraded models in mid of April”, Wu said, “Our engineering team is working on the new control board, and we are working with a new screen supplier”. Ainol’s ELF was found having dead pixel and a strip line problem. “The upgraded model will have a better quality high definition screen”. According to Wu, The prices for those upgraded model are not finalized yet, but they should be similar to the current ELF and Aurora .

As Ainol’s oversea distributor , uPlay Tablet ,  is taking pre-orders on the upgraded version of ELF and Aurora . For customer who purchased Aurora from us but not shipped, we offer two options: 1). keep the order, get free upgrade to the new Aurora when it is released. 2). Cancel the order and get full refund. If you want to cancel your order, you can use the form in “Contact Us” to inform us your decision.

For customer who want to pre-order the new ELF and Aurora, you can do it at the current ELF and Aurora product page. We may have to adjust a price a little bit, but at least this will put your order into the queue, so you get your priority. In addition, you can cancel your order any time before we ship it.