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Verizon just dropped the price of their Samsung Galaxy Tab last week (most likely to make way for their 4G-enabled model), and it looks like Sprint is following suit. The Galaxy Tab is now listed on Sprint’s site at $299 with a new contract or for $499 without one. Those numbers fall slightly more in line with what we had originally hoped, but the drop in price might be too little, too late.
With a Wi-Fi only Galaxy Tab announced at CES, the aforementioned 4G variant, and new Honeycomb tablets such as Verizon’s Motorola Xoom and T-Mobile’s LG-made G-Slate, desire for the first Android tablet to do things right will surely wane, regardless of how low it gets priced.
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I’ll buy this useless piece of junk or ANY tablets for that matter at the price of $0.
i hope the wifi on the tab works better than the wifi on my vibrant
Sorry to say, but: don’t you americans ever get over the “pricing” of mobile devices with contracts? I can get you a brand new car for a Dollar, you only need to sign up half a dozen two-year phone contracts.
On eBay, you can sign up such contracts and just collect a few hundred Euro cash, depending on the details of the contract. And no, it’s not a scam, but there surely are limits on how many such contracts you can have.
In short: no, the Tab does NOT only cost $299, it costs a lot more.
Needs to be $300 without contract! This is just sad. Ill go buy a 5x more power laptop…thanks!
Indeed, $300 without contract! Right now these companies are price gouging for tablets. . . just wait till Android Honeycomb is out and everyone will make a tablet. We’ll start seeing some very good tablets for the price of netbooks.
I agree with acupunc but honestly with honeycomb coming out in a few months they should just drop the price to 250 without contract. Even with the wifi version coming out soon I can’t see it doing to good. After my wifes experience with the moment and my experience with the epic 4g I’m not too sure I want another Samsung product. I think if they promised to support the tab and give it honeycomb there might be a chance but I almost want to bet that they will just release a tab 2 with honeycomb in summer/fall this year.
$299, Tegra 2, 7″, Wi-Fi only please. Then and ONLY then will I bite. Anything more than $299 and I’d rather just get a more useful and powerful netbook.
Yeah no…
the viewsonic 10″ with a tegra 2 for $300 was worth it. samsung is just doing anything they can to gouge customers!
At that price I’ll keep my laptop…
Or for 249 I’ll just go and buy a nookcolor then root it. Sure it’s not as fast but fast enough.
Granted it’s overpriced but it’s a helluva lot better than any netbook.
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Should be free with 2 year contract, $149 1 year, $299 max off contract. The only attractive options for the consumer right now are ipad and nookcolor.
You can see the Amazon.com Galaxy tab price w/o contract @ $629.99 an INSANE price. I think Steko (#14) has the right idea on initial pricing. Samsung is letting the greed of companies such as HP, Sony & Apple rub off on them. That’s a bad move considering the kind of investment they’re making into the android market & the range of products they are releasing (in volume– not fits and starts like Archos).
Seriously, if the product is too expensive.. buy a laptop.. you can get quite a good laptop for $500. Just compare the specs in the same price range. Gaming laptops vs 1st & 2nd generation 7-10″ tablets? No contest.. laptops win. Rational decision making by consumers will strike that balance and get pricing under control. Demand better made tablets for your money! FYI, laptops can have EVERY feature a 7-10″ tablet can and MORE, and your not fitting either in your pocket anyway.
i love my tab