Last week we
brought you the details on Samsung’s worst-kept secret, the Android-powered Galaxy Tab. The new tablet PC will be gunning for the iPad, no doubt, but Samsung’s big reveal left one important question: how much is the device going to cost? Samsung plans to launch it in Europe before bringing it to the US, and early pricing speculation has been
exorbitantly high.
If any of the reported numbers turn out to be true, Europeans could be paying around $1000 for a Galaxy Tab. For instance, word out of France has the Galaxy Tab pegged at €699 (about $900), which is the price of a
32GB 3G-equipped iPad. But Germany is reporting a price of €799--if Samsung is matching Apple’s pricing, they’re offering half the storage for the same amount!
Here’s what we want to know--how much would
you pay for a Galaxy Tab? How about $200? It's possible.
Samsung’s
comments to the Wall Street Journal indicate the Galaxy Tab could debut on a US carrier somewhere between $200 and $300. Of course, the ultimate price will have to be worked out with the carrier (or carriers)--but even at $300, the tablet would be a steal compared to a whopping 699 Euros. We’ll have more concrete details when
Vodafone starts selling the Galaxy next month.
Even Samsung seems a bit confused on the US pricing, as another exec supposedly priced the device between
$300 and $400. The company expects to ship 10 million Galaxy Tabs in 2011; will they be able to achieve that kind of market penetration at $400? Perhaps--but we’re guessing everyone here would be a bit more tempted to buy in at 200 bucks.
