Samsung Galaxy on sale at T-Mobile
The fourth largest wireless carrier today is now offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab for the price of $399 after rebate with a two-year contract requirement. They also offered two data plans for the tablet PC.
Analysts believe that the 7-inch touchsreen device from Samsung is way too behind Apple’s iPad in terms of tablet market acceptability since the iPad already got a 95% of the global tablet market just a few months after its release in April and has sold 8 million approximately after it was launched.
Carl Howe, Yankee Group analyst said that Galaxy Tab still has a long way to go to be able to catch up but on the bright side it has the one of the best shots at being a viable competitor of iPad due to Samsung’s excellence in distribution and its ability to work with other networks.
Sprint Nextel will be offering the Galaxy Tab this Sunday while AT& has not disclosed any info as to when they plan to sell it and how much although they’ve promised that they’ll do.
T-Mobile is also selling the Galaxy Tab in their stores; this is apart from the online sales. A sales rep in one of their stores in Framingham, Massachusetts said he only had four remaining tablets in stock and urged buyers to grab their copies before it’s gone. T-Mobile’s marketing tagline says, “Say hello to big entertainment on the go…. Announcing our first touchscreen tablet with Android-power entertainment for the whole family.” This seems to be a good promotional tagline for their aim to promote the Galaxy Tab as a multimedia access tablet for consumers.
Verizon on the other hand is targeting both residential and business sectors. Sprint’s offer is the same with T-Mobile still under a contract while Verizon is sticking to a $600 price tag with no contract. Verizon’s data plan for the Galaxy Tab is same with iPad.
Few experts believed though that many consumers will prefer iPad over the Galaxy Tab for practical reasons. Pricing is one big factor and screen size. Some believed that with pricing so close, consumers will want something big enough to be able to view more. 7-inch is just not enough. Both devices have the same resolution so there’s not much difference. Also, the idea of being tied up for another two years is not too appealing for the customers since most were already tied up with contracts due to smartphones. As with applications, many said that apple has some 300,000 apps available for the iPad compared to 100,000 Android apps. There is still quite a big difference.
Related posts:
- T-Mobile to follow Sprint on its Pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab
- November 10 is Samsung Galaxy Tab’s arrival thru T-Mobile
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Introductory Price @ $599
- Verizon rationalized $600 price for Samsung Galaxy Tab
- O2 Germany disclosed Samsung Galaxy Tab Pricing
Tiny URL for this post: http://tinyurl.com/4fxk2rc
Got my Galaxy tab last Thursday from T-Mobile in the US and what an awesome device it is. It did not disappoint and actually surprised me with some of the features I was not expecting. The best thing was how well Skype works on it. Skype does not work over the T-Mobile 3g but it works well over all of the WiFi connections I have tested so far.
Im a VW customer for about 12 years now but I could not bring myself to pay the extra $200 VW wanted for the device and the Unlimited data contract from T-Mobile clinched the deal for me.
I may eventually drop my Mobile phone contract with VW because it will save me about $50 a month to do so. I know that means I can only make and receive calls when I'm near a WiFi but that doesn't bother me. The T-Mobile 3g service allows me to get and receive SMS anywhere I go so I'm not totally disconnected. Besides, I'm an old timer. I remember just about 15 years ago I got along just fine without a cell phones. Anyone who wanted to talk to me had to leave a voice message with my home phone. This does not bother me that I cant Skype call while driving.
Im looking forward to the rumored Galaxy Tab accessories, especially the charging cradle with the HDMI port. If all goes as planned my Galaxy Tab will also replace my DVD player and act as my Google TV. I was planning to spend $399 on a Google TV box from Logitech. However, looks like my Galaxy Tab will save me some money. However, the wireless HDMI transmitter will cost me some money.
Now if only Cisco would port their Cisco AnyConnect VPN to the Android market. I will be able to access my office network from anywhere.
Thank you for leaving us your review!