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10-04-2010, 10:28 AM #1MMi Staff Writer
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"iPad Killer" to Sell for $950 in UK: Report
A purported leak from the parent company of an electronics chain in Great Britain is giving the first hint of what the new Samsung Galaxy Tab might cost. The entry level model of the so-called 'iPad killer' will retail for £599.99 - the equivalent of $950 US - without a contract, according to Paul Lamkin at Pocket-Lint, who cites anonymous sources at the DSG Group. This compares to £529 for an unlocked iPad with similar specs (though the iPad has a screen almost three inches larger than the 7-inch Galaxy Tab).
DSG Group is the owner of UK retailers Currys, Dixons and PC World, which have said they'd be selling the Galaxy Tab through both unlocked and carrier-subsidized arrangements. The cost of the Galaxy Tab with a contract is unknown as yet, but it's instructive to compare the £599.99 ($948 US) recommended retail price for an unlocked 7-inch, 16GB Galaxy Tab to the 9.7-inch SIM-free iPad WiFi+3G at £529, or about $840, on the Apple UK Online Store. [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-Device-Cortex-Android/dp/B0042D75TU]Amazon's UK store[/ame] also has the device available for preorder at the £599.99 price.
Last week, Samsung confirmed the Galaxy Tab would be available in the UK from November 1st. The tablet will be sold by the four major US carriers by the end of the year, but details on timing and pricing have not yet been released.
Source: Pocket-Lint
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10-04-2010, 10:34 AM #2
Who cares- I'm only waiting for blackberry Playbook:-p
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10-04-2010, 10:34 AM #3
I rather spend my money on the iPad... $100 less and bigger screen.
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10-04-2010, 10:37 AM #4Green Apple
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the ONLY iPad killer will be the iPad 2... MOFOS!!!!
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10-04-2010, 10:38 AM #5
This cant be right? £599 that's £9 dearer than the 32gb iPhone
Prob just some dunce wanting his name splash about the web.
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10-04-2010, 10:39 AM #6Livin the iPhone Life
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This is far too expensive IMO... Apple is usually known for having the HIGHER priced product, not the other way around!
As a side note, does anyone else notice what looks to be a phone app at the top left of that galaxy tab? Does this mean it will natively support phone calls?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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10-04-2010, 10:44 AM #7Livin the iPhone Life
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Who called it an "iPad killer"??
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10-04-2010, 11:07 AM #8
why do you idiots call every tablet the Supposed "ipad killer" It will do things better than the iPad, the iPad will do some things better.
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10-04-2010, 11:11 AM #9Green Apple
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what ever happened with ¨antennagate¨ is taht still going on???
does the iphone 4 still loses signal???
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10-04-2010, 11:19 AM #10Ofcourse. Hardware problem is not going to get magically fixed.
Originally Posted by mallenass
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10-04-2010, 11:19 AM #11Livin the iPhone Life
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Please don't try to hijack threads with your mindless questions. Originally Posted by mallenass
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10-04-2010, 11:22 AM #12 3" larger?
I think if you look measure the area....
The iPad is *twice* the size of the 7" tablet.
C.
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10-04-2010, 11:22 AM #13Livin the iPhone Life
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It's selling for 950 dollars in the uk? Wow that's a fail title lol
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10-04-2010, 11:22 AM #14
Wow I was expecting a price of around $399 for this! At that price range they will NEVER kill the pad or even over take it.
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10-04-2010, 11:24 AM #15Wow, way to stay on-subject!! WTF?! Originally Posted by mallenass
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10-04-2010, 11:31 AM #16 Samsung is retarded.
Just a poser company trying to copy. Never Original.
Galaxy. Now this BS.
Costs more, Smaller Screen. What are you thinking?
Some executive decided to name it "IPAD Killer".
I know I used to work there.Last edited by yotaiji012; 10-04-2010 at 11:33 AM. Reason: Added to it
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10-04-2010, 11:48 AM #17
not true, samsung screens were used in some pretty high end and well know plasma tvs
also, dells cutting edge latitude x300 (the macbook air of its day) was a sammy built underneath dells labels and chassis. they often are the underlying tech to some pretty high quality and innovative tech, so that blanket statement, IMHO, isnt true.
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10-04-2010, 12:21 PM #18That's an awesome reply! Originally Posted by mallenass
the ONLY iPad killer will be the iPad 2... MOFOS!!!!
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10-04-2010, 12:29 PM #19
IPad killer already and it hasn't been released? You guys be trippin when y'all be writing these articles. And for 950 I might as well buy a MacBook.
Blackberry tablet it is.
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10-04-2010, 12:44 PM #20What is this antennagate you are talking about? Originally Posted by mallenass
Topic..
Hah sure they'll kill iPad.
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