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2010-10-10 , 09:45
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Originally Posted by etuoyo View Post
I am sure you would be able to get it online for less than the price tmobile sells it for.

I agree with you that it is a better device than Dell Streak and yet only slightly more expensive. The problem is Dell Streak is a real two in one device. You can use it easily as both a phone and an internet tablet. The Tab does much better than the Streak as an internet tablet but is far far less useful as a phone and very few will be able to succeed in using it as their only phone, especially given its portability (you won't be able to take it out clubbing for example). So I personally feel that tablets should be priced cheaper than today's smartphones because smartphones can do everything a tablet can do and more.
I certainly hope that it can be found for less! I'm with you: there's no real reason that these devices should be priced much higher than smartphones especially since the only enlarged parts are the screen and the battery -- and I seriously doubt that these would inflate the cost tremendously -- especially in that Samsung manufactures most of the hardware! The Galaxy S can be bought for $499, so $599 seems perfectly reasonable for the Tab. This is especially true considering the Tab significantly downgrades the camera, removes the short-supplied SAMOLED screen, and manufactures the device with a non-swapable battery.

From my position (ignorant though it may be), it doesn't seem that it's costing Samsung much more to develop the Tab. In earnest, I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually costing them less.

We're not the only ones that are miffed by the price. It seems that when the initial rumors that the Sprint Tab would cost $599, bloggers were happy to see that the price was reasonable and prepared to buy. When the latest $649 price rumor was released, almost all of the comments are negative. It seems that I'm not the only one with a $599 cut-off!

I sincerely hope that the final price of the Tab is lower than the speculated T-Mobile price, or at the very least, it can be found for less.
 

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