Image says it all, really. Samsung’s 7″ Galaxy Tab: From $999 three months ago, to $299 today. This may be a good time to revisit our review of the delicious device when it first launched in Australia. The key quote:
“Frankly, we can’t see any reason why Samsung would consider this a fair price.”
We also can’t think of any reason why Telstra would be price cutting this dramatically on such a high-end tablet … unless it was planning to launch some other tablets short. Motorola Xoom, anyone?
Image credit: Delimiter screenshot of Telstra website
I’ve read you can’t put honeycomb on this device so it’s pretty much end of life – with that in mind, the price cut seems right. Not exactly a high end tablet as you say since all you can do is run android mobile apps stretched to fit the larger screen.
Hey Michael, you’re right, you can’t put Honeycomb on it — but the device itself is still fantastic — most of the apps I tested worked well on it. It’s currently the best 7″ tablet out there — and I don’t personally like the 10″ form factor that much, as you can’t easily hold it with one hand for e-reading.
“It’s currently the best 7″ tablet out there
I guess that’s true for a very limited time in Australia, but in the US its certainly a different story.
Any word on when the 7″ Blackberry PlayBook will be hitting Australia for example? It’s a flawed product too (particularly with the need to to sync it with a Blackberry just to check email?!!) but I love some of the “WebOS inspired” UI design and the fact that it will also eventually run Android apps.
I think the reality is the market is about to be flooded with much better devices so unless you really need a cheap tablet that won’t run a lot of future Honeycomb designed apps (or you’re interested in it solely as an E-Reader or for basic web surfing), I’d avoid like the plague. But hey, that’s just me :)
$299 is unreal and makes me unhappy as I paid full price not so long ago. This is a brilliant device. I am not going anywhere without it.
I just discovered that there are nice colored covers for it on http://www.ereadersrus.com.au, I put one on the Mothers day wish list :).
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