Don't Like the Carriers? Wi-Fi-Only Galaxy Tab Hitting Best Buy
Don't Like the Carriers? Wi-Fi-Only Galaxy Tab Hitting Best Buy
Posted 10/25/2010 at 2:12pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet will be hitting US retail next month, but what if you don't care to do more business with the mobile carriers? As it turns out, Best Buy (of all companies) is coming to the rescue. The electronics retailer will be selling a Wi-Fi-only version of the Galaxy Tab for $499.
The Tab is already making an appearance in Best Buy advertizing, but no firm release date is mentioned. Best Buy will also carry the 3G versions for both Verizon and Sprint. The Galaxy Tab will sport a 7-inch touch screen LCD with Android 2.2 under Samsung's TouchWiz interface. The $499 price point is exactly the same as the 10-inch Wi-Fi-only iPad. It's going to be interesting to see how consumers respond to the choice.
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aviaggio
October 25, 2010 at 4:14pm
I thought they couldn't do a wifi only tablet because of the Android Market restrictions set by Google.
And the ad says "Wifi and 3G versions are availabel with contract and Month-to-Month plans." Why would you need a contract or plan on a wifi-only model?
Oh, also, it's not a Super AMOLED screen either. This ad has got a lot of issues.
Eoraptor
October 26, 2010 at 4:35am
presumably they couldn't be bothered to create seperate copy for the stand-alone version of the device (which I can understand if they are running this concurrent with print ads for the holidays, across millions of flyers that ads up to a lot of ink and page space)
but yeah, the advertising does seem buggy
Marsel
October 25, 2010 at 4:05pm
According to Engadget, the $500 price is for subsidized devices, thats why it says $499 and up.
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