Rumor: Galaxy Tab to Cost $399 With Contract, $599 Without

  • Share
  • Read Later

Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab Android tablet will cost $399 with a two-year data contract through Sprint, according to the Boy Genius Report. That’s according to one of BGR’s unnamed “Sprint sources,” so take the information with a grain of salt—the site’s nailed plenty of rumors in the past, though.

Apparently the full, no-contract retail cost of the tablet will be $599 and sales are due to begin around November 14th—just in time for the holidays.

The $399 price tag, if true, seems a bit on the high side considering you’d have to lock into a two-year contract. Sprint currently offers just a single $60-per-month 3G wireless plan that includes 5GB of data transfer. That brings the two-year cost of the tablet to over $1800. Yikes.

The no-contract price seems much more palatable. At $599, it’s $30 cheaper than Apple’s base level 3G-equipped iPad. It’s also possible (and would be quite wise) that Sprint may offer a Galaxy Tab-specific data plan for less than $60 per month.

Don’t forget that the Galaxy Tab will be available on all four major US carriers. AT&T’s got the cheapest data plan at $15 per month. Even though you only get 200 megabytes to play with, the total outlay over two years—if priced at $399 with contract—would be just $759. That’s over $1,000 cheaper than Sprint’s deal.

Of course, nothing’s been officially confirmed yet. Sit tight—it shouldn’t be too much longer until we get official pricing information from the carriers.

More on Techland:

Samsung Galaxy Tab Video Shows Everything (Except Price)

AT&T To Carry Samsung Galaxy Tab This Holiday Season [Update]

Why Subsidized Pricing for Samsung’s Tablet is a Bad Idea