Tech News: Samsung sells Galaxy Tab WiFi at Php16,990 (April 1 to 17 only)

**ghosthunter** · April 2nd, 2011 12:45 AM

http://www.yugatech.com/blog/persona...i-at-php16990/

[SIZE="4"]Samsung sells Galaxy Tab WiFi at Php16,990[/SIZE]

We reported last month that Samsung Philippines will release a WiFi-only variant of their 7-inch Galaxy Tab. Turns out the tablet is already here in the Philippines and selling at a discounted price of just Php16,990.

Two weeks ago, Samsung jumped the gun and dropped the suggested retail price of the 3G variant of the Galaxy Tab down to Php21,990.

The sale happens in all Samsung retailers from April 1 to 17 only. Just asked for the WiFi-only variant if you want to get it at a much cheaper price (that’s around Php3k cheaper than the 1st gen iPad).

**ghosthunter** · April 2nd, 2011 12:53 AM

Kinda makes me think if I really want to buy one for myself. P17k is relatively cheap for good quality tablet PC.

Then again, it's a tablet which is not great if you need to type extensively into. Great for playing games, watching videos (until the batteries run out) and reading pages of books, newspapers, magazines and the internet.

isip...isip....

**Monseratto** · April 2nd, 2011 11:49 AM

Kasama ba siya sa upgradeable official (not custom ROM) honeycomb or gingerbread from Samsung? Samsung is notorious for holding back firmwares...

**marg** · April 3rd, 2011 04:39 AM

Two weeks ago, Samsung jumped the gun and dropped the suggested retail price of the 3G variant of the Galaxy Tab down to Php21,990.

Samsung found out they could not compete with Apple selling their 7" at 32,000 Pesos.

**OldSchoolHack** · April 3rd, 2011 08:08 AM

Plus marami ng natauhan. Having a new slate or tablet is nice but not necessary. Market demands dictate prices and the drop says a lot.

I can use an Ipad for various stuff. But a small puny samsung tab? no thanks.

**hondaboot** · April 3rd, 2011 08:55 AM

the Android is good but i doubt it will last. Asus, Acer are concentrating on a Windows 7 Tablet. with the advent of dual core processors and the same gigs/capacity, eh ano lang ba difference ng laptop sa tablet, it's just the processors and boards under the display,without the keyboard and dvdrw etc.

since IOS is running sa Ipad and almost the same IOS running sa macbooks, it's only safe to assume that Windows 7 will run on both laptop and tablet versions.

so what's Android for? add to the fact that it's just a beta version with no official releases and it's free to be edited by almost anyone in free open source android developer market.

panggulo lang talaga, Samsung is only aiming to sell their hardware as always

so in the end it will be a Windows 7 or 8 OS optimized for tablets/multi-touch technology