Like Engadget Said, Say It Ain’t So…

Wow. If this is true, it is not looking good for Samsung. According to a slide leaked and posted over at TmoNews, the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to be priced at $449 with a 2 year contract (there is a $50 mail-in-rebate that brings the price to $399 if you ever manage to get your money back). The slide also shows a “dealer price” of $649, which one would assume is the unsubsidized price. This somewhat matches a previous leak posted over at TechCrunch listing the Sprint version at $399 on contract, and $599 contract free.

But then again, I’m not so sure. The second slide TmoNews posted, purporting to compare the Galaxy Tab to the iPad, has some pretty glaring errors. Would they really send this out to their partners?

The slide shows the wrong screen resolution for the Apple iPad (it lists 1024×600, when it is actually 1024×768), and the “Proprietary Information” warning is oddly cut off by the image on the left.

They might. They aren’t Apple, after all, as is apparent with the attention to layout detail that pervades TouchWiz. And, of course, underquoting Apple’s screen resolution to their sales reps doesn’t hurt them any (other than making the reps look uninformed to the few customers who catch the “lie”). If so, well… I’m sorry, Samsung. I don’t think that is going to work out like you hope.