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T-Mobile also has a rather attractive 5GB Data Plan which runs at US$39.99 on a thirty (30) day subscription and a 200MB Data Plan with a US$24.99 on a thirty (30) day subscription, compared to Verizon’s wider spread of 1GB Data Plan for US$20, 3GB Data Plan for US$35, 5GB Data Plan for $50, or a whopping 10GB Data Plan for $80, all on a thirty (30) day subscription. By contrast, Sprint, which began offering the Apple iPad challenger on Sunday November 14th 2010 for US$399.00 on a two (2) year contract with a choice between two 3G plans, a 2GB Data Plan with unlimited SMS for US$29.99 on a thirty (30) day contract or a 5GB Data Plan with unlimited messaging for US$59.99 on a thirty (30) day contract.

Telecom Provider AT&T has the best Data Plans by far. The Samsung Galaxy Tablet priced at US$499 on a two (2) year contract with a choice between a two (2) 3G plans, a 2GB Data Plan with unlimited SMS for US$24.99 on a thirty (30) day contract or a 200MB Data Plan with unlimited messaging for US$14.99 on a thirty (30) day contract.

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The table below lays out in a deck-of-cards fashion (more on that later!) which is being held in the customer hands around the poker table thus far.

Telecom Provider/Carrier Launch Date Flat Price Two (2) Year Contract 3G Data Packages (30 Day)
Verizon Thur. 11-11-2010 US$599.99 US$599.99 1GB; US$203GB; US$35

5GB; $50

10GB; $80

Sprint Sun. 14-11-2010 * US$399.00 2GB; US$29.995GB; US$59.99
T-Mobile Wed. 10-11-2010 * US $599.99 200MB; US$29.995GB; US$39.99
AT&T Sun. 17-11-2010 * US$499.99 200MB; US$14.992GB; US$24.99

Not much of a contrast, I am afraid, confirming speculation a month earlier of the deleterious effect of pricing on this debutante product as per the ruminations of Barry Levine of NewsFactor.

Throw in the fact that there is no alternate size of this device or bigger versions, and its sales, the next statistic of interest by next year when the Merchants in the US of A begin counting their profits, will be glum. Apple, back in 2010 showed healthy sales as evident above, even managing five hundred thousand (500,000) Data subscriptions of its Apple iPad 3G has already responded by offering the Apple iPad on Verizon with a Mi-Fi portable hotspot.

This is an unprecedented move for Apple Inc, as usually AT&T gets Apple’s products exclusively, making CEO Steve Jobs earlier comments of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet being “dead in the water” appear to be a case of “dawg a sweat but lang hair hide it”! Jamaicans who are battling the cold in the US of A are waiting with baited breath, hoping to purchase that Laptop, smart phone, Netbook or Tablet (?) for their loved ones here in Jamaica, good news for ye!

Telecom Provider Digicel is carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tablet, which, if the pricing plans above hold, may herald the coming of the Tablet War to Jamaica. Ditto too for the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, now EXCLUSIVELY on Telecom Provider Digicel’s super-fast WiMaX 4G mobile (IEEE 802.16d, e) Network!

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