Сколько же продано Galaxy Tab?
Конкурент Samsung — Lenovo в лице своего директора по продуктам в Европе Эндрю Барроу, — сделал совершенно замечательное заявление, отвечая на вопрос, не должен ли только представленный планшет его компании стоить гораздо дешевле, чтобы уметь конкурировать с iPad:
Lenovo announced its own entry into the Android tablet market at the IFA technology show in Berlin on Thursday, with the IdeaPad K1. Asked whether the K1, which will launch in mid-September with a starting price of ?349, should be much cheaper than the market-leading iPad 2, priced from ?399, Barrow told The Guardian that «at that price, any [manufacturer] would be giving money away».
He added: «We don’t feel the need to buy share from Apple. If the product sells, it sells.» He said that Lenovo is being «tentative with [its] first volume», unlike certain other manufacturers. When pressed, Barrow said the Galaxy Tab «sold 20,000 out [of shops], and Samsung claimed a million shipments in [to shops]», thereby making a huge loss but becoming known as a major Android tablet manufacturer.