Samsung Galaxy Tab sold just 20000 out of 1m shipped, claims rival

Samsung Galaxy Tab sold just 20000 out of 1m shipped, claims rival

An executive at Lenovo tablets Android manufacturer Samsung says it has sold only 20,000 tablets of 1 m which shipped last year in an attempt to "buy" market leader Apple.

Dramatically low figure shows that the efforts of Samsung in its first 7-inch tablet launched exactly one year ago, has fallen well below targets.

Andrew Barrow, director of consumer products and prices for Lenovo in Western Europe, told the Guardian that the problem of trying to undermine the price of the Apple iPad, about 30m far been sold, was that "all [the producer] would be to give money away. "

Samsung said at the end of 2010, had been sent to 1m Galaxy 7-inch devices, which were seen as the first real competitor Android Apple iPad. However, according to Barrow, Samsung has only sold 20,000 and tablets. Samsung did not return request for comment on the allegation by the Barrow, is published.

Samsung has never given any information on actual sales, it has done in the tablet market. In an earnings call in late January, the leaders of Samsung conceded that the company had delivered much more than the tablets were actually sold, said the latter figure was "very slippery" - an enigmatic expression, which n ' has never been explained.

Lenovo has announced its own access to Android Market for tablet technology in the exhibition IFA in Berlin on Thursday, with the K1 IdeaPad. Asked K1, which will launch in mid-September, and the starting price is £ 349, should be much cheaper than the market-leading IPAD 2 for £ 399, Barrow told the Guardian that "at this price, the [manufacturer] should give the money away. "

He added: "We do not feel the need to buy from Apple if the product is sold, sold.". Lenovo said it is "in principle, with [his] first volume," unlike other manufacturers. When pressed, Barrow said the Galaxy Tab "sold 20,000 [stores], and Samsung says million Shipments [stores]," make a big loss, but it is known as a leading manufacturer of tablets Android.

Rob Bamforth, Quocirca analyst, Mobile, told the Guardian that the sale of 20 000 would be surprisingly low. "It is certainly plausible that the sales channel will be considerably higher than outside sales. The question is, how much, and it sounds like a lot," said Bamforth. "When you walk the streets and the train to see iPads. Certainly [Android] The figures are relatively poor. They have so bad, I do not know."

Bamforth noted that if the allegations are true, Samsung has been active in an activity called "canal fill", where producers require large transfers of products to package advertising. But retailers can usually return large amounts of stock if the sale is particularly bad, manufacturers like Samsung tends to have an incentive not to complete the canal.

"These things are usually out early, but if it was bad for three or six months, you can expect with the rumblings of the channel, and I have not seen a significant grumblings," Bamforth said, adding that if sales of the low, he is also expected to have seen more discounting in the device.

Since the original Galaxy Tab Samsung has launched a number of followers of various sizes. Its flagship product, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, has the same screen size as the iPad, 2, and is now banned in Germany and Australia is due to the ongoing dispute with Apple. Apple says Samsung is copied to the layout of its iPad Android tablets, along with some parties to the transaction.

Many manufacturers are now trying to sell Android tablets, and some more recent iterations of these devices are viable alternatives to the ubiquitous IPAD. New Galaxy Tab 7.7, a direct upgrade of the original, with a faster processor than the IPAD, with an impressive display. The range of applications optimized tablet Android also increased significantly since the original Galaxy Lose launched at the IFA of the 2010th

Barrow refused to say how Lenovo "preliminary" first pill actually run Android. Asked what would happen if it was not a success, said the company has "other products in the pipeline", possibly in terms of resolution enhancement, weight and battery size, and types of connectivity.

Lenovo is also a business-oriented ThinkPad Tablet, which is already available in the IT suppliers in Western Europe. This device is slightly more valuable than K1 because of the ownership of the company, and which are not in direct competition with the iPad, and many consumer-oriented contenders Android.