The Galaxy Tab sales situation goes from bad to worse as, only moments after Samsung was forced to admit that its much-lauded sales figures were in fact merely shipments to retailers and carriers, analysts suggest returns rates for the 7-inch slate have been surprisingly high. ITG crunched the numbers across 6,000 US retail locations and discovered that, between the November launch of the Galaxy Tab and January 15, 15-percent were returned.
In the run up to the holiday period, the number was a little closer – at around 13-percent – but in the period after it rose to 16-percent, likely as unwanted gifts were returned. In comparison, ITG suggests, Verizon has been seeing just 2-percent returns on Apple’s iPad since it began selling the larger iOS slate.
ITG blames Android 2.2 Froyo as unsuited to tablet-scale use, despite Samsung’s attempts to customize the platform with its own apps. Google will attempt to change its fortune in the tablet space later this week, with a Honeycomb launch event; for more on what that will bring to the table, check out our deep dive into Android 3.0.
[via SlashGear]
Good, thats what samsung gets for the way they treat their existing customers!
Odd, because retailer that I go to, within my neighborhood, that sells these has had a good sell rate and low return rate. Perhaps my neighborhood see the value in this product and platform more than some others. Go figure.
Good story. Now we all now that the iPad is much better…
Why are you guys doing that?
I don’t know.
I like my Galaxy Tab, I would never return it, and I can recommend it to everyone who wants a real portable tablet. Now and even after the Xoom release.
why would we report something just so one item sells better than another? that’s not our job