Samsung Series 7 Slate goes on pre-order at $1099

The Windows 7 Slate from Samsung is now up for pre-order over at Amazon with a starting price of $1,099PHP 64,495INR 93,140EUR 1,047CNY 7,999. It’s half an inch thick with an 11.6″ display, weighs 2lbs and runs an Intel Core i5 processor.

This is probably one of the most powerful tablets out there (the Asus Eee PC Slate EP121 is also priced at $1,099PHP 64,495INR 93,140EUR 1,047CNY 7,999) and also among the most expensive.

Samsung Series 7 Slate
Intel Core i5 2467M 1.6GHz dual-core
4GB DDR3 RAM
64GB SSD
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Windows 7 Home Premium

With a starting price of $1,099PHP 64,495INR 93,140EUR 1,047CNY 7,999, I don’t think any regular consumer would consider getting one of these. Probably for enterprise use or a niche market. That’s just the entry-level model — there’s the $1399PHP 82,101INR 118,565EUR 1,332CNY 10,182 for the 128GB SSD too.

If this is the future of Windows 8 tablets, I don’t think it will be any successful.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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20 Comments

valence says:

13 years ago

Pls check before posting

“I donâ€™t think it will successful.”
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Shamashu says:

13 years ago

Too pricey for a tablet, I’d rather buy a good Notebook PC for that price. As for the future of Windows 8 tablets, tingin ko naman magkakaroon ng mga affordable models when the new OS is released.Let’s Wait & see na lang.
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Soul Annihilator says:

13 years ago

Too expensive! But I like the fact that it runs on Windows 7. If it gets cheaper like $400 I might consider buying it.
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Iyan Sommerset says:

13 years ago

While I see this as something way too expensive for consumers, I can see how enterprise users would want to use tablets with screens this large. Maybe for corporate stuff or manufacturing or diagnostics or something.
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dan says:

13 years ago

too expensive?? do you people know the price of i5 processor an SSD drive and how powerful intel 3000hd is? i5 an intel quad core which could do tons of real multi tasking.. i’m sure kahit gawin mo pang 8 core ang proc ng tab, ipad, iconia, transfomer ndi pa rin uubra kahit sa pentium 4. SSD is said to be 100x faster than your fastest HDD.. Intel HD 3000 is comparable sa low end gaming graphic card like 8500gt which is capable of graphic hungry games ex MW1 or nba 2k11.. yes i think it’s fairly priced because you could photo/video edit in this tablet probably
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marc philip says:

13 years ago

the i5 mentioned here is not a quad core, it’s only a dual core. the intel hd graphics 3000 is clocked at 350MHz, so compared to the other hd graphics 3000 which is usually clocked at 650MHz, the performance should be noticeable lower.
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Jim says:

13 years ago

I agree, I don’t think it will succeed… considering the hefty price, and most importantly, the OS that will be running it. Windows 7 is not optimized for tablets.

We gotta wait til Windows 8 arrives (which will be next year), avoiding additional expenses in paying for upgrades.
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Jay Castillo says:

13 years ago

this tablet might work to some business oriented people, coz it is really compact indeed and with it’s fair hardware, but for a student like me, i might buy a good laptop for myself instead of that machine. just my opinion.
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Edwin C says:

13 years ago

Lower the price, uy! Sobra naman kayo.
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nameless says:

13 years ago

Yeah, At least we have a foretaste of what to expect with windows 8! Looks good, but the price is a bit disappointing.
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orange senorita says:

13 years ago

Too big, it’s almost a laptop!
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Nikko Bautista says:

13 years ago

Keep in mind that this has a WACOM Digitizer, add to that the fact that it’s has the specs full laptop, I’d say that this is just priced fairly.

Personally, I can’t wait to buy my own. I heard they gave these away at Microsoft’s BUILD conference using the Developer version of Windows 8, and a lot of people are liking it.
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Buddy says:

13 years ago

Tama lang siguro yan, halos kaprice lang ng laptop na ganyan din ang specs eh, Powerful yan, may wacom pointer pa, it Fair. it’s not pang porma lang, for business man, at developers din. tamang tama 11.1 screen.
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Andie says:

12 years ago

Specs are pretty awesome! Pero ok na din lower and specs as long as it can handle Windows 7

Any alternative na available na sa Philippines?
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