Samsung had recently unveiled the Galaxy Tab 10.1 2014 edition at IFA 2013, and while we’re sure Samsung is hoping to sell as many units as they possibly can, reports have suggested that Samsung does not expect the tablet to be a huge success. According to a report from DigiTimes, they claim that Samsung is expected to only sell about half a million units per month. The reason behind it is because 10.1” tablets are starting to lose their popularity to smaller tablets, such as those of the 7” variety, and in the case of Apple’s iPad, the 9.7” tablet is starting to lose ground to its smaller 7.9” sibling, the iPad mini.
Given that this is a brand new device from Samsung, we’re not sure what’s with the pessimism, or why even bother if they weren’t planning on selling that many tablets to begin with, but then again DigiTimes’ track record when it comes to reporting such news is a bit spotty at best. In any case what do you guys think? Do you agree that smaller sized tablets are starting to become more popular? Would you prefer the Nexus 7 or Nexus 10, hardware specifications aside and just taking its size into consideration?
Samsung Reportedly Pessimistic About Galaxy Tab 10.1 2014 Edition Sales original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Earlier this year, the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. However despite Apple’s victory over Samsung in the US, the jury found that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was not guilty of infringing upon Apple’s patents which prompted Samsung to request for the courts to lift the injunction on the device. Unfortunately it turns out the judge who granted the preliminary injunction said that this was not possible as it is now a matter belonging to the appeals court, but did note that Samsung’s appeal did raise some “substantial issues”. While we’re sure that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be appealed alongside other Samsung devices along with the $1 billion in damages, there is no doubt that will argue against it. Either way it seems that if you have been hankering for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, you’d be out of luck.
