Samsung Q1 Ultra: preliminary pricing and availability
Over at UMPC Portal, Steve’s been on the hunt for pricing and availability details around the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC. After some digging around with a reseller that helped greatly in the ‘investigation’, it appears that the new UMPC will see the light of day next month in Europe. The German-based reseller that Steve communicated with indicates a price of 1,199 Euros. If we did a straight conversion to U.S. dollars that comes out to a tad over $1,600, but it’s too early to say if that’s the price we’ll see here.
Assuming no conversion, meaning the price in the U.S. would be around $1,200, one would expect to see a drop in the current Q1 series, which ranges from roughly $800 to $1200 right now, depending on model and retailer. Good sleuthing Steve!
As many people have stated before me, the UMPC will only take off when it is cheaper. I’d pay $1000 for a Q1 Ultra, but I feel it would sell a lot faster at $750.
If it could use the new Intel combined CPU/GPU – Perryville? to keep the cost/size down then they may have something.
At present they seem to be keeping the price at the original UMPC level while adding more features.
well.. you could buy Q1B for $799 at cdw….
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1038933
I think PJE has a good point.
As an example… Look how many people were trying to kill each other for 20 dollar DVD players at WalMart a few years back, vs how many people aren’t killing each other for PS3’s or stand-alone Blu-Ray players (I think those are what, 700 dollars?). Sure, there may not be content for those devices, but at the same time, look how freaking expensive the player is.
Hence the Q1 Ultra… more features! Twice the price! And who will buy it?
me?
“Hence the Q1 Ultra… more features! Twice the price! And who will buy it?”
I would, if I didn’t already own a Q1 (Celeron). So long as it still remains below the price-point of “thin and light” notebooks, I can see a sales niche for UMPCs.
Lower would be better, of course, but I don’t think the current price scheme will doom the form factor.
— Steve