( Mashable ) -- In a refreshingly honest statement , Samsung 's mobile division VP Lee Don-Joo admitted that the iPad 2 made some parts of Samsung 's 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab look `` inadequate , '' and the iPad 2 's pricing might force Samsung to lower the price of its tablet . `` Apple made it very thin ( ... ) We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate , '' Lee Don-Joo told Yonhap News Agency . We feel that a bit of information might have gotten lost in translation from Korean to English , as we definitely do n't expect Samsung to pull the 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab from the market and release a thinner version . It 's more likely that Samsung simply sees the iPad 2 's thinness as a big challenge for its future tablet models . The other part of Lee Don-Joo 's statement is clearer and far more telling . `` The 10-inch ( tablet ) was to be priced higher than the 7-inch , but we will have to think that over , '' he said . Samsung , unlike some of its competitors -- for example , the Motorola Xoom -- wo n't try to compete with the iPad at a higher price point just because some of the hardware of its tablet looks better on paper and that , in our opinion , is the right approach . Apple has set the price for its tablet in the $ 499 -- $ 829 price range ( with the cheapest 3G-sporting option being priced at $ 629 ) , and any Android tablet will have a hard time competing with the iPad 2 at a price too near the upper end of that spectrum . © 2013 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
Samsung 's mobile press made remarkably candid remarks about company 's Samsung Galaxy Tab . The iPhone 4 's pricing may force Samsung to lower the price of its tablet . Apple has set the price for its tablet in the $ 499- $ 550 range .