Here's some fun with numbers... You read it here first.

Samsung just announced that the return rate on the tab is actually "under 2%" and not 16% as has been widely reported.

Here's an interesting thought however.... What if BOTH Samsung and the research firms are correct?

What if Samsung's number is based on their distribution shipments of "2 million" units and the report numbers are based actual sales (what stores would report).

Let's assume the "under 2%" is 1.8% to give them some wiggle room.

That means 36000 returns on 2 million units. For which 36000 is 16% of 225000 units. (100/16= 6.25 x 36k = 225k)

That may mean that only 225k units have actually been sold to customers. Of which 36k have been returned.

250k if you use exactly 2% in above calculation. In either case, it sounds like a runaway success to me.