Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, one of the first tablets to contend with the iPad, is getting multiple price tags. Samsung on Monday confirmed that Sprint will sell the 7-inch Galaxy Tab for $400 with a two-year contract.

Incidentally, a leaked Best Buy brochure hints that the retailer will sell a Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab for $500. And last week, Verizon said it would offer a contract-free version of the Galaxy Tab for $600. The Galaxy Tab goes on sale mid-November.

At first glance, these prices seem competitive with Apple’s iPad, but they’re not that impressive. Sprint’s pricing for the Galaxy Tab is a raw deal: It will cost you $400, but you’ll pay at least an additional $720 over the two-year contract. (Apple’s 3G iPad is contract-free, so you can activate cellular data whenever you need to use it, and opt out when you don’t.)

Verizon’s $600, contract-free Galaxy Tab and Best Buy’s $500 Wi-Fi appear to match the pricing of the iPad. (The iPad costs $500 for its Wi-Fi only model, and the 3G model starts at $630 without a contract.) However, the iPad has a bigger screen and more apps.

The pricing of the Galaxy Tab only proves Steve Jobs’ point. Apple’s CEO said in an earnings call last week that other manufacturers were having difficulty producing tablets at a competitive price with the iPad.

Jobs also pronounced 7-inch tablets “dead on arrival,” arguing that their screen size was too small for a good touchscreen software experience. However, that’s up for debate; we’ll have to wait to see the consensus when the Galaxy Tab finally ships in November.

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