Thread: NYT: Big screen Kindle could arrive this week
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Old 05-04-2009, 01:35 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by emellaich View Post
Of course, you'll need to wait and see -- and decide what fits your feature set and budget. However, I can't see Amazon replacing the Kindle2 this fast. Therefore, I must assume this is an alternative, not a replacement.

Some possible tradeoffs:
- Significantly higher cost for larger screen.
- Less portable
- Possibly tied to subscriptions -- ie you'll need to subscribe to NYT to get it.
- Other?

If we believe some of the cost numbers posted by iSupply, then the cost (no profit added) of a ten inch screen would run about $100 more than a 6 inch. It should increase linearly with area, not diagonal inches so larger becomes much more expensive. Also, the yield rate probably goes down since its harder to get a larger area defect free -- this also increases costs. And don't even consider a larger screen (breakage issues) unless its flexible. $$$
Well I wouldn't necessarily jump ship before Wednesday. I was just wondering if it was possible to have both Kindles in hand at the same time so that I can compare them side by side.

I'm not sure how I feel about a larger screen. I had a bigger powerful laptop, but it loses a lot of portability.
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