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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
I agree, in principle, but the price is certainly going to be lower than that, more like in the 30$-50$ region, in bulk. Also, my prediction is semi-ruggedness (no more breakable parts) in the mid-term.
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I dunno. Electronic devices do get cheaper with the passage of time, but then they seem to stabilize around a pricepoint that is maintained through the addition of more features or better technology.
Apple is the master of this. It's been selling computers & iPods at particular pricepoints for years, and it looks like they are doing the same for iPads. (It's not so clear with iPhones because of the complication of the phone plan upgrades, but I think that, sans plans, the pricepoint has stabilized.)
If what Amazon was selling was the ink, then, like with printers, I'd expect the price of the EBR to be pushed down to the cost of making & delivering the device to consumers of ink. That would be your 30-50 range, I think.
But I read somewhere that Bezos has made the Kindle EBR division a separate profit center within Amazon, & if that's the case, then the pricepoint will be the one that maximizes the profit on the sale of Kindles. I have no knowledge on which to predict what that price would be, but why should that stop me? I say, 75 bucks. That's a pricepoint at which you buy Kindles for other people for their birthday, or get one for everyone in the family.