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Originally Posted by log
Doesn't seem like it.
from toms hardware review:
"We called up E Ink Corporation to ask if this was a batch-related issue, and was told that this is most likely due to Amazon choosing a particular grade of display panels. So, while the new Kindle comes at a lower price, the company is probably cutting its costs as well by using a slightly cheaper display." |
The Pearl screen has been produced for Kindles for over a year now. The cost to produce those same pearl screens would be far less today then it was 1 year ago, so it's not a case of the new Kindles being cheaper due to a "particular grade of display" but the fact that that cost to mass produce Pearl screens is much lower now given the millions that have already been made for Kindles, Nooks, Kobos and Sony eReaders.