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The more I think about this the more puzzled I am. What Sony purports to be doing simply does not make sense.
So here are a couple alternate scenarios:
1) Sony has a LOT of PRS-T2's still in inventory world-wide They don't want to take a bath. So what do they do - ship them all to the States and tell everyone in the USA that the PRS-T3 is not going to be offered in the USA, then give the T-2 on a modest price cut - bringing it down to what the dealer net price was - and keep selling them.
When they run out, then they say that due to consumer demand they are relenting on their decision to bring in the PRS-T3 and begin selling them. In defense of this scenario you will note on the Sony site that the PRS T-2 is still offered for sale.
Scenario #2:
The Kindle Paperwhite screen was not offered to Sony since Kindle got first rights to it and bought up all the initial production. Since the new Kindle Paperwhite is primarily a problem for Sony in the USA market Sony decides to wait until they can get the newer screen and put it into the PRS T-3, then release it, perhaps as a PRS T-3 PW or perhaps a new PRS T-4, meanwhile having unloaded their stock of T-2's.
I will readily admit I may well be wrong on this, but I maintain that what Sony is doing simply does not make sense, and in spite of some of their inept marketing they are not stupid.
Cheers
KNI
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