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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
Ok i haven't followed this thread very closely. What is it about this reader that makes it a thousand dollars? Is there some sort of special technology? Could they not just make a reader 3 times the size of a T3 for 3 times the price?
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Did you read the information on Sony's page:
http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/...201311/13-146/?
The price is at the bottom of the page. What I got from Google translate was:
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"DPT-S1" 98,000 yen digital paper: market estimated price
※ "market estimated price" is about the pre-launch of the product, we have to estimate the selling price in the market.
The selling price of the actual product depends on the combination of the solutions and services system configuration.
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I don't know how marketing works in Japan. In Europe, if I would read something like this I would assume that this is the minimum price and any services would cost extra, but I have encountered cases when the price included something that you could opt out of and get the product for a better price.