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Originally Posted by Yolina
So you're saying that they kinda "accidentally" chucked 4GB in those PW2s
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I'd be willing to put money on the fact that they either got overstocked on their own inventory of 4GB memory (maybe the Japanese version PW didn't sell as many as they figured it was going to) or got a better deal from a supplier on the 4 GB memory than they could get on a 2 GB so they started putting in 4 GB. Since they likely didn't want to open all the existing PW's, built or in supply chain, and replace the 2 GB with 4 GB they currently don't pin themselves down to what's in it.
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Originally Posted by Yolina
Edit: and I'm still annoyed with them  planned or not, they have done a fairly major hardware upgrade in the current model |
This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Kobo switched from 2GB internal SD card to a 4GB mid-life on one of their devices. They didn't change the firmware, so until someone opened one up and discovered the bigger SD card no one knew there was any difference (still showed up as having 2GB memory). Those with a bit of tech know how could play with things and reformat the memory to allow access to the whole thing. The majority of users likely have no idea they have anything other than 2GB in the device. They also have gone from SD card to on board memory one time mid-model. If you wanted to put your own bigger memory card for internal memory you're out of luck, but they are still selling you the same device.
You can wait till the end of lifecycle to buy next time, but it's luck/outside market factors that will determine if it works out for you.