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Old 09-23-2014, 11:20 AM   #447
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Originally Posted by kaufman View Post

The first model was $400, and Amazon sold so many of them that it was backordered for about 6 months because they couldn't make them fast enough to keep up with demand. The next one was $300, and they sold a ton of those as well. And this was back before everything was available for the device.
With so many tablet and smartphone options in consumers' hands, the world has changed. I doubt many people could justify paying 400 for an eink reader in this day and age.

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They are almost certainly going to sell more paperwhites and basic models than the Voyage, but it looks like they are going to sell a lot of those as well.
Agreed.
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