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Originally Posted by ryuji35
What I can't think of is how bold Amazon can be when they made the Voyage $199 if the 300 ppi screen can be replicated easily (If this is really its unique selling point.) I mean, when I bought the Voyage, I thought the high price tag is maybe because of how "pricey" the screen might have been to produce. The fact that Kobo was able to do it and offer it in their "midrange" product means, the screen is not that expensive at all. Were they able to foresee this? Or they intend to make the Voyage a cash cow for just a few months?
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The problem (for Amazon) would have been what the heck do they do with the PW2? The Glo HD is $129.99 and the PW2 without special offers and just WiFi is $139. So in order to match the Glo HD in price, the PW2 would have to have the price dropped to about that of the Kindle and the Kindle would have to not exist. This would lose significant money for Amazon