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Originally Posted by radius
The reason is commercial.
Think about it. If such a hypothetical reading tablet had the same kind of CPU and memory as a normal tablet, it would cost more than a general purpose tablet since an eink screen is likely more expensive than LCD since the volumes are so much lower.
That said, Kobo's Arc 10 HD is discontinued and a steal at less than $200 for an Android tablet with a 2560x1600 screen.
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Not necessarily you can actually buy decently specced tablets cheaper than most ereaders these days recently I've seen tablets with quad core bay trail Atoms costing £75 (linx 7 as an example) while most ereaders are averaging about £100 or so with in comparison pretty rubbish freescale type chips.
I also find it hard to believe eink would cost more than a good LCD worst case I think would be a similar price.
Truthfully though I think the reader manufacturers seriously need to up their game if they want to have a future otherwise tablets will definitely kill them off winning in price, power and functionality.