|
When the Iliad came out, even until way into the time when the v2 was out, it cost 650 Euro... In fact, I bought one for that price...
A LOT OF PEOPLE forked out 650 Euro for a 8 inch device, for a long period of time...
So people right now have to spend 50 Euro more than they did from Iliad market introduction until middle of last year, to get 2 inch more screen for those 50 Euro... is that too pricey?
The only other device I know of that has more than 8 inch eInk screen is the 12 inch Flepia from Fujitsu Frontech... for 2 inches more than the 10 inches of the 1000 S they don't charge 50 Euros more... they charge 14800 Euro more, the device costing 15500 Euro (if my sources are correct)! OK, it has colour eInk, but who needs that to read books that usually are b/w.
With that I don't want to say that I'm not disappointed with Irex... I planned to buy a 1000 S on monday and I was shocked to see the new price. I didn't order it and will wait until the price is back down again, as sooner or later it will be... but for the moment I can understand Irex too, capitalizing on their product which is, regarding the display size, pretty unrivalled...
|