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Originally Posted by HarryT
If it's sold as a "premium" model, they can basically charge whatever they think the market will bear, particularly if it offers features not available on other devices.
In the UK, the Voyage seems to have sold well at £170 ($240).
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The key question is "what will the market bear?"
Also important is volume. Higher price, lower volume.
For products built around new technology, which is often low yield and unavoidably low volune, high prices are a good point to start with. If you can't build many anyway, you might as well use price to balance demand to your supply.
Looking at the two possibilities--Liquavista color Kindle vs Alexa Kindle--I would expect the Liquavista model to be more expensive, possibly a full hundred dollars more. And if the display is really good *and* supplies are really limited they might come in at Kindle 1 prices. Wouldn't *expect* it but they could.
From the reports of the tech to date, though, I wouldn't expect premium tablet pricing so I doubt they'll go higher than $300 on a Liquavista Kindle or $250 on an Alexa Voyage. They might even come in at $199 if the new model is an Alexa Paperwhite.
The market sets limits on what it will bear, mostly based on the value-add.