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Originally Posted by 344a
The new Kindle is lighter and thinner because they sacrifice the battery, and tell you to pay more for the extra battery in the cover.
In my opinion, the new kindle should be much cheaper because they didn't have to put much money to the investment for R&D. They are using the old tech to make a new look.  |
Agreed. There
are improvements, but they're merely a rejigging of already existing technology. There were no great technological leaps made here, and nothing that suggests significant R&D or expenditure on Amazon's part.
Amazon's asking for an arm and a leg here not because they've invested that much into this model, but because they think there exist people who will cough it up nevertheless