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Originally Posted by Mr. Dalliard
It is targeted at business users and offers features such as data encryption.
The price premium reflects these extra features that would not be of interest to someone who just want to read books.
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and encryption is worth a grand more? But this is Brother and not like they have much history of great trend setting products. Maybe typewriters but not since then.
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Originally Posted by Bushcat
4 grey scales, 1200x825 pixels (150 dpi), can hold 10,000 pages on a 2GB MicroSD card, replaceable Li-Ion battery, battery life 83 hours/5000 page turns, weighs 600 grams, screen life 370,000 pages/5 years, ready to use within 5 seconds of turning on. Unless I read wrong, of course.
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So around $300 per yr over the estimated lifespan or these devices. Still not understanding the price. I suspect there must be more to it. It will be interesting to follow for sure.
Don't get me wrong, we need more of these things. but a $1400 price tag is not going to cause businesses to open their already thread bare cupboards over the next few years. There is also the overhead of introducing the device into your corporate ecosystem which costs a lot more than the devices. I just do not see a positive ROI from a business stand point given the rumored feature set. Other devices will fit the bill for a lot less.