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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But the memory card in the Nia will cast less then the flash ram in the Kindle.
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Really?
And where does the flash card get its Flash Ram?
Does it grow on trees?
If anything, Kobo has one more step in its supply chain:
Kobo: Silicon foundry makes the flash chip, sells it to the card maker who wraps it in plastic and metal and sells it to Kobo's ereader assembler. Plus the Kobo main board needs a card socket.
Kindle: Silicon foundry makes the flash chip and sells it to Amazon's ereader assembler who solder it directly on tbe main board.
Using flash cards may allow on-the-fly RAM changes for different markets but it is in no way simpler or cheaper.
Try again.
The Kobo display is more expensive, the storage is more expensive, assembly is more complicated, and the volume of units built is almost certainly lower and thus more expensive per unit.