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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
They are adding features though. Useful ones. Wacom layers aren't cheap. Whether you don't need it is another thing, but some people want that and others are willing to pay the price for the rest of the package.
Maybe try hunting for deals on a Nova 2 or Pro now that 3 is on the way? Or get the Likebook Mars now that it has 8.1. The Nova 3 is exactly the same price as the Nova 2, at least in USD.
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Luckily I'm not in dire need to upgrade.
It might have been ambiguous, but my topic starter post was about the pricing trajectory the market rides right now. This problem will be amplified when the color products'll hit the production lines. I anticipated a €100-€150 extra fee for the updated Nova whatever modell number it will be, so around the €400 mark. As things are progressing now, the final cost will be over €500 which makes me sad.
Wacom layer is great and all but if those are really a serious production cost for the companies then they should separate the note taking and the reader lineups completely (I'm still talking about mostly Onyx and Boyue, the Android bros.). What is the situation now? 6" equals reader category, everything else is for "note taking". I'm not against this technology if I have the option to not purchase it. Imagine having only entry level CPUs and the usual heavily marked up server chips. Wouldn't be fun to get a new computer.
Strangely the Russian market gets their own product lineup separately without Wacom. Those devices could hit the international market without any extra R&D costs.