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Originally Posted by griffonwing
Actually, I never claimed they sid it. I said that I 'hoped' that was not the case. It was never a stated claim.
There wasn't really a lot of stuff they did to the 300, as compared to the 505, except remove a lot of stuff.
And igorsk already beat me on the dictionary claim.
I'm not trying to do that. I am all for Sony gutting a reader down to the base Core product, but I feel that they should not charge the same price for their gimped unit that another company charged for a full package.
Taking off 40 bucks of Astaks price since they include a cover, the Astak actually comes out 20 bucks cheaper for so much more.
Again, I do applaud Sony for putting out a solid device backed and built by a great company, however their price needs to reflect the current comparative prices of the competition, which this one does not.
They are simply charging too much money for their product.
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I understand where you're coming from and I agree that it's really about hitting a price point that works with the competition. Personally, I think Sony succeeded, if only in part because certain price points are 'magic' with consumers. But of course, it's not going to meet everybody's wishlist.