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Originally Posted by taming
I'm guessing that Kobo does not get the kind of pricing for manufacturing that Amazon does--economies of scale being what they are. Specs like the Fire would probably not have a Fire-like price for Kobo.
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Economies of scale make a big difference: Fire is going to *launch* with an order in the 4-8 million range, Kobo will do well to sell a couple million over a year.
At least Kobo correctly understood that matching the $199 price point and open apps aspects of Fire is more important than specmanship.