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Raspberry Pi Raises Price for First Time, Reintroduces 1 GB Model for $35

posted by chromas on Friday October 22 2021, @06:19PM   

takyon writes:

Raspberry Pi 4 2GB gets a price hike to $45, 1GB version coming back for $35

We've been used to getting better hardware for cheaper or in the case of Raspberry Pi model B boards a stable $35 price tag since 2021 with gradual improvements to the hardware. Many companies already had to hike prices for their board due to supply constraints, and Raspberry Pi Trading has become the latest victim of the increase in components with the Raspberry Pi 4 with 2GB RAM going back to its original $45 price tag, and the re-introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4 1GB for $35. We are told this is temporary, and once everything settles the Raspberry Pi 4 2GB should sell for $35 as was the case since last year. This is the very first price hike in Raspberry Pi (short) history.

[...] Eben Upton explains the Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 400, and Compute Module 4 will not be as badly impacted as earlier products based on a 40nm manufacturing process. That means they'll have to make some tough choices notably prioritizing Compute Module 3, Compute Module 3+, and Raspberry Pi 3B, at the cost of the Raspberry Pi 3B+ which will fall at the back of the queue mostly to cater to the needs of industrial customers. People still using Raspberry Pi 3B+ in their design are recommended to switch to Raspberry Pi 4 with 1GB RAM.

Also at The Register.

Previously: 2 GB Model of Raspberry Pi 4 Gets Permanent Price Cut to $35

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• Re:"It Prints Money!" Re:"It Prints Money!" (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23 2021, @10:20AM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23 2021, @10:20AM (#1189862)

  > Obviously someone will pipe up about how the hardware has changed and become more powerful to cater for the RPI's primary non-self-education-but-with-lots-of-money market

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• Re:"It Prints Money!" Re:"It Prints Money!" (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23 2021, @10:22AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23 2021, @10:22AM (#1189863)

  ...and needs a /s/Touché/Captain Obvious has Arrived!/

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  • Re:"It Prints Money!" (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23 2021, @11:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 23 2021, @11:06AM (#1189868)

    Not that complicated. It's just autism.

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• Re:"It Prints Money!" (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 24 2021, @04:19AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 24 2021, @04:19AM (#1190021)

  When you set up a "heads I win; tails you lose" situation, you might as well go meta. Think about it and you'll see it or don't and you won't.

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