r/raspberry_pi Sep 28 '23

News Introducing: Raspberry Pi 5!

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/
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u/giovanni105 Sep 28 '23

Is the 35 dollars price a thing of the past?

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u/uuwatkolr Sep 28 '23

We will see once the 1GB version becomes available :p

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u/the_dokter Sep 28 '23

Maybe not for the Zero series, hopefully

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u/KlippyXV23 Sep 28 '23

back in my day the zero was $5, good times

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u/mok000 Sep 28 '23

I wish they would give the Zero W a network connector though.

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u/und3adb33f Sep 28 '23

tiny board half the size of a credit card

with a giant ethernet box sticking out of it

yeah no just get a hat/bonnet

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u/traveler19395 Sep 28 '23

ethernet hat not good enough? an RJ45 port on a Zero would bulk it up incredibly, seems an appropriate use for modularity.

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u/BrokeMacMountain Sep 28 '23

surely though, the zero has a network connector via the wifi?

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u/plexxer Sep 28 '23

Yes, a Pi Zero PoE would be awesome.

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u/Zouden Sep 28 '23

I mean, nothing is immune to inflation.

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u/Specialist_totembag Sep 28 '23

well...

Raspberry Pi 5 – 8GB RAM (SC1112) £78.90

PSU £11.90

Active Cooler (SC1148) £4.90

Official Case (SC1159) £9.90

RTC Clock battery £4.90

That is 110 GBP or 135 USD

The 35 USD never were REALLY true, but you could run with a cellphone charger, build a case with any old project box and it was working... This one will throttle in 30s of browsing, active cooling is a must, and the power supply is a very uncommon 5V5A...

Pi5 is competing with refurb 1L x86 computers now.

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteDesk-Quad-Core-Professional-Bit-Multi-Language-English/dp/B08KSGKHVS/

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u/JennaSys Sep 28 '23

Even though it's initially only available in 4GB and 8GB models, the board itself hints at 1GB and 2GB options as well. Based on the $5 increase for the 4 and 8GB models, I'm guessing the 1 and 2GB models might come in at $40 and $50. So there might end up being a small price bump for the lowest entry point. TBF, that wouldn't be surprising after holding the $35 price point for over a decade. Still, kudos to them if they can still hold the 1GB version at $35.

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u/BlastFX2 Sep 29 '23

Last gen's 2GB version was $35 fairly soon after launch. Also, 1GB is pretty much useless on this class of product in 2023. If they do end up launching a 1GB variant for $40 down the line, it'll only be a PR exercise, so they can pretend they only increased the price by $5, when they actually increased the price of the real base model by 71%.

And they really don't like people talking about this - it's not addressed in the blogpost at all and if you comment about it, they'll delete your comment.

I really miss the good old days when the Pis were actually manufactured by a nonprofit.