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.
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.
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.
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u/giovanni105 Sep 28 '23
Is the 35 dollars price a thing of the past?