Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Why are e-readers so expensive?

A Kindle Paperwhite and a Kobo Aura cost $140 and $110 respectively. The cheapest Lenovo Ideatab costs $95. It has a camera, twice the memory, twice the ram, twice the processors(each one being faster on its own), glass screen, has speakers and a mic. The only thing the e-readers has that isn't twice inferior to the cheaper tablet is its unique display.

Is the e-ink display so expensive that the e-readers higher price can be justified even though it lacks in all other aspects?
Added (1). I live in Canada

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