Early Adopter Pricing

Discussions center on the high launch prices of a new hardware product targeted at wealthy early adopters, debating if the price is too steep, who the target market is, and expectations for future price reductions with mass production.

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jimbokun Jan 29, 2024 View on HN

The price will come down. This version is for wealthy early adopters.

grizzles May 14, 2018 View on HN

It's ~3.3X the price. It seems like an introductory price for early adopters.

spprashant May 10, 2023 View on HN

That's an ambitious price point. Who are they targeting with this?

tempestn Jan 4, 2014 View on HN

So presumably if anything the price wasn't high enough...

driverdan Feb 28, 2013 View on HN

That's early adopter price. Final retail price will be much lower.

mathincredible Dec 16, 2025 View on HN

500 seems steep for something that just launched

joelrunyon Jul 23, 2014 View on HN

If that's the target market - wouldn't a lower price point make more sense?

worker767424 Feb 18, 2021 View on HN

Seems low considering how quickly it was brought to market and the benefit.

btbuildem Mar 2, 2024 View on HN

Maybe price is a factor? If this thing cost $100 you'd see mass adoption.

tux1968 Jul 29, 2014 View on HN

Great idea, but not sure US$800 price point will be attractive to a large market. At half that price, these would likely fly off the shelves though.