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> Pricing will also be similar to ESP8266. How can they possibly sell these chips at these prices? This is impossibly cheap. You can’t even accuse them of tryi

> Pricing will also be similar to ESP8266. How can they possibly sell these chips at these prices? This is impossibly cheap. You can’t even accuse them of trying to flood and control the market because they already own the market!

renw0rp 6y ago
what market are you talking about? hobby projects market? that's for sure, but that's not where the big money is.
- corty 6y ago
  consumer goods with builtin wifi like switchable lightbulbs, remote-controlled extension cords, etc are often esp32 plus a relais on the IO pins.
- gsich 6y ago
  The "smart" home market. ESP chips are heavily used there.
ampdepolymerase 6y ago
You are seeing economies of scale (and cheap labour) in action.
- drcross 6y ago
  And people have the gall to badmouth capitalism from the comfort of their Ikea couch on their Iphone.
  - sangnoir 6y ago
    After an 8-hour work day or on a weekend. Thanks capitalism!
pjc50 6y ago
I'm not sure people realize how cheap small chips are that aren't on the bleeding edge of the process.
rasz 6y ago
I think you might of gotten that impression after years of being raped by TI/STM levels of margin. TI even tried to sell their microcontroller with wifi at ~$20-30 price point.