> The OP-1 used to cost $800, which was already a big ask for a microprocessor, OLED screen and plastic enclosure. A great machine, but a hard to swallow price

> The OP-1 used to cost $800, which was already a big ask for a microprocessor, OLED screen and plastic enclosure. A great machine, but a hard to swallow price to be sure. Once YouTubers started picking up on them, they chose to increase the price (blaming it on a supply shortage, since we all know how hard it is to find ARM cores and OLEDs /s), leaving the OP-1 at a bewildering $1100 total. I gotta point out that the price increase was because the original OLED screen went out of production and they had to use a different one which required major changes to the hardware and probably software (at least that's what they say). Also the enclosure is actually a solid block of CNC machined aluminium which is quite nice and robust.