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I feel like they probably should diversify their offer and make both cheaper and more expensive models. Many people here including myself probably would love to

I feel like they probably should diversify their offer and make both cheaper and more expensive models. Many people here including myself probably would love to have an even more powerful and less cheap model (e.g. I consider Raspberry Pi being a common standard extensible compact computer it's key selling point, don't care much about the price but often find myself handicapped by its CPU and IO performance while we all know similar type SoCs can do much do much better as many smartphones do), at the same time for many users and use cases it indeed probably should stay cheaper than it is becoming. Perhaps selling premium beefy models could have helped sponsoring cheaper ones.

godelski 3y ago
They do have the zero, but it hasn't been updated in awhile and I wish it was. There are still tons of projects with benefit from these cheap microboards, even smaller than the pi. The Pis have become pretty powerful but also more expensive. It would be nice to have, like you're suggesting, a trade-off and it have a clearly good platform to use
- FlagsAreFun 3y ago
  They did release the Zero 2 W, which is much improved from the first model: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/
  - godelski 3y ago
    That was released at the end of 2021. For more context: Raspberry pi: April 2014 Pi Zero: Nov 2015 (1x ARM1176JZF-S @ 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM) Pi Zero 1.3: May 2016 (now you can use cameras) Pi Zero W: Feb 2017 (Wifi and bluetooth 4.1) Pi Zero WH: Jan 2018 (omg, soldering the gpio pins? Much wow) Pi Zero 2 W: Oct 2021 (4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1Ghz, still 512 MB, now bluetooth 4.2) I'm not at all convinced they are caring about this market. Realistically there have only been 3 models and there really hasn't been much push into this area. The Zero 2 upgrade wasn't anywhere near the leap that the normal pis are making. I know there is more limitations, but they also have more competitors and it isn't like the zeros are sitting on shelves. There's till a good market for <$20 computers (and especially for a $5 one)
__jonas 3y ago
> I feel like they probably should diversify their offer and make both cheaper and more expensive models. They are already kind of doing this by still producing and selling the old models, on the page for the 3b there is this obsolescence statement: > Raspberry Pi 3 Model B will remain in production until at least January 2028 https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ I can find the 3b for around 40€ new, under 30€ used, which for me is kind of ideal, I don’t have a lot of interest in the more expensive models.
BlueTemplar 3y ago
Las time I checked, the cheapest model was 5€, even 4€ on (official) sale ?
- greggsy 3y ago
  Almost certainly looking at the pico, which is basically an Arduino with extra steps

godelski 3y ago

They do have the zero, but it hasn't been updated in awhile and I wish it was. There are still tons of projects with benefit from these cheap microboards, even smaller than the pi. The Pis have become pretty powerful but also more expensive. It would be nice to have, like you're suggesting, a trade-off and it have a clearly good platform to use

FlagsAreFun 3y ago
They did release the Zero 2 W, which is much improved from the first model: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/
- godelski 3y ago
  That was released at the end of 2021. For more context: Raspberry pi: April 2014 Pi Zero: Nov 2015 (1x ARM1176JZF-S @ 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM) Pi Zero 1.3: May 2016 (now you can use cameras) Pi Zero W: Feb 2017 (Wifi and bluetooth 4.1) Pi Zero WH: Jan 2018 (omg, soldering the gpio pins? Much wow) Pi Zero 2 W: Oct 2021 (4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1Ghz, still 512 MB, now bluetooth 4.2) I'm not at all convinced they are caring about this market. Realistically there have only been 3 models and there really hasn't been much push into this area. The Zero 2 upgrade wasn't anywhere near the leap that the normal pis are making. I know there is more limitations, but they also have more competitors and it isn't like the zeros are sitting on shelves. There's till a good market for <$20 computers (and especially for a $5 one)

__jonas 3y ago

> I feel like they probably should diversify their offer and make both cheaper and more expensive models. They are already kind of doing this by still producing and selling the old models, on the page for the 3b there is this obsolescence statement: > Raspberry Pi 3 Model B will remain in production until at least January 2028 https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ I can find the 3b for around 40€ new, under 30€ used, which for me is kind of ideal, I don’t have a lot of interest in the more expensive models.

BlueTemplar 3y ago

Las time I checked, the cheapest model was 5€, even 4€ on (official) sale ?

greggsy 3y ago
Almost certainly looking at the pico, which is basically an Arduino with extra steps