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Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by TheRealPomax on Thursday August 15, 2019 @10:26AM (#20705493)
"we don't know" is not as good as "we don't know, but it won't be less than the material cost, which is currently X" would go a long way towards taking the people you want to get excited about this product seriously. We understand how "things cost money" works, but going "we don't know, figure it out yourself" is not a nice thing to tell people who are actually interested in what you're making =)

Even updating it to say "it will likely be in the $100-$200 range due to material cost and production fees" is fine: that's a _huge_ range, and still better than "we don't know, figure it out yourself".

Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by penkia on Thursday August 15, 2019 @10:34AM (#20705556)
Fair point, will update accordingly. I hesitate to say anything because we are getting mixed signals from Chinese manufacturers....
Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by bjelkeman-again on Thursday August 15, 2019 @11:04AM (#20705839)
It is great that you release this info early, including the “we don’t know”, as someone who does know may show up and help.
Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by loganekz on Thursday August 15, 2019 @02:01PM (#20707850)
Would you be willing to work with US based companies for hardware?
Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by krapht on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:04PM (#20709649)
It is impossible to find cheap US-based PCB manufacturing, the ones who compete on price all left for China years ago. What's left services the high-end/custom/defense/1-day-turnaround market.
Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by TheRealPomax on Thursday August 15, 2019 @07:46PM (#20710818)
Great update, thank you!
Re:CutiePi – All-in-one Raspberry Pi tablet by tracker1 on Thursday August 15, 2019 @06:24PM (#20710302)
Beyond that, material costs are X assuming a 10k initial production run.