[CNX-Software] - When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sells for $385

Raspberry Pi has announced yet another price increase, this time for most models with 16GB of RAM. The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385, an $80 increase compared to the last price hike in April, and the Raspberry Pi CM5 system-on-module gets a $40 increase, starting at $375 for the Lite model without wireless. The “good news” is that the Raspberry Pi 500+ mechanical keyboard PC stays at the same price, starting at $410. I suppose they can afford it on that model, because it’s already richly priced and the demand must be lower than for single board computers and compute modules. Here’s the updated price list for the Compute Module 5 16GB variants. Interestingly, the price is the same whether we get 32GB or 64GB eMMC flash. I still remember people complaining about the $120 launch price of the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB. That was less than [...]

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