[Exnor]

(25th Jun, 2019 04:56 PM)Skywatch Wrote:  Another question is did they return to a HW based serial controller? The SW serial controller on pi3 was giving me real problems (apparently they 'borrowed' the HW serial chip for BT/WiFi).

@legendarybomba

Those prices in USD are identical to prices in GBP here in UK - I think we are getting a bad deal again.

But as I said before lack of HDD/SATA is a real surprise.

If in the future kodi/xbian streams 4k as smooth as silk I might get one, or maybe two - but I am in no hurry for pi4 at the moment. It's not like the situation of pi1 -pi2. That was a 'must have' upgrade. This time, not so much.

Same here... i don't intend to "update" my (legal and not so legal) video library to 4K at least not in the next couple of years. FHD stills satisfies my needs (sure UHD makes me drools just to look at but money does not grow on trees for me to upgrade Storage units, media players, etc etc...).

The price you pay in the UK is the same i will have to pay if i wanted a Pi 4 today sadly... The official retailer here has the 1GiB version at 38€ (at today rate that is 43.18 US dollars)(plus 8 euros of shipping costs). To be fair the price dropped since i saw it yesterday (don't know why).
If and when i decide to buy a Pi4 i will want the 2GiB version currently going for 49€ (55.6 Us Dollars)(plus shipping costs).

The Pi3 B+ on the other hand is now at 30€ on Amazon and that is less than 35 Dollars (today rates) (oh and includes free delivery without Prime so it's just 30€).