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1. chollida1 · 1790887019 · focus · HN ↗

   I though $50 seems like a fair price for what you'd get. And then I saw it was only a deposit. A retail price of $250 seems way over the mark for what it is.

   Who would be the market for this product?

   Its expensive so its up market, but all of those buyers would already have phones and would be unlikely to bring another device just to have music that their phone is already exceptionally good at providing.

   it's unlikely to be runners or bikers or other endurance athletes as they'll already have their phone or if they use a watch have music on their watch so they don't have to bring a phone.

   Phones already do a great job of offline with downloaded music and movies so that doesn't seem like the right crowd.

   Most kids get a hand me down phone with no cellular to start with from their parents so that doesn't seem like a good fit.

   now i feel like I'm writing the hacker news dropbox review where i say its use case is already easy to do and the product will go nowhere;)

   But seriously, who would be the target here?

   1. NoGravitas · 1790952132 · focus · HN ↗

      Expensive mp3 players are for audiophiles. They have better much DACs than a phone, hi-fi headphone jacks in addition to regular ones. Probably other hi-fi features I don't know or care about. They can easily run over $400.

      Inexpensive mp3 players are for people who want a distraction-free device, who want a headphone jack, or like physical buttons, I guess, and they also often have somewhat better DACs than a phone, not that my busted hearing can tell. I think decent ones are in the $50-100 range. I have a $70 that I like fine. It's metal, it plays most media formats (not opus, which annoys me, and it flakes out on some specific ogg vorbis). Only thing I don't like is switching between linear and shuffle play is too many button pushes.

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