I bought both of these handhelds new from stores. The one on the left was my very first handheld, This Palm IIIxe cost me $278 (tax and everything) in March of 2000. The handheld on the right cost me $90 when I bought it 44 months later, in November of 2003. The one on the right hence cost 90/278 = .32 what the one on the left cost me. However, the one on the right is a FAR better value (at least 4 times better I would say). This is a value-for-price improvement of around TWELVE times!
I've seen this pattern repeatedly with all kinds of computer products. This deflation seems especially rapid in the handheld computer market. |
