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rock_artist • yesterday at 8:33 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Maybe it’s me being old but I don’t understand why I’d want this device for 249$.

I know some younger gens are looking for phoneless experiences, but for that price you can find old devices and simply recycle their usage. There are enough roms aimed and making a “dumb” mp3 player and include 3.5” and decent audio.

So I wonder if I miss something. The fomo here is messing with me.


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poisonborz • yesterday at 8:48 PM

Even more, chinese sites are chuck full of such players for a fraction of the price in all dimensions, on/offline, tactile or touch, with quality DACs.

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xandrius • yesterday at 8:44 PM

Yep, just get some older mp3 players and done. No need dumb touch screens.

moralestapia • yesterday at 8:48 PM

Maybe it's me being old but I've seen the <who would buy this thing> argument ad nauseaum.

I'm happy about this product, I was just looking for something like this not long ago.

There's market for everything. Accept that and move on, particularly when you have no horse on the race.

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