Month: October 2021

Raspberry Pi 4 gets temporary price hike to $45 (but the 1GB model returns for $35)

Since the first Raspberry Pi computer began shipping in 2012, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has stuck to the same low price for its flagship products. The original Raspberry Pi Model B sold for $35 at launch, and that’s been true of every model released since 2012. But the global chip and supply chain shortage is […]

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Since the first Raspberry Pi computer began shipping in 2012, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has stuck to the same low price for its flagship products. The original Raspberry Pi Model B sold for $35 at launch, and that’s been true of every model released since 2012.

But the global chip and supply chain shortage is throwing a wrench into the works, and for the first time ever, Raspberry Pi is raising the price of one of its products. But if you’re still looking for a $35 computer, the organization has you covered.

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Here’s the deal: Last year Raspberry Pi dropped the entry-level Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 1GB of RAM from its lineup and lowered the price for a 2GB model to $35.

Now both of those moves are being reversed, at least temporarily.

That means the 1GB Raspberry Pi 4 is back and it costs $35. And it also means that the 2GB model is getting a price hike to $45 (which is what it cost when the Raspberry Pi 4 was first introduced in 2019).

Raspberry Pi notes that products based on its older 40nm chips are also feeling the crunch of supply chain shortages, so while there are no plans to discontinue Raspberry Pi 3 series devices, there will be some shifts in priorities, which may affect availability for the time being:

  • The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, Compute Module 3+ and Raspberry Pi 3B have been prioritized.
  • The Raspberry Pi 3B+ is taking lower priority.

That decision was made since the Raspberry Pi 3B+ has the same wireless chipset as the Raspberry Pi 4, which could make it cheaper and easier for organizations currently relying on the older version to migrate to the Raspberry Pi 4 with its 28nm processor if they need to buy more hardware in 2022 than it would be to migrate from other Raspberry Pi 3 series devices.

You can find more details in a post about the changes at the Raspberry Pi blog.

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Supply chain woes lead to a “temporary” Raspberry Pi 4 price hike

Raspberry Pi 3B+ production is also being “deprioritized.”

Promotional image of computer parts.

Enlarge / The Raspberry Pi 4. (credit: Raspberry Pi Foundation)

Pandemic-driven supply chain problems have prompted the first-ever price increase for a Raspberry Pi product, according to Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton. Acknowledging that the 2GB configuration of the Raspberry Pi 4 and the Raspberry Pi Zero had been particularly hard-hit by shortages, Upton announced that the price of the 2GB Pi 4 would increase from $35 to $45 and that a previously discontinued version of the Pi 4 with 1GB of RAM would be reintroduced at $35.

The price increase for the 2GB Pi 4 and reintroduction of the 1GB model essentially reverts the Pi 4 lineup to where it was back in February of 2020, when the Pi Foundation cut the price of the 2GB Pi 4 from $45 to $35, a price cut that it said was "permanent" at the time. The March 2020 issue of the official Raspberry Pi Magazine (PDF) said that the 1GB model had been "retired."

Upton expressed hope that the price increase would be "temporary" and said that "we see early signs that the supply chain situation is starting to ease."

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