- Marketed as a portable headless server, and indeed, limited to something like that. No access to GPIO, no video. But, relatively low 1GB ram, and limited, non-upgradable storage.
- Wireless charging seems like a feature nobody is looking for in this type of device. Charge time with the wireless is 10 hours vs 4-5 hours via USB. I would guess it's also driving part of the price point.
To me, if you're going to market as a server, you base it on something like the CubieTruck, more RAM, 1G wired ethernet, more storage options, SATA, etc.
Or, go the other route and provide what's good about an Rpi device (GPIO, video, low cost) and add the quality case and battery.