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700 euros, oh my goodness!

I would honestly expect it to be able to capture digital versions of the images too for that money.

IMHO it's a feature that instant photography users are not interested at all.

I know but this is a huge amount of money for a niche product. I'm not sure they're equipped to run their business like Teenage Engineering or another niche thing targeting the very wealthy

Anybody who can afford the film can afford this camera. And it’s already the top seller in its category at B&H.

They have a 'regular' one that's $120. Maybe this is the Teenage Engineering model.

Teenage Engineering stuff seems completely impractical. Is that the appeal?

Take the record player. It looks cool. But only plays 7" records. Through built in speakers. You can use external speaker, but through a 3.5mm plug?

What's the use of something like that? Maybe the idea is to use it as decoration? I don't get it.

All their products are like that.

> Take the record player. It looks cool.

It's not even their product, it's just a white labelled version of an existing Japanese toy!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234642185324

Woah! Wait, do they do the same thing for other products as well?

Maybe the idea is to use it as decoration?

Basically. If you look at Teenage Engineering as a high end fashion brand, it makes a lot more sense.

The I-1, the model previous to this was designed by teenage engineering. They know what they’re doing.

Oh no kidding? That's super cool, I didn't know that. And agreed!--

Don't bet against nostalgia though. There are loads of 30-somethings that grew up with this, have a family of their own now, and can afford this.

It's like someone asking for a gasoline version of Tesla.

Everything old is new again, nostalgic for those old enough and exciting and hip for the (cool) kids who never knew Polaroid before digital.

You could probably say the same about a certain brand of personal computer too. It costs an absolute fortune, then misses some of the basic features "computers do". Upgrade the RAM? No. "people don't want that". Play video games? Nah (or maybe). Have an all around dumbed down garbage UX that literally does things opposite "just because"? Yep.

Conversely, a digital camera that at a 700 Euro pricepoint also captures images on film?

By the way, everybody have a digital instant camera in their pocket. It can also share them on the internet and send them to friends. It has unlimited poses and it can print to film if one really wants to. It can cost way more than 700 euros or less than 100.

Fuji Instax Evo Mini does that at about 200$.

Fuji has a couple Instax cameras that do that. They’re not as feature-filled as this camera, but they’re pretty cool.

Interestingly it’s $599 USD or 699 EUR, wonder why it’s more expensive in Europe.

This often happens.

Sometimes it is because all taxes are included in the non-US price. Other times it is just profiteering.

Also the 2 years mandatory warranty that needs to be priced in.

VAT, Price in the US rarely includes it.

Fujifilm Instax Evo Mini does that for less than 200$.

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