Hey Guys,
So I have the 1st gen Amazon Fire Stick that I bought when it first came out for $69 and I was looking on selling it. But I saw that everyone was listing it for sale at higher prices ($80-$100) now on sites like eBay, so I've decided to sell it for the same price $69. The newer model, the Fire Stick Lite is cheaper at $49 and seems to be faster.
Anyone know why the basic edition is more expensive even though the Lite is newer and faster? Thanks!
But the question is why would something faster and newer be cheaper? Why would anyone pay more for something older and slower?
Cost optimisation by Amazon, yield on more recent chips is higher so they can lower costs, etc
That doesn't explain why everyday people would be willing to pay more for something old and slow. You don't find old iPhones worth more than the newer ones.
Speculation only, but the 1st gen had a Snapdragon CPU that might be useful for homebrew mischief. They changed later to a cheaper MediaTek CPU that you could probably get cheaper elsewhere. Might also be a custom ROM choice.
Pretty sure you were able to side load apps into the original. Not the new I assume. MediaTek sucks unless you want to be stuck on stock.
Lite is newer and faster and cheaper