Last Updated on May 6, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org
| Brand | Model | CPU | Ram | price at launch (USD) | available | warranty | current price on Aliexpress (USD) | current prize Digitec Switzerland (USD) | current prize Conrad Switzerland (USD) | issues |
| Raspberry | Pi 4b | 4 cores | 8 | unknown | was available yesterday | 24 month warranty | unavailable | 260 | Only one piece available which is sold out? | |
| Orange | Pi 5 | 8 cores | 4 – 8 | 60 | yes | 75 day money back | 100 – 130 | unavailable | unavailable | not new availalbe in Switzeralnd with 24 month warranty |
| LattePanda | Delta | 4 cores | 4 | currently 230 USD at Farnell.ch without warranty | yes | 24 month warranty | 429 | unavailalbe | Stock market speculation on daily basis |
- Considering the high price for Raspberry Pi 4’s sold on Conrad Switzerland and LattePanda Deltas sold on Digitec Switzerland which offer 24 month warranty, we are asking the question, is it worth to buy a SBC with warranty? Can we not do without warranty time?
- Smartphones run basically forever, and need only rarely be repaired.. Is it not the same with SBCs?
- Is there a seller for the Orange Pi 5 in Europe from which is worth buying from?
- Why then should we not buy the Orange Pi 5 directly from Aliexpress? But only as long as they do not shoot up the price for the Orange Pi 5 as soon as we mention it.