The chip shortage, which you have surely read on more than one occasion in recent months, is not only real but affects practically any electronic device. One of the last victims has been the Raspberry Pi. Yes, our favorite mini PC has also been affected and its price rises a little more than 20% of the usual cost.
The new price of the Raspberry Pi
One of the devices that we have surely mentioned and recommended more times is the RaspBerry Pi. This popular development board is so capable that not having one or more around the house if you like to fiddle with different types of projects is downright weird.
Well, one of its selling points has not only been its multiple possibilities, but also its very economical price. Because being able to buy such a versatile mini PC for 35 euros or a little more depending on the configuration was a real bargain.
However, while still being competitively priced, the RaspBerry Pi 4 with 2GB of RAM has gone up in price . If until this precise moment the most basic model cost 35 euros, now it will cost 45 dollars . That is, a 23% rise is what has suffered.
And as an added surprise, the RaspBerry Pi 4 model and 1 GB of RAM memory has returned to the market with that price of 35 dollars. So if the price is important for budget reasons, but not so much having 1 or 2 GB of RAM, it is a way to compensate for the increase in costs with a model that had disappeared as it was less competitive when compared to the one. that duplicated him in memory.
Why is the RaspBerry Pi now more expensive?
The reason for the increase in the price of the Raspberry Pi is none other than the shortage of chips that is affecting everyone in general, not only the PC industry or other electronic devices such as mobile phones, etc. Any product that has a minimum of electronics is submerged in this problem and hence, for example, there are delays even in the manufacture of vehicles that have had a high electronic component for many years.
The good part, at least that’s how we see it, is that this price increase only affects the 2 GB RAM model for now . That is, the rest of the configurations with a greater amount of RAM maintain the usual price. Of course, that officially from The RaspBerry Pi Foundation they have not touched the price does not mean that distributors can raise it based on the demand they are receiving.
The other positive data is that they say that this price change will be only temporary . That is, it will return to the original price of $ 35 that we knew when all these supply problems are resolved.
Until that happens, the only advice we can give is that if you have to buy a RaspBerry Pi, opt better for the configurations with more RAM memory since right now they would be more profitable due to their performance / price ratio.
