When looking for a UPnP and bluetooth capable speaker for the garden I came across the Libratone ZIPP (2015) and its successor ZIPP 2 (2018). The relevant difference between them is that v2 contains a microphone array that sends sounds to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant servers.
I thought that v1 would be cheaper than v2, given that it is 3 years older and has less features. This assumption was only correct for normal online shops, but not for Amazon:
The cheapest v1 cost 155€ on Amazon, while v2 cost 119€. All other online retailers I checked wanted much more for v2; from 158€ up to 221€.
| Retailer | Price ZIPP 1 | Price ZIPP 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 154,90 € | 119,00 € |
| Cyberport | 119,00 € | - |
| Euronics | 184,24 € | 221,75 € |
| Gravis | - | 158,90 € |
| Notebooksbilliger | - | 209,57 € |
| Saturn | - | 193,98 € |
Amazons seems to really want to get Alexa into people's homes, even when they losses on the way.
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