But it is hard to tell if they come out and no one else has something to compete. They can do what every they really want.
Exactly. Why would they sell it cheap if there is enough demand at a higher price. And if $700 sounds like a good price for many posters here then likely there is going to be enough demand at $1000.
they were in a similar position with S3 and S5 (a little less so since they probably wanted to undermine Sp20 as a competitive machine), yet the prices stayed somewhat within reason. Weak yuan/renminbi is also a factor in our favor. When s5 was introduced, everybody thought that it would be more expensive in $$.
I will probably not buy anything above ~3 BTC for ~2.4Th/550-600W.