"Celeron N100" for 700$? That's absurd, you can get a Raspberry pi tablet for way less and if you want x86 thare are cheaper alternatives, maybe they're just a small team and assemble everything by hand that might explain the high price but 700$ is a little high
I would think it's hard to stay in business promoting Linux-first products as it is, and the higher price is because they know they will sell fewer units, and so they need to recoup a higher per-unit cost to functionally stay in business.
I agree that the price seems a bit absurdly high, but finding a quality Linux tablet of any type seems pretty dicey as it is.
For example, this Linux tablet from Pine64 is more affordable, but with a Rockchip RK3566 it's just way underpowered compared to the N100, and that's over $200. Further, the Pine64 seems restricted to 64gb eMMC while the Juno Tab 3 can be upgraded to 2tb storage with its M.2 slot. I see no mention of an M.2 slot for the Pine64 Tablet. This genuinely seems like a more fully featured tablet compared to other available Linux-first tablets.
The PineTab doesn't even have a wifi/bt radio that's supported by its own OS. When you're an OEM and you're choosing what chips you're putting in a design, I think you should stick to chips that are usable. Chips where the manufacturer has written specs and maybe even a driver that transforms "a piece of glass with a lead frame" into something with a purpose.
So I'm like a week in... but I bought an 'p8 mini laptop' off ebay as it found a sale cheaper than aliexpress.... but i'm loving it. n100, 12gb ram and 512gb hd. amaa
Necro edit - forgot to mention I got it for 330 pulse shipping