# 1GB Raspberry pi 4 axed

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [27 February 2020 10:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318 "2020-02-27T10:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 10:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/1 "2020-02-27T10:12:51Z")

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Good news!

The 1GB pi will not be on sale any more, the 2GB model will cost the same!

> **[Raspberry Pi 4 Model B](https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b?utm_source=The%2BPi%2BHut&utm_campaign=efdefe57b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_21_11_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4028431b8-efdefe57b2-77516649&mc_cid=efdefe57b2&mc_eid=3f4a689ef7)**
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> The latest (and by far the greatest!) Raspberry Pi of 2020! Meet the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. Available in 2GB or 4GB RAM options! 4K Resolution, 64 bit Quad-core CPU, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB-C power.

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**Author:** ![afelix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/afelix/32/9743_2.png) [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/2 "2020-02-27T12:11:12Z")

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Great news, though I got a bit worried you meant the pi3 for a bit 😂

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 12:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/3 "2020-02-27T12:22:33Z")

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You should get a job as a clickbait writer 🙂

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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 13:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/4 "2020-02-27T13:26:24Z")

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The first thing I checked was if they had dropped the price of the 4GB model - NO!

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 13:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/5 "2020-02-27T13:43:34Z")

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I just checked here in the US at micro center and they dropped the price of the 1GB by $5

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 14:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/6 "2020-02-27T14:09:24Z")

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I assume they haven't fixed the power issue though?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/7 "2020-02-27T14:10:01Z")

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Why do you assume that?

> **[Raspberry Pi Slips Out New PCB Version With USB C Power Fix](https://hackaday.com/2020/02/23/raspberry-pi-slips-out-new-pcb-version-with-usb-c-power-fix/)**
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> When the Raspberry Pi people release a fresh model in their line of fruity single board computers, it’s always an event of great interest. The Raspberry Pi 4 brought some significant changes …

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/8 "2020-02-27T14:14:41Z")

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Ah, good. Glad they've fixed it.

Not impacting me, I decided a while back that I wasn't going to buy any more Pi's since I have a bunch of recovered laptops lying around. I never use the GPIO on the Pi's anyway so really no point in me struggling with them when an i5, 4GB RAM, 256GB+ drive laptop running in low-power mode is more than sufficient.

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 05:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/9 "2020-02-28T05:40:29Z")

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There's an official statement regarding the price drop now.

> **[A birthday gift: 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now only $35 - Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-price-raspberry-pi-4-2gb/)**
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> TL;DR: it's our eighth birthday, and falling RAM prices have allowed us to cut the price of the 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 to $35

So, **Happy Birthday** Pi! Here's your birthday Pi(e). 🎂 😂

Good thing they have fixed the power cable issue, read that too.  
Unfortunately you can't determine the hardware revision until you bought it. 🙈

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**Author:** ![Bobo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bobo/32/8401_2.png) [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 06:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/10 "2020-02-28T06:27:49Z")

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> [@kuema](#):
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> Unfortunately you can't determine the hardware revision until you bought it.

If you use the recommended power supply then there is no problem.

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 06:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/11 "2020-02-28T06:38:11Z")

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It's not about the power supply, but the USB-C cable. "Smart" cables for quick charge won't work with the Pi4 because they didn't honor the specification.

> **[Exploring The Raspberry Pi 4 USB-C Issue In-Depth](https://hackaday.com/2019/07/16/exploring-the-raspberry-pi-4-usb-c-issue-in-depth/)**
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> It would be fair to say that the Raspberry Pi team hasn’t been without its share of hardware issues, with the Raspberry Pi 2 being camera shy, the Raspberry Pi PoE HAT suffering from a rather…

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**Author:** ![Bobo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bobo/32/8401_2.png) [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 07:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/12 "2020-02-28T07:04:40Z")

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> [@kuema](#):
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> It's not about the power supply,

Well, it is, if you use the recommended power supply, as it comes with cable incorporated.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 08:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/13 "2020-02-28T08:48:47Z")

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The point being that many of us have loads of cables and we have a multitude of power supplies. We don't necessarily want to buy another one when the whole point of buying a Pi is that it is low-cost.

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**Author:** ![Bobo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bobo/32/8401_2.png) [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 08:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/14 "2020-02-28T08:53:11Z")

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Agreed, but all I said was if you use the official PSU you won't have a problem, which is true. Just because you have loads of stuff lying around doesn't make that statement invalid.

Besides, most older usb supplies would probably be struggling to deliver peak power to the Pi4 now anyway, regardless of what cable you use.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 08:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/15 "2020-02-28T08:59:37Z")

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> [@Bobo](#):
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> Agreed, but all I said was if you use the official PSU you won't have a problem, which is true. Just because you have loads of stuff lying around doesn't make that statement invalid.

:sigh:

I never said you were wrong. The power supply "issue" _was_ seen as an issue for some people including myself and others.

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> Besides, most older usb supplies would probably be struggling to deliver peak power to the Pi4 now anyway, regardless of what cable you use.

I think many of us have supplies capable of delivering a lot of power, especially USB-C supplies. I have at least 1/2 dozen lying around from various devices I inherited via work that are now defunct but the power supplies are fine.

I'm not going any further with this as we seem to be devolving unnecessarily into an argument.

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 09:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/16 "2020-02-28T09:00:54Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> I'm not going any further with this as we seem to be devolving unnecessarily into an argument.

I was thinking the same. 😅

The point was simply that they made a mistake with the specs, which has been corrected now in revision 1.2.

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 09:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/17 "2020-02-28T09:05:55Z")

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BTW: I haven't even bought one of those RPi 4 yet. Maybe now is a good time.

My touchscreen with an RPi 3 attached to the back seems to be quite happy running the Node-RED Dashboard up to now. 😂

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**Author:** ![Bobo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bobo/32/8401_2.png) [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/18 "2020-02-28T09:10:25Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> I'm not going any further with this as we seem to be devolving unnecessarily into an argument.

You say potato, I say ...

It's difficult to argue effectively online without coming across as a little bit arrogant isn't it? I just don't want to see the Pi4 get slammed for (what I would deem) as a fairly insignificant issue.

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 09:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/19 "2020-02-28T09:19:47Z")

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Could we _please_ just settle this and enjoy the fact that we can all save a little money buying the 2GB model? 😀

The Pi4 is definitely a great piece of hardware for its size and prize. I was just pointing out that minor issue, which is now fixed. It wasn't my intention to start a flame war over this. 🙈

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/1gb-raspberry-pi-4-axed/22318/20 "2020-02-28T11:28:09Z")

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> [@kuema](#):
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> Could we _please_ just settle this and enjoy the fact that we can all save a little money buying the 2GB model? 😀

I think we are all agreed with that.  
Thanks for posting @ghayne

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