15.4 inch laptops

I might already know the answer to this but I need a little clarification. Why are 15.4 inch laptops cheaper than 13.4-14.1 inch laptops? I would think it should be the opposite since there's more material involving in bigger notebooks.

 

Guess on my part. More engineering to fit things in smaller space and keep cool. Higher production volume lowers unit cost (15.4)? Also even though I do agree you are correct they do cost more. It does in some cases get slightly subjective when comparing across size as finding identical case/component across sizes can be difficult to impossible in some models.

Marketing does come into play. The first explanation I gave about size? Someone could legitimately ask well what about 17"? They cost more than 15.4? True as a rule seems that way. Well have to go to my second point about production volume. But marketing does come into play. They do gear 17" at least in advertising as "Media" "desktop replacement" and never put it past MFG's to squeeze any last penny they can. But I would also suggest that it could be as OP asks.

In this case that likely is true because it is not offset by the greater engineering requirements I mentioned with smaller.

And the obvious and irrefutable non arguable correct answer is? The market determines the price. Says it all but says nothing useful at the same time. Similar to the majority of my posts.

 

I believe that it's because 15.4" is the most commonly bought size. Therefore, more competition to try and meet the demand equals decreased price to be competitive.

 

That logic makes sense, what about the days when there were 11-13 inch standard ratio notebooks? If they were able to fit a lot of parts in smaller laptops 5-6 years ago, I don't get why they can't do in this day and age.

 

They because back then they weren't able to make bigger screens... Just remember how thick they were lol. They can still fit them into smaller notebooks, but remember the also tend to make ultraportables very thin and light which cost even more to cramp everything in. And then LV and ULV CPUs costs more.

 

I don't disagree I do agree but think I understand what you mean more than what you said. And what you meant gets back to a point I made. Higher production volume can lower unit cost? And will add (did not mention before) greater supply equals lower cost.

As you stated? It is really the opposite outcome. All else being equal (supply) demand raises prices not lowers?

Economics from the dropout. Greater supply=lower price, greater demand=higher price. Then realize neither are absolute but relative.

 

they need to design how to put the hardware in the limited space in the small laptop`

and they need to put the powerfull hardware in the big big laptop``

so we can see the 15.4s are cheaper than others`