[Woung1938]

The most plausible explanation is that the tech is patented to such a degree that producing this kind of solutions is just not economically viable.

[AshamedCaptain]

Always with this excuse, but I really doubt it. There's just a million manufacturers of this or technology similar to this. Many of them have failed and people usually would only notice and care _after_ they failed.

[mbar84]

Considering how long ago the OLPC project was, hopefully the patents are running out soon.

[Qwertious]

Patents aren't the main problem here; the lower refresh rate and resolution mean not many people want it.

Fewer people wanting it means lower economy of scale and higher prices, which means even fewer still.

[Qwertious]

The most plausible explanation is that it's expensive because there's no economy economy of scale, and that there's no economy of scale because people don't want to pay extra for a worse quality screen even if it has a slightly better battery life.