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By Squonk
#1246 Prices are continuing to drop: $3.33 / 2 pieces
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shi ... 31879.html

It is now < $3.00 for only 10 pieces:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shi ... 31879.html

I hope they are not playing with the crystal quality or SPI Flash quality... For a few 1,0000 pieces, the manufacturing cost is $2.00~$2.50, so if you add shipping, their margin is really small!

The newest ESP-01 design seems to be the norm.