The Pi zero is dead to me. Price might be one thing but lack of availability makes it useless. I like running Merves on it but will move to AtomVM and Esp32 where I can.

The lack of availability is basically the only reason they are releasing this new version.

They stopped making the lpddr2 dram that the old SoCs used a few years back, and now most of the stock has dried up.

The Pi 4 SoC used lpddr4, and I’m pretty sure they are still making it.