Take it worth a grain of salt, but I heard (and wouldn't be suprised) that it is supposed to be a direct replacement of the 8525, meaning replacing the price...I'm assuming that it also means the price will follow (ie: when 8525 came out, price for 8125, which was 299.99 at the time, dropped to 199.99, and 8525 was 299.99) I expect something similar, barring possibly a (very) shortly lived higher price due to initial demand...