Hi Patrick, I am a reader from China, would like to share a few things about this.
Given the currently leaked website, it is very likely this would be the final MSRP in China for the x-pro 2. But I don't think people should be disappointed by that too fast and there are still good reasons to believe the x-pro 2 price will be less than 1999.
1. Pricing of flagship product in China. China still has pretty steep tariff on all kinds of product, especially the higher-end ones, so as a rule of thumb high-end electronics generally has a MSRP that is 10-20% higher than prices in the area (Hong Kong, JP). Also, the consumer habit in China also contribute to this unfortunately, i.e. people loves to pay for expensive stuffs for the sake of "feeling better"
2. MSRP and distribution in China. Cameras are largely sold by a variety of local distributors, and they have a lot of freedom to set their own price, hence the "slightly higher" MSRP is quite often.
3. Pricing of previous products. This is perhaps the most telling piece of info. MSRP for the X-Pro 1 was 13899 CNY (which translate to well over 2100 USD)! In order words, At least in the Chinese market, Fuji seems to keep the launch price of the X-Pro 2 the same as X-Pro 1, which would be good news for most readers here, I assume. But (yes there is always a but) a more recent Fuji X-T1 only launch for 7900 CNY (which is around 1250 USD) in China in 2014, so readers should keep that in mind as well.
Conclusion:
I would wager the X-Pro 2 will mostly likely launch in the same price range as the X-Pro 1, I would be rather surprised if it goes over 1899.
