Hey, I advise you, don't buy the first mobile phone if you can, otherwise you will most likely be like me and become a big injustice.
Here's the reason for the incident, didn't Xiaomi release its own super-large cup flagship Xiaomi 14 Ultra in February this year? I watched the press conference, and I took the company's evaluation machine for more than half a month in advance, because it took pictures really top, so I didn't think about it at the time and rushed to the top version of the first release:
As a result, the mobile phone has not been used much, it has dropped by almost two or three hundred in third-party channels, and when it was released for more than a month, the top version has dropped by more than six or seven hundred, and now more than two months have passed, and it has dropped by nearly a thousand or so.
Although digital products are bought early and enjoyed early, and discounts are enjoyed when bought late, if I knew that it would drop so much from the beginning, I would definitely not choose to rush to the first time Okay, two months is not unbearable, the more than 1,000 yuan saved, and you can also buy a 1,000-yuan machine~
Of course, I didn't mean to say this to Xiaomi,14 Ultra This phone is very good,I'm very happy to use it during this time,I don't regret buying it at all,It's just that it's just a matter of its price reduction speed.,Eat a trench and grow a wisdom,Anyway, I won't think about rushing to the first place again。
Seeing this, don't think that you will not be backstabbed as long as you avoid Xiaomi for the first time in the future.
Let's just put it this way, don't look at the price reduction of Xiaomi mobile phones, in fact, other brands are not much better, especially the flagship models they launched, the new machine broke on the first day, and then the price plunged after a month or two is nothing new, basically all brands are like this.
Just to name two examples.
OPPO Find X7 Ultra, released in January this year, when the 16GB+512GB top-of-the-line version was priced at 6999, and now it has dropped by 500 on the official website, during which the official also launched a limited phone case event, and this mobile phone is not even 5800 on third-party platforms.
iPhone 15 series,Released in mid-September last year,As a result, in October of the same year, it rushed to the first place in the hot search because of the price reduction of the whole system,15/15 Plus 128GB version has been reduced by more than 800 yuan on the e-commerce platform,Pro series has dropped by more than 1,000 yuan,It is said that Apple retains its value,I don't think it maybe~
A while ago, Ku'an made a diving range table for each flagship machine on the @孤栖者Qizhe, among which the fastest price reduction is Samsung S24 Ultra, which dived 2000+ in two months after the release of this mobile phone, followed by Samsung S24, followed by the super-large cup flagships of each family:
Hey, I can only say that the more expensive the mobile phone, the faster the dive, if it is replaced by a thousand-yuan machine, no matter how much diving will drop by a few hundred at most~
After all, mobile phone manufacturers can only decide the price of official channels, and how much third-party e-commerce platforms like tens of billions of subsidies want to sell is their business, and the reference is of little significance.
There is some truth to this statement.
However, I think that the third-party platform can reflect the real situation of a mobile phone, because the official can nail the price, and the mobile phone will not be reduced from the release to the next generation of new products, anyway, there are so many shipping channels, and it will not have much impact on sales.
According to the report given by the research agency CIRP, in the U.S. market, the majority of iPhone shipments are major operators, and no matter how other channels reduce prices, the official website and directly operated stores will not reduce prices, while maintaining the high-end tonality of the brand~
What's more, the same mobile phone, on the premise of confirming that the machine is brand new and there is no problem, many people, including me, often buy which platform is cheaper, if you think the price is expensive, you choose to wait or simply consider other brands of mobile phones.
In my opinion, there are two main reasons for the rapid price reduction of mobile phones: one is that its product power and brand image are not enough to support its price;
Of course, for us, it doesn't matter the reason for the price reduction, the most important thing is to choose the right time to buy the phone, so that we can save money.
During this time, I also paid attention to it and found such a rule: when a new machine is released, it usually first ushers in a wave of small price reductions on Xianyu, such as a drop of one or two hundred or two or three hundred, and among the people who sell these new machines, there are both individual sellers and dealers.
Individual sellers often sell new phones in order to cash out, such as buying thousands of mobile phones with credit cards for 24 interest-free periods, and then selling them to others at a low price, and the loss is equivalent to the cash-out fee.
After a month or two, the tens of billions of subsidies from major platforms will be launched one after another, and hundreds of subsidies will be given, during which 618 or double 11 or something will be promoted, and the price reduction will be increased accordingly, and after a while, the decline will tend to stabilize.
So my advice is - if you really want to buy a new phone, wait for it to be on the market for two months or wait for 618, double 11 and then consider buying the most suitable, of course, this advice is only for those who can continue to use the old phone, if the old phone really can't be used, then hurry up and replace it.
In addition, it may also be taking into account that we have this concern, I noticed that many manufacturers have now launched the corresponding "value preservation and renewal" service, when buying a new machine, we can choose whether to buy these services, as long as we have this service, the next time we replace the new machine you can get the trade-in deduction.
For example, Apple has a plan to refresh the next iPhone every year, and the old iPhone can enjoy at least 50% off the original retail price as long as it meets certain conditions:
In addition, Xiaomi has also launched a premium trade-in program, in the 6th to 13th months after purchasing the service, buy a new Xiaomi phone again, as long as the old phone meets the condition of 9% new and above, it can maintain 50%/60% of its value:
I'll do the math for you according to last year's model.
Although, it is not as cost-effective to go to these value-preserving and renewal services as to sell old machines on major second-hand platforms, but it is convenient and trouble-free, and those who don't want to toss can indeed consider a wave~
At the end of the article, I still hope that mobile phone manufacturers can be real when pricing in the future, after all, many users are the first to recognize the product and brand, and the price will be reduced not long after the mobile phone arrives.
For now, perhaps only by waiting for the party can we usher in the final victory~