On the 18th, a technology blogger broke the news that the scalper in the landmark Guangzhou said on his circle of friends that the Apple phones bought from the price increase could not be sold at all, and he had to set up street stalls on the roadside to sell them at a loss.

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I really didn't expect that the situation suddenly changed within a week, and the scalpers who reselled Apple phones were about to cry...

18, a technology blogger broke the news that the scalpers in the landmark Guangzhou said on WeChat Moments that the Apple phones bought from the price increase could not be sold at all, and they had to set up street stalls on the side of the road to sell at a loss.

There are also big Vs saying that Huaqiangbei’s scalpers were collectively defeated, and Apple was paid 100 yuan after the price increase was 14 yuan, and no one wanted the loss.

scalpers cried. The first release broke the issue and the top version of dropped by more than 700 yuan

According to Apple Fan Home, the price increase and premium of the iPhone 14 Pro series in the morning was close to 2,000 yuan, and the price increase of the Pro Max was more than 2,000 yuan. However, in a few hours in the afternoon, it may be that due to the large number of goods arrived in the market, the market fell sharply in the afternoon, and the iPhone 14 fell below the issue price. The most exaggerated thing about

is the iPhone14 512G, which is 739 yuan lower than the official starting price. It is said that the wholesale price of 512G channel has even dropped to 7,850 yuan, a full drop of 850 yuan.

According to relevant channel traders, due to insufficient sincerity in upgrading, the iPhone 14 quickly broke the issue price in line with market expectations. The fundamental reason for the top-end 512G is that the premium is too high. The difference between 256G and 512G is 1,800 yuan, which is actually a bit outrageous. The price is close to the 256G version of iPhone 14Pro, so it is expected to quickly lose the price. The iPhone 14Pro series has significantly improved in terms of screen, chip and image, and is more popular with users. Among them, the ProMax model has better advantages in both screen and battery life, and is the most popular with users, so the supply is in short supply.

resulted very quickly, and even the price of iPhone 14pro dropped rapidly. Some netizens revealed that they had grabbed two iPhone 14 Pro Maxes and sold them to scalpers in the morning at an additional price of 1,600. The next afternoon, the official website price increased by 100 and bought them from the scalpers. Rounding them is equivalent to making a pure profit of 3,000 yuan.

and the most popular iPhone 14 Pro Max currently only needs to be priced at a few hundred yuan. According to Qianjiang Evening News on the 17th, a "scalper" complained to reporters that the iPhone 14 Pro Max he received was sold at 1,800 yuan, which was only sold at 600 yuan.

Another "scalper" who calls himself Brother Sun said that the iPhone 14 is now losing 100 yuan, the iPhone 14 Pro is 300 yuan, the 1T gold and white iPhone 14 Pro Max is 500 yuan, and the black and dark purple is 600 yuan.

"The iPhone is not selling well now. In the past few years, a mobile phone made five or six thousand yuan. Now if you dare to stay overnight, you will be waiting to lose money." Brother Sun complained that the Pro Max was priced at 2,800 yuan yesterday morning, and the priced at 2,500 yuan yesterday afternoon, and it was down like this today.

Global hot sales

The total market value evaporated by 1.4 trillion

Whether the scalpers were crying or not, it was a real sales volume for Cook .

Due to too many pre-orders, many Apple fans complained on the Internet, saying, "Every year of pre-ordering iPhone is a mess. This year is no exception! This year may be the worst year, and I couldn't get it done after 45 minutes."

Because the iPhone 14 series is too popular, some institutions predict that the global sales of the iPhone 14 series in 2022 will be about 83.5 million units, and it will still become the world's best-selling smartphone. The news of

has greatly stimulated Apple's stock price. On the evening of the 12th, the share price of Apple rose 3.9%, setting the largest single-day increase since May 27, with the stock price closing at $163.43.

Unexpectedly, on the evening of the 13th, the amazing CPI data in the United States was disclosed, and technology stock fell sharply, and Apple failed to escape the disaster, falling nearly 6%.

September 16,

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(Beijing Apple Sanlitun Retail Store)

(Singapore Apple Orchard Road Retail Store)

(New York Apple Fifth Avenue Retail Store)

However, even though Apple fans around the world are crazy about it, Apple's stock price still fails to go crazy.On September 16, after Apple fell by more than 2% during the session, the decline narrowed. As of the close, it closed at US$150.9, with a total market value of 2.42 trillion, evaporating US$200 billion (equivalent to RMB 1.4 trillion) from 2.63 trillion on the 12th.

According to research by financial data and analysis company S3 Partners, as of Wednesday (September 13), Apple's short positions were US$18.4 billion, exceeding Tesla's short positions of US$17.4 billion.

(Tesla in blue and Apple in red)

S3 Partners reported that Tesla has been the stock with the highest short positions in Wall Street for 864 days since April 2020. Both companies have far surpassed Microsoft, the third-ranked short positions - as of Wednesday, Microsoft had a short position of $11 billion.