This year's iPhone 14 is indeed a love and hateful way for many consumers. What I love is that the Pro series has been launched on Lingdong Island, which is the biggest change in iPhone models since iPhone X. At a glance, the pill in the middle of this screen is indeed a bit ugly, but in , Apple , through "innovation", allows users to feel the powerful interaction of Lingdong Island, and gives a not-so-perfect but reasonable answer.
hates that the iPhone 14 and iPhone 13 have almost no changes. Apart from the poorly perceived running memory and the new 12-megapixel sensor, there is no major change. Users are better at buying the iPhone 13 with a more affordable price.
The fact is also obvious. The sales of the iPhone 14 Pro series are directly sold out, while the sales of the iPhone 14 standard version is far from the previous iPhone models. I don’t know if it should praise Cook , or if it should ridicule him for wrong prediction of the Chinese market. Anyway, under this operation, more Apple users have been forced to buy the Pro series.
In fact, in addition to the configuration differentiation of iPhone 14 this year, there is also an inconspicuous "big move", that is, the US version officially cancels the physical SIM card. Although the Chinese iPhone 14 series still has a physical SIM card slot, it seems that it has little impact on us, but it has been a devastating blow to some second-hand/parallel goods markets. At least the Huaqiangbei market is cold.
You should know that the US version of iPhone can be said to be the big one in Huaqiangbei. With its cheap and affordable advantages, the US version of iPhone has seriously damaged Apple's interests in the Chinese market. This move cancelled the physical SIM card, which is beneficial to the localization of the US side, but it also attacked Huaqiangbei's black industrial chain. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
. It has been a month since the iPhone 14 was launched. The Huaqiangbei market is indeed as we expected, and the second-hand/parallel iPhone 14 business has suffered a fatal blow. I thought the Huaqiangbei market would become a passing cloud, but unexpectedly, today's news came, and the Huaqiangbei guys taught Apple and Cook another lesson.
First of all, let’s talk about the cause. When the iPhone 14 was released, Apple officially announced that the iPhone will officially be equipped with eSIM card . At that time, everyone thought that the official would make full use of the space occupied by the physical card slot before, but unexpectedly, after disassembly, the SIM card slot position was left on the American version of the motherboard, and the official did not completely cut off the back.
The latest news from blogger @UNCLE Crazy Uncle, Huaqiangbei merchants have announced that they have cracked the US version of iPhone 14 Pro, which not only realizes the physical SIM card, but also realizes dual-stop.
However, it should be noted that the US version of iPhone 14 Pro does not reserve a slot hole in the middle frame. If it is normally circulated in the market after cracking, it is necessary to replace the middle frame or punch holes in the original middle frame. In addition, the current videos are not clear enough and there is no hole in the border part, so we don’t know the specific situation.
However, whether it is replacing the middle frame or directly opening the hole will bring higher costs to cracking. For the American iPhone, which originally had the advantage of price, there may be no cost-effectiveness. It also brings problems such as waterproof and dustproof, signal stability, etc.
To sum up, although Huaqiangbei taught Apple another lesson and told the official, "You have Zhang Liang's plan, I have had a wall ladder", due to cost and reliability factors, the US version of iPhone will most likely become a small wave in history and will withdraw from the domestic iPhone market from then on.
