After a long wait for a month, the iPhone 14 series has finally been fully launched. Different versions have encountered two different markets. The delivery cycle of the two Pro versions has been extended for several weeks, but no one cares about the standard version and the Plus version. Many scalpers complained that the pricing of Apple this year is obviously unreasonable. The new phone will break the issue and even have to pay more money before it can be sold. The old model has become a "real fragrance machine" and the price has risen.
Take the latest iPhone14 Plus as an example. The official website of the 128GB version is priced at 6999 yuan. The price of third-party scalpers can be reduced from 400 to 1000 yuan on the day of the sale. It is very rare in the past when the first release breaks. Some scalpers couldn't help but complain that Apple's pricing this year was very unreasonable, which obviously exceeded the psychological expectations of most consumers, resulting in many people wanting to consider the iPhone 13 series released last year. Salpers also seized the opportunity to increase the price of old models.
Many netizens remembered that when the iPhone 12 series was released, some people joked that "Apple Thirteen Scents". Now it seems that this sentence is really correct. Looking at Apple's third-generation products that support 5G, the iPhone 13 series is indeed the most cost-effective one. Moreover, more than just domestic netizens believe that overseas users give the same view, and the price trend chart of third-party markets can be used as good evidence.
In the past, when new Apple phones were released, third parties would lower the prices of old models to varying degrees. For example, after the new phone was released, the price of iPhone 8 was reduced by 38%, iPhone 11 was reduced by 15%, and iPhone 12 was reduced by 10%. However, after the new phone was released, the price of iPhone 13 increased by about 11%. This only shows that in the eyes of foreigners, the iPhone 14 series is indeed not attractive enough, so the iPhone 13 series has risen against the trend, as if a loud slap in the face of Apple.
new phone release has caused the old model to increase its price. Why is this embarrassing situation? In fact, the reasons can be summarized as two major reasons: configuration and appearance. Let’s talk about the appearance first. Although mobile phones are just electronic consumer products for ordinary people, it is not ruled out that there are a group of people who like to show off their new phones and replace them with new versions as soon as possible every year, which can satisfy their own "vanity". Although the iPhone 13 has not changed much compared to the previous generation, at least the image module has been slightly adjusted, but the iPhone 14/Plus has not changed at all. More importantly, it does not support "Lingdong Island" and dispels some people's desire to change phones.
Let’s look at the configuration. Even if there is no consideration of the changes in the appearance level, the iPhone 14 has not made much adjustments compared to the previous generation of hardware. At most, it only adds 2GB of running memory. Thanks to Apple's excellent background management mechanism, as long as you do not open dozens of programs in the background every day, there is almost no difference in daily experience, and the upgrade experience of consumers is not obvious. No matter what purpose, consumers do not have the desire to replace new phones.
Friends, what do you think about the price of iPhone13 rising after the release of the iPhone14 series?
