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The birth of every thing will be accompanied by prejudice. Since the exposure of some configurations of iPhone 14 at the beginning of the year, many netizens have defined iPhone 14 as a model of "no innovation" and "living old money and clearing inventory". Many people even waited for the release of iPhone 14 to find a bargain to buy the iPhone 13 series that has reduced prices. But at present, it's still too early to do this. How many days will the iPhone 14 be released? Will the iPhone 14 increase its price? Is the iPhone 14 worth buying? Let's take a look at the configuration update summary first.
First of all, Apple will hold a 2022 autumn new product launch conference at 1 a.m. on September 8, and its iPhone 14 series will officially meet us. As the press conference approaches, the leaked information of the iPhone 14 series is becoming more and more complicated, and there is even news that the "scalper price" has been released before the new phone has been released.
On the eve of the press conference, some bloggers released a poster of the iPhone 14 series pre-sale event for offline stores. As expected, the price was the early scalper price, which was basically sold at a price increase. At the same time, a new model called iPhone 14 Plus appeared, rather than the rumored Max.
Specifically, the price of iPhone 14 starts at 6699 yuan, iPhone 14 Plus starts at 7399 yuan, iPhone 14 Pro starts at 9899 yuan, and the pre-sale price of the super-large iPhone 14 Pro Max starts at 10899 yuan.
The starting price of the super large cup reaches five digits, and the iPhone 14 Plus also costs 7,399 yuan, which is more expensive than most Android flagships. However, this price is not the official final price, but the estimated price after the scalpers' price increase. It is recommended that consumers wait for Apple to announce the official price before considering whether to buy it.
It is worth mentioning that in recent times, there have been a lot of leaks and discussions on the price of the iPhone 14 series. According to foreign netizens, the iPhone 14 series will be available on September 16, with all four models starting at 128GB, with prices ranging from US$799 (about RMB 5,518) to US$1,699 (about RMB 11,734). Among them, the price of the iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB version is about US$1,699 (about RMB 11,734), which should not be as exaggerated as close to RMB 14,000.
There is also early August, Apple broke the news that the number one Kuo Mingchi publicly released a new prediction analysis on social platforms, saying that compared with the iPhone 13 series, the average selling price of the iPhone 14 series will rise by about 15%, reaching US$1,000 to US$1,050. There are other news that Apple's initial stock volume remains unchanged from 90 million to 100 million units, becoming the hope for the mobile phone supply chain in the second half of the year.
Also, analysts at market research firm DSCC said that a large majority of panel shipments in the quarter were related to the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and 28% of panels were produced for this model. At the same time, this model also accounts for 29% of the total output on the production side, which is nearly one-third of the proportion.
Simply put, Apple will use the Pro series as its main force this year, rather than the previous standard version.
Kuo Mingchi explained to the media that the main reason for the rise in average prices this time is that inflation factors have led to the increase in costs of Apple phones and the higher shipment ratio.
It should be noted that the 15% increase in the forecast is not the launch price of the iPhone 14, but the average selling price, which is calculated based on the shipment volume of the iPhone 14 series and the ratio of each specification.
In addition, according to media reports, news came out of the supply chain that the stocking progress of iPhone 14 new phones was ahead of schedule, and more than 34 million new phones have been produced so far. The media also said that the premium model will increase by $100.
In addition, Mingmei Infinity will also mention today that Bloomberg Mark Gurman said in the latest PowerOn newsletter that the new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are expected to be equipped with larger batteries, which may compensate for the increased power consumption of the AOD display. Gurman also expects that the SIM slots of certain iPhone 14 models may be removed, and the AirPods Pro 2 will be released with the iPhone 14.
Although longer battery life is always the primary wish of customers, the addition of larger batteries to this year's high-end iPhones may be the direct result of adding a constant-lit display.
In addition to the energy savings brought by the lower refresh rate, the larger battery on the iPhone 14 Pro may compensate the user for the battery life loss when using this feature. These two changes occur concurrently with the power efficiency improvements of the upcoming A16 Bionic chip, which is expected to support new "Pro" iPhone phones.
In addition, Mingmei Unlimited learned that the iPhone 14 Pro model has a new "pill + single punch" screen to replace the notch grooved screen, a faster A16 chip, faster memory, an upgraded 48-megapixel rear camera, supports 8K video recording, and AOD screen display showing time and date, iOS 16 new lock screen widget component and a new status bar battery percentage icon.
Other color schemes, it is reported that the basic version of iPhone 14 has 6 colors: green, blue, black, white, red, and purple (newly added), while the iPhone 14 Pro has 5 colors: silver, gold, graphite, green, and purple (newly added); compared with this year's iPhone 13 series, it lacks far peak blue, but retains Cangling Green, let's look forward to it together!
In response to this, some netizens said: "The price of basic 14 is enough to buy 13p, this generation of Apple is not worth it at all." "I was hesitant, but now I'm fine, I won't consider it." "It's so expensive, it's better to buy a folding screen." "I'm waiting for the final official pricing, it doesn't feel that it's too expensive." "I really have this price for pro, so I'll wait for another year." "I think I can last until 16 before changing my phone."
Finally, Mingmei Unlimited gives some reference suggestions for purchasing new iPhone 14 series phones:
If you are not particularly anxious to change the phone, it is not recommended that you buy it for the first time. On the one hand, the hardware of iPhone 14 this time has changed a lot, especially iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, exclamation mark screen, 48 million cameras, satellite communications and other new hardware upgrades, plus the major version update of iOS 16, there is a probability of a failure. Although it is not very large, it still exists. In addition, new scalpers and dealers will definitely sell iPhone 14 at a significant price increase, especially iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models. Of course, you can try to rush to buy Apple's self-operated stores or official website in the early stage, and there is no need to increase the price to eat. According to the previous rules of iPhone release, the price will generally gradually return to normal within 3-4 months after the release, and some channels will even take a slight price reduction to recover everyone's attention. This time node is just around the Spring Festival. Whether it is for self-use or for giving away time, it is very suitable to buy it. You can also show it at family or classmate reunions.
If you want to buy iPhone 14 in a more cost-effective way, I recommend buying it during the 618th year of the following year, because this is the best time to buy iPhone. The popularity of new products is still very high, but the discount is the greatest at this time. The most important thing is that at this time, there will be no large number of resource machines, refurbished machines, and second-hand mobile phones entering the market, making it more secure to buy.
Of course, will Apple phones have certain discounts in price when the sales of the iPhone 13 series soared last year? Will it continue to maintain a price similar to the iPhone 13 series to ensure the sales of the iPhone 14 series? There is no press conference now, so we dare not say it. But we will be sure that while the performance doubles, the iPhone 14 series should have a certain increase.
Overall, iPhone 14 Pro still has some updates worth looking forward to. But the price naturally rose, and it is still worth buying for those who are not short of money. If you can only support purchasing iPhone 14, you should just buy the iPhone 13, which has been reduced in price.
is so good, iPhone 14 is coming soon, I wonder if your wallet is ready? If you have anything else to say about Apple's iPhone 14 coming soon, you might as well leave a message in the comment section for Mingmei Unlimited to participate in the discussion!
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