iPhone4 has been a mystery product since its launch. No matter how much is it, there are a lot of people getting this PHONE. As the largest mobile phone market in the world, people in mainland China have been using iPhone4 since it launched in the US, while it officially launched on 25 Sep 2010. The main iPhone4 supplies to the mainland China are from Hong Kong. This barely helped the economy in Hong Kong and mainland China. Let’s see the supply chain.
- A Hong Kong guy buys iPhone4 at $5888 online and sells the phone to a mobile phone store at $8000
- Mobile phone store sells the phone to someone in ShenZhen at $10000
- Someone in ShenZhen sells the phone to a rich man in China at $15000
When Apple limits the supplies of iPhone4, it actually helping 3 other parties to gain extra earnings. It’s very funny as there are actually more people using iPhone4 in mainland China than in Hong Kong. My uncle even asked me to help him to order 6 iPhone4 and get them back to mainland China.
For a $5888 phone, it’s more than the monthly salary of most people in China. You could see many people refusing to buy iPhone4 on forum.
http://game.ali213.net/thread-3288918-1-1.html
Well… that makes sense. Can’t earn such money, then just buy a normal phone. However, this is the truth.
iPhone 4 Launches in China to Thousands
What can you say?