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IT Home October 28 news, today, Xiaomi REDMI product manager Hu Xinxin revealed that over the past 12 months, memory costs have continued to rise, increasing about 5.5 times, with the price of just the 12+256 configuration approaching 2000 yuan (public data from third-party institutions), so making the right trade-offs in phone products today is more demanding and more difficult.
IT Home notes that the Xiaomi REDMI K100 phone was released last night, with a limited-time special offer starting at 2999 yuan. The specific prices are as follows:
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12GB+256GB version suggested retail price 3499 yuan, Double 11 limited-time special offer 2999 yuan, national subsidy price 2549.15 yuan
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12GB+512GB version suggested retail price 4099 yuan, Double 11 limited-time special offer 3499 yuan, national subsidy price 2999 yuan
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16GB+512GB version suggested retail price 4499 yuan, Double 11 limited-time special offer 3899 yuan, national subsidy price 3399 yuan
According to a previous leak by blogger @数码闲聊站, several familiar phone product lines or tablet lines will soon stop receiving updates, because costs cannot be covered, and the more new devices are released, the more losses are incurred.
Since the beginning of this year, some phone manufacturers or brands have announced that they will stop updating. On February 27, Meizu issued a strategic transformation announcement, announcing the suspension of its domestic phone new product self-developed hardware projects, and it is actively contacting third-party hardware partners, while existing business is not affected in any way.
OPPO officially announced its sub-brand global product strategy on July 16: realme new products will focus on overseas markets and suspend product updates in the Chinese market; OnePlus will keep product updates in the Indian market unchanged while focusing on developing the Chinese market, and suspend releasing new products in Europe and North America.