iPhone 6/6 Plus Chinese version on sale day rush to buy guide

One month after the first batch of iPhones were released, on October 17th, Beijing time, Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will finally be available in mainland China, and many domestic users finally have the opportunity to arrange their purchase plans. According to incomplete data, the total sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have exceeded 20 million, which exceeds the sales of iPhone 5s and 5c in the same period last year. In such a severe situation, do you know how to buy the Chinese version of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as soon as possible? Today, the author brings a comprehensive purchase guide that I hope will help you.

Anxious: Four ways to get the goods on the 17th

For Apple fans who have been waiting for a long time, how to get the goods on the 17th is their biggest concern.

Method 1: Make an appointment on Apple's official website on the 14th and pick up the product at an Apple store on the 17th;

Method 2: Pick up the product from Apple’s designated authorized dealers on the 17th;

Method 3: Make an appointment in advance on the official websites of the three major operators, and pick up the goods at the operator store on the 17th or wait for online delivery;

Method 4: Buy the machine from scalpers or parallel import dealers.

In addition, although reservations can be made on the official website on the 10th of this month, the delivery cycle by express delivery is generally 2-3 weeks, which is slower; in addition, reservations can also be made through virtual operators, but the delivery time is also unknown.

Price: iPhone 6 starts at 5,288 yuan in China, iPhone 6 Plus starts at 6,088 yuan in China

The Chinese version of iPhone 6 is available in gold, silver or space gray. The suggested retail price of the 16GB model is RMB 5,288, the 64GB model is RMB 6,088, and the 128GB model, which is offered for the first time, is priced at RMB 6,888.

The 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus sold in China is also available in gold, silver or space gray. The suggested retail price for the 16GB model is RMB 6,088, the 64GB model is RMB 6,888, and the 128GB model is RMB 7,788.

By comparing the prices with other versions of the phone, we can see that the Chinese version of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the most expensive, but the advantage is that they support full network access and have the most comprehensive warranty policy.

Time: Two appointments on October 10 and 14

First, you need to know three important time nodes: October 10th, October 14th, and October 17th.

To explain in detail, users can pre-order iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus through the Apple Online Store starting from Friday, October 10. Users who have successfully made a reservation will wait for the delivery notice from the Apple Online Store starting from October 17, when the phone will be delivered to their door by mail.

On October 14, users can make reservations for the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. According to an employee of the Apple App Store Huamao store, users who successfully made reservations on the 14th will be screened by lottery, and the successfully selected users will be able to pick up their products directly at the Apple store on Friday, October 17. In other words, users who are eligible to purchase on October 14 will get their new iPhones faster than users who made reservations on October 10.

On October 17, users who successfully made an appointment on the 14th can pick up their iPhones in the store on the 17th. In addition to Apple stores, all Apple authorized stores will also sell iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. For details, please refer to the list of authorized stores on Apple's official website.

Contract: The three major domestic operators already support reservations

During the National Day holiday, the three major domestic operators opened the relevant reservation interface in advance. With the sale of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China on the 17th, the relevant operator-customized models will also be released at the same time.

China Mobile will officially launch iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus nationwide on October 17. The announcement shows that China Mobile users can order iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus through China Mobile business halls, 10086 portal website, 10085 hotline, 4G Huifen WeChat platform and JD.com starting from October 10. China Mobile users can purchase bare metal or contract versions. Bare metal is a full network model. Users who choose to purchase bare metal will receive 2GB of traffic per month for 2 months. In addition, customers who purchase bare metal through China Mobile's authorized installment payment channels by the end of December 2014 can enjoy installment payment benefits.

In terms of contract phones, China Mobile offers two plans: "prepay to buy a phone with discount" and "buy a phone and get free phone credits". However, the contract phone version does not support WCDMA and FDD-LTE, and can only be enabled when roaming overseas. China Mobile's old users are allowed to buy iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus without changing their phone numbers. China Mobile offers 12, 18, 24, and 36-month contract periods, allowing users to choose from packages ranging from 58 to 588 yuan.

China Unicom's official website also supports advance booking, but no relevant discount packages have been released yet. It is worth noting that Unicom's old users can also make reservations for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and can renew their contract plans without changing their numbers. It is reported that Unicom's customized iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus may be full network compatible versions.

China Telecom will also sell the all-network version of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. China Telecom offers a promotion for users who make reservations: deposit 100 yuan to get 400 yuan of phone bills. Users can change packages freely. At the same time, China Telecom also provides 177 premium numbers for users who customize packages.

Suggestion: When purchasing a customized machine, you need to calculate the purchase price and package items

The only suspense now is the difference in packages between the customized iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. However, if you look at the pricing strategy of the iPhone 5s last year, you will find that although China Telecom's contract price of 5,288 yuan is the cheapest, the included call charges are relatively small, only 1,290 yuan. China Unicom's contract price is 5,499 yuan, including the most 1,900 yuan call charges. China Mobile's contract price is 5,488 yuan, including call charges of 1,440 yuan. Therefore, consumers are reminded here that they should not only look at the contract price when buying a contract phone, but also calculate the actual purchase price and the data and call duration included in the package.

Futures: Mainstream e-commerce and virtual operators can also snap up

In addition to Apple's official website, retail stores, authorized stores, and operator-customized phones, users can also choose to make reservations online at JD.com, Amazon , Suning, Gome , or virtual operators. Users can now log in to the reservation interface to make reservations directly, but the speed of getting the goods should be similar to the progress of making reservations on the official website online store.

Differences: What are the differences between the different versions sold in China?

If we log in to Apple's official website, you will see that there will be four versions of the licensed products to be released soon. The iPhone 6 is the A1586 and A1589 version, and the iPhone 6 Plus is the A1524 and A1539 version. Like the international version, the licensed A1586 (iPhone 6) and A1524 (iPhone 6 Plus) support all networks, including TDD-LTE, FDD-LTE, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000, CDMA 1X and GSM networks. The 2, 3, and 4G SIM cards of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom can be used in these two phones.

According to the current network conditions of operators, it is very likely that this year's retail version of iPhone 6 and the customized versions of iPhone 6 and Plus for China Unicom and China Telecom are the above two models, with no essential difference.

The A1589 (iPhone 6) and A1593 (iPhone 6 Plus) are castrated versions that only support TDD-LTE, TD-SCDMA and GSM networks. Judging from the network standard, they should be customized models of China Mobile, because China Mobile has not obtained the FDD experimental network operation license. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stipulates that China Mobile's 4G products need to shield FDD and the 3G frequency bands of the other two major operators. Therefore, the so-called castrated version of iPhone 6 will appear.

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