China News Service Client Beijing, April 9 (Reporter Wu Tao) Recently, a number of new 5G mobile phones have been on sale, and prices have continued to bottom out. Last year, the news of 10,000 yuan on 5G mobile phones was unforgettable. Now you can buy a good 5G mobile phone in the early 2000s. Are you excited? Is the 5G mobile phone price war really coming?

Millet 10 is equipped with a 100 million pixel camera. Image source: screenshot from the official website

5G mobile phones will be released in 2020

Recently, 5G mobile phones have been released in the spring of 2020, many of which are still on sale, including Xiaomi 10 series, Huawei P40 series, Redmi K30 Pro series, Honor 30S series, etc. In addition to the iPhone 5G version, there is still no news, other well-known mobile phone manufacturers Almost all of this year's new 5G mobile phones.

Not surprisingly, the 5G mobile phone war in 2020 is still making a fuss about shooting. It is rare to see 5G mobile phones with a rear camera below 48 million pixels. No wonder netizens say that they plan to buy a camera and then buy a mobile phone.

For example, the rear camera of Xiaomi 10 has been increased to 100 million pixels 8K movie camera, Huawei P40 series rear 50 million pixel camera, OPPO Find X2 series rear camera also has 48 million pixels.

Now mobile phone manufacturers are no longer shooting the moon, and are starting to shoot more than macro shooting (Netizen: Do you want to shoot bacteria?). The recently released Redmi K30 Pro has a macro lens at the rear. In the words of Xiaowei Group's vice president Lu Weibing, this is the normal 50mm telephoto macro function of a microscope. The Honor 30S is also a 64-megapixel four-camera with four lenses: high-definition, wide-angle, telephoto, and macro.

According to the reporter's observation, almost all new 5G phones released this year support independent networking and non-independent networking. Therefore, netizens no longer need to consider "true and fake 5G" when buying new 5G mobile phones. Also, many new 5G mobile phones released this year have begun to support Wi-Fi 6, with a maximum rate of 9.6Gbps.

In addition, foldable is also a trend of mobile phones this year. Huawei released the Mate Xs 5G foldable phone, and Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Flip. The only drawback is that the Galaxy Z Flip is not a 5G version. In addition, these foldable phones generally need to make an appointment to snap up, and some manufacturers do not support returning goods without reason for 7 days after unpacking.

Some netizens like foldable phones, because they are more suitable for palms, pockets and handbags when folded, just like a wallet. Some netizens teased, "Isn't this the flip phone 10 years ago? I waited so long to show me this?"

Many mobile phones have added macro cameras. Image source: Screenshot from Huawei Mall

5G mobile phone shipments decline, price war is coming?

There are many new 5G mobile phones, but the current data shows that 5G mobile phone sales have not increased significantly. According to data from the China Information and Communications Institute, from January to February 2020, the total domestic mobile phone market shipments were 27.197 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 44.0%. Among them, 7.845 million 5G mobile phones.

In February, the overall domestic mobile phone market shipped 6.384 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 56.0%, including 2.38 million 5G mobile phones. Through data comparison, it is not difficult to find that compared with January, 5G mobile phone sales did not increase but fell in February .

In order to promote sales, many 5G mobile phones have recently started a price reduction mode. On March 30, Honor released the 30S series of mobile phones, starting at 2,399 yuan. On the same day, Lu Weibing, vice president of Xiaomi Group, announced that the price of the Redmi K30 5G version was reduced by 200 yuan, and the 8GB + 128GB version was 2399 yuan. On April 9, the Redmi K30 5G version of Xiaomi's "Rice Noodle Festival" was reduced by another 200 yuan.

Some 5G phones released last year are also being reduced in price. Mate 20 X 5G version, many e-commerce platforms currently show that the price has dropped to more than 3,000 yuan, almost 40% off the sale price.

Even the iPhone, which has always been stable in price, couldn't hold back. On April 3, the Jingdong platform showed that the maximum coupon for the iPhone 11 series was reduced by 1,600 yuan. Although it is not a 5G mobile phone, this is the first large-scale and large-scale price reduction in China since the launch of the iPhone 11.

However, many netizens still hold a wait-and-see attitude towards 5G mobile phones. "Wait a minute, maybe the price will drop." "There is no need to buy 5G mobile phones now, and 5G packages are too expensive to use."

Data Map: The 5G era is coming. Photo by Wu Tao

Why is sales difficult to climb?

According to data released by the three major operators, as of the end of February, China Mobile ’s 5G package subscribers had reached 15.4 million, China Telecom ’s 5G subscribers were 10.73 million, and China Unicom has not separately announced the number of 5G users. Calculated in this way, as of the end of February, China's 5G subscribers exceeded 26 million. It seems that 5G users are developing well.

However, CICC issued a report on March 26, noting that operators are adopting a 5G user-defined approach that is based on packages and decoupled from mobile phones. There may be a risk that 5G mobile phone sales will lag significantly behind the growth of 5G user numbers.

In addition, the total number of mobile users is currently peaking. According to data released by the three major operators, from January to February, the three major operators lost about 20 million users. The three major operators' 2019 financial reports also mentioned that the user bonus quickly subsided.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of the end of February, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 1.58 billion, which was basically the same as the same period last year.

According to other sources, due to the epidemic, some mobile phone production lines have been shut down. Currently, Samsung Electronics has halted production out of 37 production lines worldwide. The iPhone has been slow to launch new products for the spring of 2020. In addition, Apple's official website restricts the purchase of many iPhones such as the iPhone 11. Some analysts believe that the iPhone supply chain may also be affected by the epidemic.

However, independent telecommunications analyst Fu Liang analyzed that buying 5G mobile phones is the trend, because this year the three major operators will cover most prefecture-level cities 5G, 5G mobile phones are a few hundred yuan more expensive than 4G mobile phones, who will buy 4G mobile phones? In addition, there will be several wave of price reductions for operators' 5G packages this year, but this requires a process. (Finish)