A few days ago, apple announced an increase in the sale price of some laptops and tablets on various markets around the world, ranging from 16 to 25 per cent. The graduation season was marked by hot sales of digital products and significant increases in the price of multiple popular computer-types on the domestic market。
At a computer sales store in shenzhen, jianbei, the head of the shop introduced a video game laptop to financial and economic journalists. This computer was on the market in july and august last year at a retail price of about $7,000, and the final sale price has now exceeded a thousand。
At the end of the graduation season, laptops with high performance and ai functionality are popular with the student community, and the booming demand has led to some price increases. Even with the state subsidy and the exclusive benefits for the graduates of advanced examinations, the price of high-supplied laptops remains above $10,000。
In addition to popular playbooks, the prices of ordinary business notebooks have generally increased. The type of machine that was on the market for less than $4,000 last year has been virtually elusive this year, while the increase in medium- and high-end notebooks has generally ranged from $500 to $1,500。
Since the last quarter of last year, the price of core components such as memory, hard drives and cpus and graphic cards has generally increased as a result of the outbreak of global ai computing needs. A number of dealers have had to adjust their final retail prices frequently since the beginning of the year in the face of the manufacturer's offer。
Computer hardware costs are high
Distinction in vendor inventory management
The retailer of computer accessories in shenzhen, jianxi, stated that there had been a marked increase in the price of memory bars for one of the core parts of computers in the last two days, which had disrupted the smoothness of the previous week. Of which -
The most significant increase in the ddr5 memory price was the 32g 6000mhz-specified ddr5 memory, which rose by about $300 in two days
The ddr4 memory price also increased, but the increase was relatively small。
The increase in the price of the memory strip is only a microcosm of the rising cost of the entire computer market. Since this year, storage costs have increased dramatically in pc (i. E., personal computers) and the proportion of the overall material cost has risen from the traditional 15 per cent to more than 30 per cent, with high-end models exceeding 35 per cent。
Faced with rising costs and price fluctuations, computer distributors show a marked differentiation in inventory management。
Some businesses choose to operate “light stocks” to avoid risk。
“to the minimum extent possible now, there are guaranteed sales of about 10 days, both for a month or two.”
Others, on the other hand, have increased their availability in view of the cost of lockouts。
“the attitude is that we've been making up for the load. Even if they don't do anything these days, they'll make up for it
Second-hand computer trading and maintenance operations heating up
The continued high price of computer terminals triggered a chain reaction in the consumer market. In the electronic market in shenzhen, china and north, second-hand computer transactions and old machine maintenance operations have increased since this year。
High new prices have led to a shift in the eyes of some consumers towards alternatives. A number of businesses indicated that, as a result of the increase in new machine prices, many consumers with office needs sought second-hand equipment with higher value in order to control costs, leading to double increases in second-hand computer advice and sales。
In addition to second-hand trading, computer maintenance and upgrading operations are also “reversely up”. According to the maintenance shop owner, because of the high price of the new machine, some customers chose to extend the useful life of old computers by upgrading spare parts such as hard drives。
