Goodbye 3999 yuan? Xiaomi 14 Pro May Break through 4000 yuan Price Point, Flagship Phone Price Increase Wave Arrives!

Goodbye 3999 yuan? Xiaomi 14 Pro May Break through 4000 yuan Price Point, Flagship Phone Price Increase Wave Arrives!According to sources, a certain manufacturer's new flagship phone is expected to be priced at 4299 yuan, with a storage version of 12GB+256GB. At the same time, most new flagship phones will also be seeing price increases

Goodbye 3999 yuan? Xiaomi 14 Pro May Break through 4000 yuan Price Point, Flagship Phone Price Increase Wave Arrives!

According to sources, a certain manufacturer's new flagship phone is expected to be priced at 4299 yuan, with a storage version of 12GB+256GB. At the same time, most new flagship phones will also be seeing price increases. This news means that price increases for new flagship phones seem to be a certainty, and Xiaomi, as the previous price trendsetter, will inevitably increase prices on its new flagship. Earlier, Lei Jun had clearly stated that the Xiaomi 14 would be the last digital series flagship starting at 3999 yuan, and that this price point would no longer be maintained in the future.

Behind this flagship phone price increase is the massive chip price surge brought about by the rise in TSMC's 3nm process fabrication costs. It is understood that the chip used in the new generation of flagship phones has seen a significant price increase, inevitably leading to an increase in the overall price of the phone. An earlier analyst report showed that the Snapdragon 8Gen4 chip, to be mass-produced in the second half of 2024, will see a 25%-30% price increase compared to the Snapdragon 8Gen3, reaching $190 to $200.

Besides the processor, the current storage chip market is also in a high price period, which is an additional cost burden for phone manufacturers, although the pressure is not as obvious as the processor cost increase. It is worth noting that the Apple iPhone 16 series is priced at the same level as the previous generation, but Apple's previous generation already uses the 3nm process chip, while the previous generation of Android platform phones use the 4nm process. Therefore, the pressure on Apple's cost increase is clearly not as great as that of Android models.

As for the specific pricing of new flagship phones, we don't have to wait long, we'll have the answer in October. Major manufacturers will be releasing their new generation of flagship phones one after another, and then we will be able to clearly see whether new flagship phones have truly entered an era of across-the-board price increases.