Inside iPhone 17 Hype & Struggle in China! (Before Launch) 🤯
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00:00The size is a little small, so you can see this.
00:03So 16 year. Oh, this is so thin.
00:06Apple has a serious problem in China, that is foldables.
00:11In China, you can get a foldable phone by some of the budget companies that I'm going to show
00:16for $1,000 or even less than $1,000.
00:19While Samsung is almost non-existent in China,
00:23I find people in subways carrying foldables, which is a new trend.
00:28Even foldables shipments increased this year in the last quarter in the US.
00:34Welcome to Huaqiangbei, finally again.
00:37Alright, let's start this video with two important quotes.
00:40I'm here to see the iPhone 17 hype in Huaqiangbei in Xinjiang, China.
00:45Number one quote by Confucius.
00:47It doesn't matter how slow you're going as long as you don't stop.
00:50Number two, if a bear or bear, however you want to pronounce it,
00:55if a bear is after you, your goal is to not beat the bear,
00:59but only the person running next to you.
01:02That is the story of Apple.
01:04Apple in the US is only trying to beat Samsung,
01:07even though a lot of competitors, which are powerful,
01:10like Xiaomi, which is the third biggest smartphone brand in the world,
01:13or whether it is Huawei right now,
01:16Apple had been only consistently trying to beat Samsung,
01:19which it has been able to,
01:21and that's why it has been lacking in innovation.
01:24But right now, this year, the hype of Apple is not as much,
01:27just like iPhone 17 Air is going to be launched,
01:30and also iPhone 17 Pro with bigger camera bump.
01:34I'm going to see all of that today,
01:35and see the hype in a place called Huaqiangbei,
01:39where there are multiple floors of actually manufacturing products.
01:44All the parts of iPhone, you can see,
01:46you can basically build an iPhone for a few hundred dollars,
01:49and any iPhone which is lost or stolen in the UK or US,
01:52comes here, because even if they cannot unlock it,
01:55they can sell the parts here.
01:56Let's check out the hype.
01:58Right on the outskirts, you have shops like these,
02:01where you can actually get all the parts of iPhone,
02:04and get them assembled right here.
02:05Hi, haha.
02:07And right here as well, they have all the parts.
02:10Look at this.
02:10So, they assemble it right in front of me.
02:13Very, very cool.
02:15And everywhere, I have learned that iPhone is $100 to $150 cheaper than the US.
02:20But the difference is,
02:215G modem support is different in the US as compared to in China.
02:25So, the max speed you want might not be
02:28if you take the phone from here to the US or India.
02:31That's what I believe, because the router,
02:33the modems in the phones are different.
02:35Because in China, they have actual dual-SIM physical port in their phones.
02:40And of course, the modem is different.
02:42So, I haven't tested it.
02:43You can read on Reddit, people experience different speed
02:46as compared to American phone versus the Chinese phone in America.
02:50And they have everything from PSP to Game Boy to Nintendo
02:54and much cheaper than the US, you already know.
02:58But I am main interested in iPhone 17 hype.
03:00So, this is the side called SEG Market,
03:10which is famous for its iPhone's manufacturing parts.
03:14In the drone stores, you see drones already flying in the air.
03:17Look at this one.
03:18So, this side, they have iPhone 17 cases in advance ready.
03:31Look at this one.
03:32This case is already having a big bump
03:35and it's already ready to be sold.
03:38And it's sure that the 17 will have bigger bump.
03:41I don't see the labels for iPhone 17 Air anywhere
03:44or iPhone 17 Pro.
03:47So, that only time will tell.
03:50Every store I walk to, they have iPhone 17 stuff ready.
03:542020 phone, 2025 iPhone.
03:57This is going to be the iPhone Air, I believe,
03:59with 2025 with the flat pixel-like bump.
04:02And this is the iPhone 17 Pro series.
04:05Wow.
04:06Cell phones are ready with iPhone 17 case.
04:08This is iPhone 16 Pro Max, but with iPhone 17 case.
04:11I've been trying to ask all the shops
04:13if they have the mock-ups as well so I can try.
04:15But most of them don't have.
04:16I have to say copy phone.
04:18Still, they don't have.
04:18This is like heaven of cases.
04:21I'm blown away.
04:24I say 10 times.
04:25Everywhere, it's full of cases.
04:28iPhone 17 cases everywhere.
04:30Now, this one has clear label.
04:33This is 17 Air, and that is 17 Pro.
04:37Wow.
04:38Look, they have every single part of iPhone 17 also ready.
04:42This is a part of iPhone 17,
04:45which is, in fact, ready.
04:47Insane.
04:48This is part of Huawei phone.
04:51This, the size will be a little small,
04:54so I can see this.
04:55Okay.
04:56Oh, wow.
04:57So, the price is different.
04:58Oh, wow.
04:58This is very good quality dummy phone.
05:01They have it ready.
05:02And you have Air as well.
05:03iPhone 17 Air.
05:05So, Apple logo has moved a little bit to the down.
05:08That is also pretty accurate.
05:10The rest time will tell.
05:12Oh, wow.
05:13So, 16 Air.
05:14Oh, this is so thin.
05:16Wow.
05:20This is mind-blowingly thin.
05:22What's the cost?
05:26How much?
05:28Yeah.
05:29This is cheaper one.
05:30They have orange colors, too.
05:30Wow.
05:31This is a cheaper one.
05:32Mm-hmm.
05:33The size will be a little small.
05:37So many options and mock-ups, too.
05:39Wow.
05:40This is good.
05:41I have never been this excited buying mock-ups of iPhones.
05:46All of these cases shopped have good discounts for wholesale.
05:49For retail, of course, they charge you $5 for one case or even $3.
05:54But for wholesale, even $1 each case you can get and start a B2B business.
05:59My favorite, Shin Chan case as well.
06:01And this is the pricing.
06:04They have mentioned $5999 for iPhone 15 Plus and $5399 for iPhone 15.
06:10Of course, it looks like official, too, with this screen.
06:14This behind me, it seems like official Apple Store because I see employees wearing black
06:19T-shirt with white Apple logo.
06:20I'm not 100% sure, but it seems like it.
06:22But see, the official Apple Store here is taking a small corner in this big tourist center.
06:28It's just one small corner right here.
06:32Look how big this is.
06:34Now, look in Huacheng Bay.
06:37Every single car here is EV.
06:39Green, BYD's taxi, green, green.
06:42All our EVs and all scooters.
06:45Huawei has so many stores here and directly partnering with China Telecom, their network providers.
06:52With great subsidized deals.
06:54Besides, they have the Rokage, Smart Glasses.
06:57They were so, so popular at the CES, which costs around $500.
07:02Same as, pretty much more expensive than actually Meta's AI glasses.
07:08The line for these glasses were so long at CES that I couldn't see them.
07:13But they have a lot of variants.
07:14For example, this is without AR.
07:16This is just like, you know, a smart assistant.
07:19This is cheaper.
07:20This is like, you know, $500.
07:21But this is with VR, with displays as well.
07:25You can use three monitors on it.
07:27And that's why this one is also similar pricing, honestly.
07:30Like AR Lite is $4,500.
07:32You want this, like $600 to $700.
07:35Now, this is the luxury side.
07:37Look at how fancy these bags are.
07:39But super affordable.
07:39Oh, wow.
07:41Watch it, watch it.
07:43Wow, so many fancy bags.
07:45Beautiful.
07:46Every Apple accessory you can imagine to pretty much every luxury product you can imagine.
07:53They have really good deal on iPhone 15, which is like around $500, around $600, 15 Pro.
07:59Wow, beautiful.
08:00This is the budget side of the store.
08:03Look how good opportunities are to buy.
08:06The Redmi 9A, you can get even as low as like $415.
08:10Like less than $100.
08:12Mind-blowing.
08:12$50 phone to all the way to luxury phones.
08:16Like now, look at the iPhone 14 pricing.
08:18It's pretty good as well, of course.
08:20But I'm looking at Oppo Realme, which is like $200.
08:24But the cheapest one is Vivo Y100, which is for $990, like $150.
08:33So, cheapest $50 phone to $150 to like another $100, which is by Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi.
08:41All these back boxes are right here.
08:45And moving on, that is super luxury side of Wachang Bay.
08:49From Gucci to Burberry and other fancy stores are there as well.
08:55Honestly, Apple doesn't need big presence here.
08:57It is part of every single small shop or stall in Wachang Bay.
09:01So, even if they don't have a big store here, that's okay.
09:05Because there's a saying, a lion doesn't need to roll to show how powerful or how strong it is.
09:11So, this phone doesn't have silicon battery like Oppo.
09:15But I'm in the Vivo store.
09:17Look at how thin this foldable phone is with Type-C port.
09:21And that also for $1,000 starting.
09:24This is fascinating.
09:25No phone could actually make this beautiful $1,000 foldable phone.
09:30This is mind-blowing.
09:33And it is, you know, pretty big when you hold it in your hands as well, even when it's folded.
09:39Beautiful.
09:40And also, look at Honor.
09:47They have landed foldables as well.
09:49But they are a bit more expensive.
09:52They are like $1,200 to $1,300.
09:54But feels a bit more premium.
09:57They have Snapdragon 8.
09:58A bit more premium than Vivo.
09:59Here, they are selling drones for as low as like $50.
10:12Wow.
10:14Now, I am at Oppo.
10:15The most viral foldable phones in the world with silicon carbon battery.
10:20This is like less than $700 foldable phone.
10:24Mind-blowing.
10:24And so good quality camera.
10:32And now this one, Oppo Find N5.
10:36This is the most trending phone in the world I've seen with silicon carbon battery.
10:42With all-day battery, that also, that doesn't kill your pocket with $1,200 to $1,300.
10:47And it is long-lasting, all-day battery.
10:52And they have color OS.
10:55This is one of the most popular foldable, honestly.
10:57And I love it.
10:58I've seen so many videos of it.
11:00And for the budget, it is giving a killer deal.
11:03And so thin as well.
11:05This year, of course, Samsung matched this thinness.
11:07But this is better because it has the silicon carbon battery.
11:12Amazing.
11:13Here is my favorite part of foldable phones, especially with Oppo Find N5 that you can vlog
11:19with the back camera like this.
11:22And it's so comfortable to hold.
11:24So amazing for creators.
11:25And I can look like this and mind-blowing.
11:29And with silicon fiber, silicon carbon battery.
11:33Of course, I have seen so many times that have silicon carbon battery.
11:36But this is my favorite foldable phone.
11:39One day, one day when Apple releases its foldable phone, I will buy as well.
11:45Oh, my God.
11:46And sorry, Samsung.
11:48No one is inside the Samsung store.
11:50I am so shocked.
11:51People are inside Oppo, Apple, Vivo, Huawei.
11:55But no one inside Samsung store.
11:57I'm so sad about Samsung.
11:59Samsung is so hit.
12:00I mean, decently hit in America.
12:02But here, the hype in China for Samsung is almost zero.
12:06I have never seen any Chinese person in my one-month time in China having a Samsung film.
12:12And it's honestly so hard for Samsung to compete as well.
12:16Look at this.
12:17This is more than $2,000 in China.
12:20The Samsung Z Fold 7.
12:22Of course, it is as thin as the Vivo, but not the silicon carbon battery.
12:28And yeah, beautiful.
12:29But like more than $2,000, unfortunately.
12:33Yeah, only the Samsung Flip 7 I can see competing with Oppo and Vivo.
12:42Now, I'm right in front of Apple and Tesla of China, which is Xiaomi.
12:47It has made its cars, which Apple wanted to, but couldn't.
12:50Xiaomi actually means small rice, but as per Buddhist philosophy, they believe in not showing off.
12:57So, they still call themselves small rice, not big rice, which is da means Xiaomi.
13:02But Xiaomi means small, me means rice.
13:05So, Xiaomi has its budget laptops for $500 to $700.
13:09Brilliant.
13:12And this is the Xiaomi's foldable phone.
13:16This costs around $1,300.
13:18I mean, it is not as good as the Oppo one, but it is trending as well because of the strongest fan following of Xiaomi.
13:33And this is its flip phone, which is competing with Samsung.
13:36Samsung has its super flip phone.
13:39This is $6,500.
13:39Like, close to $900.
13:43Oh, this is $6,000.
13:44This is close to Samsung, actually.
13:45It starts from $6,000.
13:48Oh, wow.
13:49These are the speakers with screens, which Apple still hasn't released.
13:56It's going to be released next year.
13:58Xiaomi has achieved everything which Apple wanted to or Apple has not been able to.
14:03So, basically, Xiaomi covers every single checkbox that Apple should have been but unfortunately hasn't been able to.
14:11This is the Xiaomi � ì œ730 verse 2.
14:33This is $7,900.
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