On the first day of global sales of the iPhone 14 series, the Internet was flooded with photos of Chinese sellers: they were literally sitting on the pavement and selling new products in ordinary grocery boxes – naturally, at inflated prices. But this tactic seems to have failed: the first buyers of the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max said that they managed to earn money from dealers on Chinese social networks.

If we believe the stories from Weibo (the local equivalent of Twitter), the first buyers of the new products sold them to dealers with a margin of up to $250, but bought the same sealed iPhones from them the next day for a price. only $15 higher than the official one.

On social networks, dealers have their own stories: one of them reported that he bought 78 smartphones for $ 109,000, but sold for $ 107,800 over the weekend.

As a result, the excitement of the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max has not been as great as financial crooks had hoped. Or potential buyers have become more patient this year.