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Hello everyone, Lin Fei to answer the above questions, what is the difference between authentic mobile phones and parallel imports, the difference between authentic mobile phones and parallel imports, many people do not know, now let's take a look!

1. What's the difference between parallel imports and authentic goods? Parallel imports are often mentioned in digital products, which are more popular with digital enthusiasts. But many digital enthusiasts do not have a comprehensive understanding of parallel imports. Many users easily confuse parallel imports with fake and fake goods, and often see many friends say how cheap parallel imports are or how rubbish the quality is. Let's look at the difference between parallel imports and authentic goods.

2. What are parallel imports?

3. Parallel imports refer to products sold in a certain country or region without a sales agent designated by the original manufacturer. It's not fake. the origin of the word "parallel imports" is that the early smugglers, in order to evade customs duties, sealed the goods from abroad in plastic bags and put them in the agreed shallow sea, and then transported the goods from land to place by ship. Therefore, it generally refers to smuggled goods and products sold through abnormal channels. Now parallel imports also refer to people who do not live up to their names.

4. Classification and misunderstanding of parallel imports

Parallel imports can include electrical appliances, mobile phones, computers, cars, clothing, toys, watches, cigarettes, milk powder and other products. Some people think that parallel imports refer to mobile phones, which is also incorrect.

6. From a legal point of view, parallel imports are not allowed to be sold in China, because they are essentially smuggled products. In fact, parallel imports and authentic goods are produced by regular manufacturers. Parallel imports do not mean that products are mixed with water. Don't treat parallel imports as counterfeits or counterfeit products.

7. The earliest concept of parallel imports originally refers to smuggled goods transported by water, and once generally refers to goods sold through abnormal channels and improper means in foreign trade. But now this old concept is outdated and incorrect. Parallel imports are not contraband goods, but there is no sales agent designated by the original manufacturer in a certain country or region.

Parallel imports have no warranty. This is a wrong concept. At present, some mobile phones in China come from Hong Kong to provide formal invoices, so this phone can enjoy the same warranty as the authentic one on Chinese mainland. However, the price of this kind of products is not much different from the authentic products in China, the lowest is about 50 yuan and the highest is 3 ~ 500 yuan. The price will vary depending on where you buy it.

9. Many people think that parallel imports are fakes and knockoffs, but in fact they are wrong. Parallel imports are not taxed, but they are still authentic.

10. Advantages of parallel imports

Generally speaking, the price of parallel imports is often 5% to 15% lower than that of similar authentic products, and the proportion of some high-end models is even as high as 20%. For mobile phones, according to the brand and purchase channels, and the authentic difference is also different. The profits of digital products are becoming more and more transparent, and there is not much price difference. (of course, many factors control the price difference of digital products according to the model and brand of the product.) Some parallel imports have advantages in hardware configuration. If you operate in accordance with international standards abroad, the configuration of mobile phones will largely be determined according to mainland China policies, such as the initial WIFI function; wait a minute.

For authentic products, of course, there is no support for drivers and after-sales service, and authentic products can often get a variety of preferential measures from local agents, such as special gifts, localization software and so on. Parallel imports do not have these preferential measures, but only rely on simple price advantages to attract users and buyers. After all, the 5-15% price advantage of parallel imports is enough to make up for the preferential measures of authentic goods.

13. Between authentic and parallel imports, there is also an "international warranty" product that attracts everyone's attention and embarrasses authentic manufacturers. The so-called international warranty means that no matter which country the product is purchased, it enjoys the warranty service of many countries around the world. Of course, it is accurate to say that manufacturers can enjoy maintenance services in countries and regions with maintenance points.

14. This has become a grey area between parallel imports and authentic goods. With the machine

15. The International Warranty was originally designed for busy businessmen so that they can enjoy the perfect maintenance service no matter where they go. But now it has become a gray area for parallel imports to enjoy warranty services.

16. Smuggled goods and mobile phones

17. The first category is Line B (authentic parallel imports), which is smuggled to the mainland. The quality of B-line mobile phones is the same as that of authentic phones, which is also registered in the telecommunications network, but there is no official customer service registration information, which is generally a small amount of goods from manufacturers. Compared with the main line, the difference lies in after-sales service. B-line mobile phone warranty is the place you buy, go to the point of sale for repair.

18. The second category is Hong Kong mobile phones, which, as the name implies, are authentic mobile phones in Hong Kong. For some reasons, many mobile phones in Hong Kong are cheaper than those in the mainland. Some unscrupulous and unscrupulous businessmen saw this and brought some Hong Kong mobile phones to the mainland for sale through special channels, but there was no warranty in the mainland. Mobile phones in Hong Kong are also classified as parallel imports. (except for regular Nokia HSBC with invoices)

19. The third category is the English revision machine, that is, authentic parallel imports (water revision machine). This kind of machine was originally sold to Europe, the United States and other countries, but it was smuggled to the mainland. Simplified Chinese can be supported by upgrading the mobile phone software. Because of the tariff, the price of a modified mobile phone is often much lower than that of a regular mobile phone.

20. The fourth category is the retreading machine. This kind of mobile phone tax evasion is the second, the key is that the quality is not guaranteed, the biggest damage to buyers.

At the end of this article, I hope it will be helpful to you.

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