Shortly after its release in September,Dear Utol (2025): Catfish Episode 46 the iPhone 15 series has recently attracted attention in the domestic phone market as its prices plummeted in China. On Monday, “iPhone 15 Series Price Fall” became a trending topic on the social platform Weibo. For instance, the 128GB version of the iPhone 15 is being sold on e-commerce platforms for as low as RMB 5198 ($712), which is a decrease of over RMB 800 ($110) compared to the official prices of RMB 5999 ($822). Even the relatively popular iPhone 15 Pro series has seen varying degrees of price drops on e-commerce platforms, depending on different memory storage and color versions. Taking the example of the titanium iPhone 15 Pro 256GB version, which is officially priced at RMB 8999 ($1232), the current price from third-party channels declines to RMB 8249 ($1130). [ThePaper, in Chinese]
