It was a year ago today...

[mikedt]

...that I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note7 from this very table...

No price tags..which I think means....If you have to ask the price, yeh can't afford it!!
...but at least they put out real Note8s and not dummies to play with.

 

[kokiangel]

Oh my goodness....

 

[mikedt]

I just saw this on the same retailer's website. 9999 yuan CNY, which is $1526 USD at today's exchange rate...yeh...OMG!!

Gome is a big box general electronics and domestic products retailer.

...and BTW the Note8 is not actually their most expensive phone here.

 

[Clementine_3]

9999 yuan CNY, which is $1526 USD

So you're getting two?

 

[mikedt]

So you're getting two?

Nah, I'm going to buy two Samsung flip-phones actually...15999 yuan CNY or $2441 USD each.

https://world.tmall.com/item/556594...9063:6536025;12304035:3222911;122216431:27772

I'm sure most proletariat and petite bourgeoisie here are now buying Huawei, ZTE, Motorola/Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Meizu, etc.

 

[The_Chief]

You're such a commoner...

 

[Xavier Black]

I totally forgot china is like 10 years ahead in technology than the rest of the world..including the US. so the Note 8 that is the "thing" now here..for them is just like "what ever"..