KONTAN.CO.ID – Jakarta. Xiaomi raised the price of a number of types of cellphones (Hp) in October 2021. The increase in the price of the latest Xiaomi cellphone was due to the impact of the crisis of chipset scarcity in the technology industry.
Through the official Instagram account @xiaomi.indonesia, Xiaomi announced four cellphones that underwent price adjustments. “As a result of this, several of our products were also affected, so with a heavy heart, we had to adjust the price of IDR 100,000 for our four smartphone products,” Xiaomi wrote in an Instagram post, Monday (11/10/2021).
Xiaomi cellphones that experienced a price increase were the Redmi 9A, Redmi 9C, Poco M3 Pro 5G, and Redmi Note 10 5G.
Here are the latest prices for the Xiaomi Redmi 9A, Redmi 9C, Poco M3 Pro 5G, and Redmi Note 10 5G phones in Indonesia:
- Redmi 9A cellphone (2 GB/32 GB) old price Rp. 1,199,000, latest price Rp. 1,299,000
- Redmi 9A cellphone (3 GB/32 GB) old price Rp. 1,299,000, latest price Rp. 1,399,000
- Redmi 9C cellphone (3 GB/32 GB) old price Rp. 1,399,000, latest price Rp. 1,499,000
- Redmi 9C cellphone (4 GB/64 GB) old price Rp. 1,599,000, latest price Rp. 1,699,000
- Hp POCO M3 Pro 5G (4 GB/64 GB) old price IDR 2,600,000, latest price IDR 2,699,000
- Hp POCO M3 Pro 5G (6 GB/128 GB) old price Rp. 2,900,000, latest price Rp. 2,999,000
- Hp Redmi Note 10 5G (4 GB/128 GB) old price Rp. 2,699,000, latest price Rp. 2,799,000
- Hp Redmi Note 10 5G (8 GB/128 GB) old price Rp. 2,999,000, latest price Rp. 3,099.000
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This price adjustment for Redmi 9A, Redmi 9C, Poco M3 Pro 5G, and Redmi Note 10 5G phones will be effective starting today, October 12, 2021. From KompasTekno’s observation at the online store mi.com and official Xiaomi stores in a number of e-commerce, The displayed price has been adjusted to the new price.
Why did the price of Xiaomi cellphones go up?
Carrying the jargon of “presenting the best products at real prices”, Xiaomi boasts that it only takes 5 percent of its product sales margin. That way, the price of Xiaomi cellphones sold to consumers can remain affordable.
However, it seems that Xiaomi is stuck in the Covid-19 pandemic situation and the chipset crisis. A number of predictions say the chipset shortage crisis will begin to recover in the second half of 2022 and return to normal in 2023.
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The smartphone market is predicted to change next year, where cellphone prices are getting more expensive and choices are increasingly limited. This is the impact of the crisis of shortage of chipsets, declining smartphone sales, and inflation.
One of the major chipset manufacturers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), which has large clients such as Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, has announced plans to increase the price of its chipsets. The scarcity of chipsets is also said to make low-priced smartphones even rarer.
According to research firm Coinerpoint Research, the scarcity of chipsets will make vendors prioritize smartphones with high selling prices over entry-level and mid-range phones. Because, high-priced smartphones allow vendors to pursue production costs rather than “cheap” smartphones with smaller profits.
This is the list of Xiaomi cellphones that have increased in price by IDR 100,000 starting in October 2021.
This article has been published on Kompas.com with the title “Xiaomi Announces Smartphone Price Increases in Indonesia, Here’s the List“,
Author : Wahyunanda Kusuma Pertiwi
Editor: Reza Wahyudi
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