As the name suggests, Hong Kong banks refer to licensed goods sold to Hong Kong. Due to the price difference between the mainland and Hong Kong markets, they are smuggled and sold to the mainland market. Since there is no network access permit, Hong Kong banks cannot get warranty protection in the mainland (Nokia can, but it requires an invoice issued by a regular store in Hong Kong). Generally, the machines of Hong Kong banks have unique logos or agent labels ( LG and Samsung are excluded), such as the SmarTone logo on the Sharp GX32, and the MC.F, one2free, CSL, etc. logos on the Nokia 7610.
Authentic Hong Kong banks: Generally, formal agents such as "Hong Kong Telecom" supply products to lower-level merchants. Such Hong Kong banks are truly consistent in their three codes, and the agent's logo can be found on the Nokia website, so they can 100% obtain nationwide joint warranty.
Hougang Bank: Generally, dealers get goods directly from manufacturers through certain channels, without taking formal channels. Although they claim to have joint guarantee invoices and blue care signs, if the customer service strictly checks, It does not enjoy nationwide joint warranty. At most, it is insured by the dealer in Hong Kong. Since this type of Hong Kong bank saves the cost of first-level agents, "Hougang bank" is generally cheaper than "authentic Hong Kong bank". Shops selling Hong Kong bank on Taobao generally sell this kind of "Hougang bank". Use mobile phone." However, "Hougang Travel" also has a certain chance of enjoying joint guarantee, that is, the local customer service inspection where you are located is not strict.
In general, the real Hong Kong licensed products are not much cheaper than the mainland licensed products. What can really widen the price gap with the National Bank are the mobile phones of "Hougang Bank". Therefore, everyone should think carefully when choosing a Hong Kong-branded mobile phone, because today’s common Hougang-branded mobile phones are not 100% guaranteed by the joint warranty (no matter what the merchants say).
There are still many netizens who don’t know what parallel-imported (European original) mobile phones are. According to the default definition, parallel-imported mobile phones refer to mobile phones that enter the mainland market from foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan without going through normal customs channels. Parallel imports are also called European originals. The so-called parallel imports (European originals) are actually mobile phones that were supposed to be sold to other countries or regions and entered the domestic market for sale after evading tariffs. To put it simply, parallel-imported mobile phones are mobile phones that have not been declared and paid taxes through normal channels. Therefore, the quality of parallel-imported mobile phones is the same as that of licensed products. There is no difference in hardware between the two. Original genuine products produced by the original manufacturers only have different sales regions and software. And some models are even better than domestic licensed products due to different countries where they are sold. , coupled with the huge difference in sales price, many people like to choose parallel-imported mobile phones. However, it is worth noting that the European version of the phone has the problem that the keyboard does not have a stroke input method. Generally, the European version of the phone will perform post-engraved strokes on the keyboard.
The parallel-imported mobile phones circulating in the market can be roughly divided into four categories:
The first category is Bank B (licensed products in parallel imports). This kind of licensed mobile phones are smuggled into the mainland. . The quality of mobile phones in Bank B is the same as that of licensed products. They are also registered with China Telecom, but there is no official customer service registration information. They are generally small quantities of goods flowing out of the manufacturer. Compared with Zhengxing, the difference is the after-sales service. The warranty of Bank B’s mobile phone means that you can go to the sales point where you purchased it for repair.
The second category is Hong Kong banks. As the name suggests, they are licensed mobile phones in Hong Kong. For some reasons, many mobile phones in Hong Kong are cheaper than those in the mainland. Some unscrupulous businessmen have seen this and sold some Hong Kong mobile phones through special channels. Mobile phones are sold in the mainland, but there is no warranty in the mainland, and Hong Kong banks classify them as parallel imports.
The third category is English-modified machines, which are authentic parallel imports (water-modified machines). These machines were originally sold to Europe, the United States and other countries, and were smuggled into the mainland. By upgrading the mobile phone software, they support simplified Chinese. In Chinese, due to tariffs, the price of revised mobile phones is often much lower than that of regular mobile phones.
The fourth category is refurbished machines. This kind of mobile phone tax evasion is second to none. The key is that there is no guarantee of quality, which is the most damaging to buyers.
The first type of mainland B bank does not circulate in the market in large quantities, so the parallel import industry is usually divided into three grades: A goods, B goods and C goods. Cargo A refers to licensed goods smuggled from Hong Kong, without warranty and after-sales service; Cargo B refers to "parallel imports" of mobile phones sold to Europe and the United States that are smuggled to China for sale; and Cargo C mobile phones are commonly referred to as "refurbished phones" and "refurbished phones". Assembling machine".
Note: B product is not B company, please do not confuse.
The slight difference between A product (usually called Hong Kong bank) and B product (usually European version) is the keyboard, and there is no keyboard on the European version machine. When printing Chinese strokes, the strokes are all added later. However, currently domestic parallel-imported mobile phones have almost formed an industry chain. The technology of adding strokes on the basis of the original keyboard has been very mature, and the difference is almost invisible. As for the software of the European version, the stockists behind the scenes spent a lot of money to obtain the Chinese font library of the Asia-Pacific version of Samsung mobile phones through various channels, and organized a cracking team to analyze the software, and then wrote it into the parallel-imported mobile phones; the cracking team later developed to With the accumulated experience and software technology, we have developed many different versions by ourselves, and the related development tools have become increasingly mature, so that some models that have not yet been launched in the country can be landed first; from the many bugs in the initial version, to The current one is very perfect. Parallel imports have been continuously upgraded with the release of new machines, and have gradually developed into a force that can compete with licensed products today. In other words, before being sold to mainland consumers, it has been set to the same Chinese version as the mainland version, and there will not be any localization problems.