Basic phone support 4G may not be enough to provide for the user in the context of time off waves 2G are adjacent.
From date 15.9.2024, the home network in Vietnam will conduct cutting wave 2G, so the phone model basic only supports this technology will become the “brick”, can not connect to the wave mobile, made with contact information. According to statistics, there are between 11 million to 15 million subscribers, mobile 2G on both water and when the number of this switch to using a device with 4G, the market may not provide enough machines in a short time.
While the market there are many options smartphone 4G with cheap price, a large users, especially elderly customer, remain faithful to the basic phones traditional. This model, though not possessing the features modern, attractive, serving only needs to hear the call but has the advantages of large buttons, battery life durable should still be favored.
According to the statistics of the system, Hoang Ha Mobile, when switching the machine from 2G up devices that use 4G, 70% of the users still choose a basic phone, primarily in the price range 400,000 to 600,000 vnd. “Only about 20% select switch to the smartphone has 4G but the price under 2 million, 10% will upgrade to smartphones in the price range of 2 million to 5 million. The brand, basic phones, keyboards, press popular today, including Nokia, Mobell, Masstel, Itel,” she Hoang Minh Tam – media representations of unit share.
't have time to buy at any where but now the market there are signs of dry basic phones 4G. With forecast over 10 million users wishing to change to “phone the brick” has 4G (based on the rate above), the observation apprehension about the possibility of providing a sufficient number of machines required from the big dealer. On the website of today's multi-unit, universal phone has 4G have many samples fall into the status “out Of stock” or just direct sale, not for sale online.
British Chinese (Da Nang) said just buy a phone “brick” Nokia support 4G for just a few days back in a distribution system was in a state of “Temporarily out of stock”. “Luck is find a substitute for his mother. When people ask, I intend to introduce to the acquaintance, but to the website of the seller, it was out of stock”, China said. In addition to the model purchased, a number of other products are still in time you refer to, but now also was not able to buy more.
Mr. Truong Minh Hoang – director of business development service system, The Mobile world to share in a meeting that took place months 7.2024 in Hanoi that the number of basic phones accounts for 10 – 15% of the total number of more than 500,000 machines sold each month's unit, equivalent to 70,000 products.
“This shows the trend of using basic phone, there are button and support 4G of people is very large. If the required number of larger and in a short time, retailers can't meet,” the unit leader share, at the same time stressed the need to have a transition fit.
Also representatives Hoang Ha Mobile reviews models 4G rates may fall into the situation of the goods and may not until January 11 new on sufficient quality to serve for the subscription to be converted.
At the retail system mobile large current such as The Mobile world, FPT Shop, CellphoneS, Viettel Store, Mobile Vietnam, Hoang Ha Mobile... are there programs to support users to switch from 2G phones Only to the models that have 4G, including phones, basic and smartphone. In addition to incentives when the old with the new, the system program are subsidies, except directly to the value of new machines so that users can access to the product genuine phone with the cost of pocket more money.
Source: thanhnien.vn