Article from WeChat public accountAI Finance and Economics, author | Tang Wei, editor | Zhao Yanqiu Cover: Vision China

On November 1, 5G commercial first day.

“I don’t know if I canI can sell it to my mobile phone, they want me to do a contract. “At about 11:00 am, a customer told AI Finance and Economics in a business hall of China Mobile’s Beijing Financial Street. But soon, this customer and the sales staff of the business hall jointly held the “first person first” brand. Take a photo.

The first person in the first sale told AI Finance and Economics that after expressing the purchase intention, the salesperson of the business hall first confirmed to him the “can be reimbursed”, and after obtaining a positive answer, he sold the contract machine plan to him. The monthly package fee starts from 198 yuan, and the purchase price starts from 1150 yuan.

In the above-mentioned mobile business hall, the flow of people in the store is the highest at around 10 am, and many customers consult the 5G number in the store, but there are not many new 5G numbers. More consumers expressed strong interest in 5G mobile phones. One of the customers said that they are ready to change 5G mobile phones, but “not necessarily open 5G new numbers.”

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The Communication Exhibition was held in full swing at the National Convention Center in Haidian District, Beijing. At the China Mobile booth, consumers asked about 5G mobile phone showcases, and what changes can 5G bring to themselves. “It’s faster, you can watch 4K movies online and play games without getting stuck.” A staff member replied. There are 8 5G mobile phones on display, including Huawei, vivo, Samsung, and Lenovo. Most of them are over 5,000 yuan, and the cheapest one is close to 4,000 yuan.

A staff member demonstrated on a 5G mobile phone, put more than 10 applications on one screen into the 4G network, the progress bar has been slowly climbing, switching to the 5G network, it only took two or three seconds, all The app is lit up.

This fast rate caused a viewer to worry about traffic consumption and tariffs. In the 5G package provided by China Mobile, the starting price is 128 yuan per month for 30G traffic. “If you download HD, one is about 2G, you can download 15 in a month.” One staff member gave an example, and another staff member told the audience after some mental arithmetic: “30G traffic, Exhausted in 4 minutes at 5G peak 1Gbps rate