Digital music player: Watch out for

A few years ago, to own a digital personal music player (known as an MP3 player) was not easy and had to cost at least several million dong. But now the price has dropped unexpectedly.

On the counter of selling digital devices, counterfeit goods have appeared and are the most group of personal entertainment .

Enough face

Just mention the names of these giants, everyone knows these are big names across the globe like Sony, Sanyo, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba (consumer electronics, digital), Nokia (mobile phones). ), Dell (computer), Creative (computer graphics card) .

Among those names are firms that are currently producing digital goods, mainly MP3 players and personal movies (MP4 for short) such as Samsung, Sony, Creative . Products of They are called premium goods because the sound and quality as well as the warranty are classified as standard, and of course the product value is several million or more.

The rest of the giants, according to our information, do not participate in the production of personal music players, movies but their famous MP3 players, MP4 movies, are full on the counters of the doors. So many digital supermarkets, when coming here just say: 'Get a Nokia MP3 ' is a seller who understands customers want to buy an MP3 player produced by ' Nokia ' !?

Sales Manager of a computer equipment trading company in Ho Chi Minh City admits: just drag the name so big so that customers think this item is rich in brand, diverse in types . But important more than satisfy the demand of customers 'good purchase'.

Filled with fake goods!

There was a time when Sony Vietnam was "crazy" because their names were used to paste digital products, mainly MP3s. Although there are different models, the advantage of knockoffs is the extremely cheap price: the capacity of 128MB is only 500,000 - 600,000 dong depending on the store with the 'brands' like Sony and Sunny, but in the quotation, it is clearly stated Sony! Meanwhile, the main product of Sony company with the above price is about 2.6 million dong.

After the authorities entered, Sony branded fake MP3 products no longer appear on the counters of big supermarkets, instead flooding with famous brands such as Nokia, Dell, Toshiba, Sanyo. . surprisingly cheap: 128MB Sanyo MP3 with six functions: MP3 player, recording, data storage . only about 700,000 VND, MP4 Nano 256MB (made in China but the design No different from Apple iPod products) used to watch movies only cost 1 million, Panasonic 256MB MP4 costs 1,675 million, Nokia 256MB MP4 costs 1,228 million .

There are even knock-offs whose features have been upgraded to the official manufacturer's unbelievably well: Creative MP3 and MP4 'clones' appear with the camera with 2 megapixel resolution while genuine. Creative without camera! These counterfeit items are available on the counter of any computer supermarket, ready to serve the needs of 'discerning' customers.

Of course, it is not difficult to realize the difference between fake and genuine goods is the price! Explaining the price of Sony digital products, Mr. Vu Quoc Tuan, Sony Vietnam's foreign affairs manager, said: ' The main reason is that the import tax rate is so high! Since there is no assembly line yet, Sony MP3 players must enter the unit with a 50% tax rate. Import tax rates are so high that it is understandable . '

Meanwhile, Samsung brand has not been so popular as Sony, but many buyers have been 'wrong' when the money belongs to 'genuine goods', while products belong to the group of 'cooperatives'. 'in a province that is far away shaking in China.

Even though the sophistication of these 'cooperatives' belongs to the 'pro' level (if one looks at a glance and does not have the guidance of the seller, it is difficult to distinguish between counterfeit and counterfeit goods) but also quite a lot of points to distinguish from genuine goods. According to an experienced salesperson, Samsung's main products always use the MP4 format to convert other format files, while Samsung brand clones use the DMV format.

In addition, in counterfeit goods, parts such as USB communication ports, speakers, keys . easily fall out or wobble like "old woman's teeth"; power is often lost, software often fails . Regarding the interface of counterfeit software, letters are often broken and small. For those who have used counterfeit goods, never find a website or if they find it, there is no such model to support users to upgrade the firmware (software control software) and the driver installed on the computer if used. Win 98 operating system.

Counterfeit, fake music players are increasing as its market share is directed towards low-income users. The price is really cheap but beware of 'losing money' .

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