Compare with 4 carriers! Price summary of the latest Android smartphone (Summer 2021)

Compare with 4 carriers! Price summary of the latest Android smartphone (Summer 2021) 

 DoCoMo, au, Softbank, Rakuten Mobile's smartphones for the 2021 summer sales season are now available. We have a good balance from midrange to high end, but how much is the terminal price? The prices of the latest Android smartphones of 4 carriers are summarized (all including tax). [Sakura Mizuho, ​​ITmedia] DoCoMo, au, Softbank, Rakuten Mobile's smartphones for the 2021 summer sales season are now available. We have a good balance from midrange to high end, but how much is the terminal price? In particular, I am concerned about the difference when handling the same model with multiple carriers. The prices of the latest Android smartphones of 4 carriers are summarized (all including tax). 

 Attractive high-performance flagship evolves by narrowing the purchasing base

Looking at the handling of the flagship model, Sony's "Xperia 1 III" is sold by 3 carriers for 150,000 to 180,000 yen. In addition to the shooting function of Sony's digital single-lens camera "α" and the camera including a variable telephoto lens, the price is extremely high for the summer model due to the high specifications such as memory 12GB, storage 256GB, 120Hz drive 4K display. There is. Xperia 1 III handled by 3 carriers (Image is Softbank model) 

Xperia 1 III handled by 3 carriers (The image is a Softbank model

 The "Leitz Phone 1" released exclusively by Softbank on July 16 is expensive at 187,920 yen because it is a Leica smartphone. Equipped with a 20-megapixel, 1-inch sensor camera, it also supports RAW shooting. The camera was supervised by Leica and there are many parts in common with the Sharp "AQUOS R6" in terms of performance, but Leitz Phone 1 is also involved in the terminal design

LEITZ PHONE 1

Samsung Electronics "Galaxy S21 5G" released by DoCoMo and au on June 3 has almost the same price in au as the previous model "Galaxy S20 5G" which was 100 to 110,000 yen, about 20,000 yen in DoCoMo cheap. It is thought that this is a result of suppressing the display resolution and memory performance, and the 64 million pixel main camera and 8K (7680 x 4320 pixel) video shooting function are attractive for those who mainly use smartphones for SNS photography. It will be a target.

The performance of the "Galaxy S21 + 5G" that exceeds the S21 5G is 138,730 yen for au only, the higher performance "S21 Ultra 5G" for DoCoMo is 151,272 yen, and the midrange "Galaxy A52 5G" is 50,000 yen. It sells for 9,400 yen, and the sales channels are narrowed down.

As a mid-range model, terminals such as "Xperia 10 III" and "Galaxy A54 5G" are lined up for around 50,000 yen, but DoCoMo has Sony "Xperia Ace II" and FCNT "arrows" as low-priced models in the 20,000 yen range with 4G lines. Be4 Plus ”is released. Although terminal purchase assistance is not available, both are relatively small displays of 5.5 / 5.6 inches, and have a robust exterior, waterproof, and dustproof performance. It can be said that it is a terminal that can withstand active use outdoors.

Xperia 10 III (image = left) and Xperia Ace II (image = right)

The table below shows the package price when purchasing a device released by each carrier without applying the campaign, and applying Docomo "Smartphone Welcome Program", au "Kaetoku Program", and SoftBank "Toku Support +". A summary of the real price when paying 24 times (the real price in parentheses). Rakuten Mobile's Android smartphones cannot use device purchase assistance, so only the lump sum price is shown.

Price list of sales terminals of each carrier. If you are selling at the same time with multiple carriers, the cheapest price is shown in red letters

Also pay attention to the difference in the number of divisions and discount campaigns

As of July 20, each carrier is carrying out a campaign to greatly discount the terminal price by switching from a 4G terminal to 5G using MNP or contracting using an online shop.

DoCoMo's "5G WELCOME Discount" is a discount of up to 22,000 yen from the terminal price by subscribing to DoCoMo from another company's 3G or 4G with MNP. There are no restrictions on the plans you can subscribe to, and it also applies to purchase assistance programs, so you can save money even more than the original price.

au offers a 5500 yen discount on the condition that you change the model from an au terminal that has been used for 12 months or more, and subscribe to a designated plan such as "Unlimited use MAX 5G" and the paid option "Failure Loss Support". We offer "au Online Shop Discount" which discounts 11,000 yen by signing a new contract at an online shop without any plan restrictions, or 22,000 yen by using MNP or migrating from UQ mobile from the terminal price. is doing.

SoftBank offers a "web discount" that discounts up to 21,600 yen from the terminal price by signing a contract using MNP at an online shop or SoftBank telephone store and subscribing to "Merihari Plan" and "Unlimited Merrihari". ..

Rakuten Mobile subscribes to "Rakuten UN-LIMIT VI" using MNP at the first application, and by the end of the following month when the line becomes available, you can make a call with the app "Rakuten Link" for 10 seconds or more to get Rakuten Point 2 Give 10,000 points. You can purchase cheaply by using points to pay the terminal price, but if you purchase in installments with a credit card other than Rakuten Card, you will be charged a installment fee.