The lights at the 2013 Orange Technology product launch were dazzling. The audience below the stage was in an uproar, the venue filled with the ceaseless hum of discussion.
"Is the thousand-yuan phone era already a thing of the past? Is it the hundred-yuan phone era now?"
"No offense, guys, but the Qingcheng D2 is only 799 yuan. It makes me feel like an idiot for spending 1699 yuan on a Lenovo S820!"
"I thought the Qingcheng D1S and the ZTE U950 Beidou Little Whirlwind were the absolute peak for thousand-yuan phones. I never expected the Qingcheng D2 to smash the price down to 799 yuan!"
"Now *this* is a true 'people's phone' that everyone can afford!"
On live streams hosted by Penguin Video, YY, Youku, Sohu, and Sina, netizens frantically spammed the bullet comments.
"Orange Technology is a cancer on the industry! They don't make a profit, and they won't let their competitors make one either!"
