I think in Argentina they're expensive than brazil. Argentina has a lockdown on dollars actives so it's hard to get dollars to buy such imported products.
I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
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Re: I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
#62iPhone 13 cost R$ 7,599.00, or Roughly $1500 in USD. Compared to $799 in US. On a 30% Import Tax, and a maximum of VAT for Import product alone makes it ~$1250 already. For unstable currency ( comparatively speaking ) Apple tends to hedge at least 15% rate, that makes it around $1437. Apple tends to add a few pcenctage more for those countries with extra consumer protection. ( As in EUR ). So I dont think it is that…
You call it the unstable currency adjustment, somebody else can call it the "phone is already unaffordable, let's go further to make it a luxury status symbol" adjustment.
The phone is a luxury status symbol with or without those adjustment anyway.
Re: I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
#63Different countries have different import duties, which are "hidden" costs for foreign products. It's possible that these types of tariffs cause Apple stuff to be more expensive in Brazil.
Re: I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
#64I recently had to upgrade my really old iPad. I'm not exactly poor but I went for a pretty cheap model as I couldn't mentally justify the prices of the higher end models. The iPad is the only Apple device I'm willing to buy, it's great.
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#65A few comments on this from an Indian perspective. Apple products are quite expensive here too, when compared against U.S. prices (plus sales tax). It may seem as if this is because of customs duties, but that’s not the entire story. Many companies tend to have geographically differentiated pricing to expand their market and make more money. Even if the prices aren’t completely matching the local currency equivalent…
Yes Apppe basically doesnt bother trying to be competitive in countries outside the US. I guess they don't mind since their products still sell and they're raking in huge profits.
I'm guessing they don't want a situation where a $200 iPhone sold in India doesn't end up back in the US undercutting their $400 model.
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#66Why whould anyone care about garbage prices? )
If you wanted some justifiably expensive hardware, buy Sun! Oh, wait, it doesn't exist anymore... (
Re: I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
#67Even before I clicked the link, I was sure the answer was Brazil. It's not so much the taxes that raise the prices as the tariffs (which are kind of invisible taxes in that they are paid through higher prices rather than directly—which is part of what made a former president's boasting about raising tariffs somewhat absurd. It seemed he believed that the exporting country paid the price of the tariffs and not domesti…
I was sure it would be Turkey, looks like we are the close second. Congrats on your first place Brazil!
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
My dad had the same reaction when I told him that we'd pay the extra credit card fees. He said "the merchant pays those" and didn't seem to get my "where do you think the merchant gets the money from?" reply.
It's the same when you try to buy a house in the US and you have to pay a realtor to represent you, who takes 3% of sell price as commission. You'd then bargain "I already found the house myself, I just need you to draft the offer, can you do it for less", and they'll reply "no, but don't worry, you only pay for the house, and our commission is paid by the seller".
The way houses in the US are sold looks insane from outside. When I last sold a house in the UK I paid the estate agent 1.5%, there were no buyers fees.
Re: I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
#69Won't this soon be Russia now that Apple has cut all sales with the country?
Russia will be the new Cuba with phone tech 50 years old instead of cars. Or, they'll just keep supplying from China and not really notice
Or maybe the Russians might invent something of their own?
They did have those space programs which were a big deal at the time.
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#70Some parts of this price ecosystem would have looked different if Samsung had decided to straighten up their act and not shovel out crapware, adware, and nagware with their so called "Updates" for their lower end phones. It's a lost opportunity for Samsung. Apple gets to do this because their devices seem safer, easier, and faster to use right now.
This is why I shed a tear when Huawei was eviscerated by the US.