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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by Bilal_io on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:27AM (#30613707)
The new iphone SE starts at $429.00
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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by FabHK on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:38AM (#30613779)
Not in India, that's the point:

https://www.apple.com/in/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se/

It is INR 43900, or around USD 570.

ETA: In Brazil, it is BRL 4199 or USD 825.

https://www.apple.com/br/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se/

And that's at market exchange rates. Adjusted for purchasing power or wages it would be even more expensive, I assume.

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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by Bilal_io on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:53AM (#30613888)
My apologies, I read the parent comment again, and I see what they meant.
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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by rob74 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @08:59AM (#30614436)
A few years ago Apple used to "only" charge the same price in Euros as they did in USD. Well, not anymore! The German prices of the iPhone SE start at 519 € - around 571 USD (source: https://www.apple.com/de/iphone-se/). So India definitely isn't alone with the inflated prices...
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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by eMSF on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @03:06PM (#30619323)
That comparison is slightly misleading because the German price includes the local VAT. Tax-free price (unless I'm mistaken) would be approximately 436 euros, so more than in the US, but not 150 dollars more.
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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by ThePowerOfFuet on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @03:07PM (#30619345)
The EU prices are inclusive of ~20% local sales tax.
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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by yardie on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:28AM (#30615497)
Does Brazil still have a 100% tariffs on foreign made electronics? And the US charges almost none to highly favoured nations ie. China. So $429 iPhone in the US will be over $800 after duties in Brazil. And this is not set by Apple but the Brazilian authorities.
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Re:I live in the country with the most expensive Apple produ... by marc_io on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:24PM (#30617295)
The taxes vary and are around 60% in the case of the iPhone.

We have the ICMS in São Paulo (18%), the national tax on industrialized products (IPI – 15%) and the tax on imports (II – 16%). In addition to them, there is still PIS (2.10%) and Cofins (9.65%).

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