Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)
by Swizec on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:55PM
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The difference is in salary, not price. iPhone costs as much in USA as EU in absolute terms, but when that’s 50% of your monthly income, you go buy a cheap (or telecom sponsored) Android. It won’t be a flagship Android but at least there’s an option you can buy that on paper has all the same specs.
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)
by Xixi on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:06AM
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Indeed, I would have agreed 200% with the following: "In Europe Apple stuff costs much more, relative to income."
But I've read so many times (on French forums) people argue that Apple is overcharging EU citizens by forgetting to adjust for sales taxes that I defaulted to interpret "In Europe Apple stuff costs much more" that way.
In a way it makes sense, in France what you see is what you get, so the typical French consumer expects the sticker price on the US Apple Store to be the final price. In fact it's the law: in France you have to honor the sticker price, even if it's wrong (unless it's an obvious mistake, but the bar for obvious mistake is quite high).
Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013)
by Swizec on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:34AM
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Well there is a big difference in sales taxes. When I first started regularly going to USA some friend or another would always ask to bring back an iPhone. Because sales tax here is 7% and VAT is 22% back home.