Foreign media 9to5 Mac reported that the price of Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro in India has become so expensive that it is actually cheaper to book a return flight to Dubai than to buy it locally.
This is the conclusion of “India Today”, and they made statistics.
Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro 128GB version is priced at 119,000 Indian rupees (approximately US$1620 or RMB 10,796) in India. The 128GB version of the iPhone 12 Pro is priced at 84,000 Indian rupees (about 1,114 US dollars or 7,621 yuan) in Dubai.
Of course, this may be illegal. In India, most of the additional costs are taxes and fees. Anyone who buys a mobile phone abroad and brings it back should declare and pay import taxes.
Outside the United States, complaints about Apple’s “unfair” pricing are often heard, but this is generally due to import duties or taxes. For example, British people often compare the prices of Apple products in the United States and the United Kingdom without realizing that the prices in the United States do not include sales tax (which varies from state to state and will be added to the list price when purchasing), while prices in the United Kingdom include value-added tax.
Naijatechnews.com is informed that, for example, the 128GB version of the iPhone 12 Pro is priced at US$999 in the US and £999 (about US$1,309) in the UK. This has led to the usual “Apple charges British pounds in US dollars”. complain. But the price in the UK already includes sales tax (VAT), so the real comparison is 832 pounds excluding sales tax, which is equivalent to $1,090. So the price of the iPhone 12 Pro in the UK is higher, but it should be US$90/£69 instead of US$300.
The real price difference is Apple’s hedge against currency changes and pricing based on a series of mixed considerations. The real complaint should be that Apple always counts higher, not lower.
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