why are Apple devices so much more expensive outside the US?
>>109804860VAT
>>109804860>after taxthis is a fucking useless example. what are the prices before various consumption/goods taxes? we all know apple and everyone else in america randomly picks a price for a certain country but it would be helpful to know what the prices were BEFORE TAX. fuck.
>>109804894>>109804879UK 20%Germany 19%Japan 10%
>>109804860How much expensive in india have u seen???
>>109804860Soon the prophecy will be fulfilled
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>>109804860consumer protection exists outside of the us
>>109806439You can just say "supply and demand" instead of posting an obtuse image for the sole purpose of acting like a pseudointellectual, Reddit fag
>>109806483It's not an obtuse image It's the default supply and demand curve you see in every economic textbookYou'd know if you opened one.
>>109806503It's obtuse compared to just typing out 3 words that convey the exact same meaning
>>109804860Every single iPhone is hand-rowed over the atlantic by a chauffeur in a tiny boat. This makes the transport costs explode.
>>109806533I know they say a picture is worth a thousand words. But they didn't mean it literally.
>>109804860USA is a 3rd world country, so most things are cheaper.
phones are for street shitters and women. they chimp out when you point this out.
>>109806598Can you make relative comparisons or are you too brown for that?
>>109806774That's rich coming from someone who had a chimpout over a graph they show you in middle school.
>>109804860retards pay more
>>109804860Nobody buys iPhones at front value. They get it from their carrier on contract since 2007.
>>109804894What does it matter? You have to pay it either way so it should be compared on both sides included >But its not the real priceThe real price is maybe 400 bucks for indian labor
>>109807036Are these the same carriers that said "hotspot data" is a different kind of data from regular data which costs extra?
>>109804860where's normal 6.3' iphone?
>>109807148You agreed to the plan/contract rules. You didn't have to sign. That's what competitors are for.
>>109804860Because despite all the shitting on orange man for implementing tariffs, pretty much all other countries have had them for ages, on top of VAT, which tends to be higher than the average American sales tax>>109807094What? It's 30-50% more expensive to get phone+plan from the carrier compared to just buying the plan and getting the phone from a tech store
>>109804860What is happening with that image compression?
>>109804860Apple wants dollarsplus Germany/UK have 20% tax lol
>>109804860Payback for having worker's rights and forcing repairability as well as sensible standards
>>109804879it's a good taxmuch better than commie income tax
Mac mini jumped from $399-599 to $899+ due to the alleged "global memory shortage"yet I don't see other computers gong up in price by other brands
>>109804860Talk me out of getting the Duo. Preorders start in a few weeks and I'm planning on getting one. If it's just muh price then a) get a better job b) not an argument
>>109804860As always, the EU is paying more so they can sell it cheaper in the usa. Many companies work this way.
>>109808477>Wahhhh I have to invest in the economy that enabled me to make money in the first place
>>109804860the rest of the world subsidies the dollar.
>>109809199It's worst foldable that currently exists.You can't spell passport withhout ass and this is what the phone is in it's folded state. The one you'll end up using 90% of the time. You are buying a fold to have a phone that has option to give you a big screen. Not for a big screen that has option to fold into something borderline unusable.Then of course the shady marketing around not saying the actual values of the phone such as battery capacity. Camera is trash too. If you want a decent fold but a chinkfold for half the price with bigger screen and much better camera.
>>109809529taxes are not investment, they are consumed, stolen or spent on the processing costin europe most countries have tax on investment gainsincome tax taxes WORK, it dincentivizes WORK which is retarded and it's expensive to keep track of and is super easily avoidable so anyone who has the money to hire lawyers can avoid them, it's a tax that penalizes work for poor people
>>109805748They could release the iPhone Pro Duo Max today and still get away with it.
>>109809221EU makes bullshit laws that cost apple money.
>>109810079Does the iPhone Pro Duo Max exist?
>>109804860Isn't it just tax and forced 2 year warranty?
>>109804860>why are Apple devices so much more expensive outside the US?US prices do not include taxes.
>>109808477the thing is european countries have both VAT and income tax lol
