OT: iPhone pricing US vs AUS

[Rudolfo]

Hi all

with this group virtually silent, it seems not an issue to post an Off
Topic question.

iPhone 4S. Price in the US, $199, price in Australia $799. The dollars
exchange at virtual parity.

What IS going on here?

[David Morrison]

In article <291120111239110759%rain...@mail.com>,

US price is subsidised by phone companies.

[Rudolfo]

In article <davidmor-2F3EFF...@news.internode.on.net>,

Aha! That figures. I wonder how we get Telstra to do the same?! I
suppose it's in the deals the carriers sell you.

Thanks David

[David J Richardson]

In article <291120111239110759%rain...@mail.com>,
Rudolfo <rain...@mail.com> wrote:

> iPhone 4S. Price in the US, $199, price in Australia $799. The
> dollars exchange at virtual parity.
>
> What IS going on here?

The unlocked price for the 16GB model is US$649. Add GST, that's
US$714, which is about as close to parity as you'll ever get from Apple
AU (+12%).

Having said that, the higher-capacity models have better "exchange
rates" (+9% and +7%).

(Note the US price above does not include the local state's sales tax.)

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[David]

In article <291120111239110759%rain...@mail.com>,
Rudolfo <rain...@mail.com> wrote:

that price is for phones on a contract. You can get similar deals here
from OPtus and Telstra

David