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To: Swordmaker

How do they disappear so fast when they cost 2 or 3 thousand dollars. I see house loans available to cover them. :<(((((


13 posted on 09/26/2015 2:30:26 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
How do they disappear so fast when they cost 2 or 3 thousand dollars. I see house loans available to cover them. :<(((((

Where do you get your information? Wherever you get it, drop it. It's wrong. Apple iPhone 6S Price In Key Markets — ValueWalk.com

China

In the relatively embryonic Chinese marketplace, it is fair to say that the iPhone retails at a pricier level than in the established US market. The price of the iPhone 6s ranges between RMB 5,288 and RMB 6,888 in China. This is the equivalent of roughly $830 - $1,080. The mid-range version of the iPhone 6s is sold without a contract for RMB 6,088 ($955). It seems slightly odd that Apple ends its prices in China with an ‘8’, but this is apparently commonplace culturally in the nation.

Finally, the iPhone 6s Plus will cost between RMB 6,088 ($955) and RMB 7,788 ($1,220) in China. The mid-range 64GB version of the phablet will sell for exactly the same price as the 128GB iPhone 6s. Certainly Chinese consumers cannot acquite the same quality of deal available in the United States, and this, coupled with the authoritarian Chinese government regulations regarding consumer electronics, certainly helps to explain why there is such a rabid trade in counterfeit Apple goods in the East Asian superpower.

The reason the iPhones are "pricier" in China is simple. It is not that Apple is price gouging in China. In China, the Chinese government imposes a Value Added Tax, which is not imposed on exported goods. That accounts for the difference.

It is not at all "odd" that the prices end in 8 in China. . . Eight is considered an auspicious number in China because it sounds in Chinese like an other word that has good connotations.

15 posted on 09/26/2015 2:44:04 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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