I paid £789 for the 128GB 6 Plus last year, it's the same price this year for the 6S Plus 128GB.
Really wish Apple would reduce the price a bit to £699, even then the price is ridiculous.
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iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Priced Higher in Canada, Australia and Europe as U.S. Dollar Remains Strong
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I paid £789 for the 128GB 6 Plus last year, it's the same price this year for the 6S Plus 128GB.
Really wish Apple would reduce the price a bit to £699, even then the price is ridiculous.
With the high exchange rate for USD I like to use the 2-feet rule... I turn around, use my 2 feet and walk away.
Wake me up when it makes sense to buy American.
Thanks, this is exactly what we need to do. Vote with our wallet and feet. Walk away when buying American is too expensive like right now.
Wondering if the UK networks price the new iPhone models at similar prices to this time last year.
Must admit it sucks that other countries are going to have to pay more due to currency fluctuations!
Must admit it sucks that other countries are going to have to pay more due to currency fluctuations!
Apple trying to rip people off because they want to keep their profit margin high.
Thats all they need
Thats all they need
I'm trying to work something out atm... In the US the iPhone 6S Plus (128GB) is $950 which via the post office website at today's rate equates to £638! However, the same iPhone 6S Plus (128GB) in the UK is £789 which is £150 more expensive even after the currency conversion!
The only thing I can guess this might be is VAT (Sales tax, for those in the US) as on the UK store it says underneath the price that £132 of the price is VAT making the before VAT price £657 which is closer to the US price after currency conversion!
My question is this, do you have to pay US sales tax on top of the price quoted on the US store?
If this is in fact the case then it isn't Apple causing the excessive price in the UK (ok maybe they're getting an extra sneaky £20 according to today's exchange rate), but it's the 20% tax we pay in the UK? Compared to around 7% in the US (Depending on state I'm guessing!?)
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The US Price for a 64GB 6S is $749 USD. The current exchange rate is .7565. The converted price should be $986 CAD. The CA price of 1029 yields $782 US. This is a rip off of $33 US or $43 CAD. Why can't they just charge on the current exchange rate? Not quite enough to try and buy from the US on a credit card.
Guess I will have to wait until the exchange rate hits .73, assuming Apple does not jack the Canadian prices before then.
Guess I will have to wait until the exchange rate hits .73, assuming Apple does not jack the Canadian prices before then.
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I don't mind paying the going exchange rate. I don't expect Apple to take a hit and Apple should not expect me to take a big hit on a $990 item.
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Thats wrong! iPhone 6+ was 799,899,999€. They dropped the price by 100$ and between 40-60€ (strong US$).
Not good for Mexico or probably 3\4 of the rest of the world. Good for us in the United States. The US dollar is a powerful currency and hopefully will continue to go up.
production and assembly of the iPhone happens in China, if anything for Apple in the US it's even CHEAPER to produce an iPhone....
The article is talking about "Plus".
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Unfortunately that's not good for you but us little people can't do much to change the exchange rates.
Current rate is $1.00 USD = $1.32 CAD, ouch!
But hey, there was a time (most of 2011 and parts of 2012) where the CAD was stronger than the USD! Check history by plugging your currency here: http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/
Yet we didn't get our electronics or anything else discounted when that was the case.
Really an annoying double standard. When our dollar is better we pay the same as the U.S. But when ours dips they sing us with extra charges.
I do recognize that our dollar is far lower than the USD ever has been to ours but the point is that a few years ago when it started to slip out prices went way up (I pay $10-$20 more for a PS4 game, for example) even though we got no benefit when it was higher.
Continued 16GB BS and a price increase. Well doesn't that sound just enticing. I think I'll keep a close eye on the new Nexus release.
Looks like a great time to buy used!
My favorite trick for long battery health is not leaving my devices on the charger. Lithium ion don't like to be left at full or empty, so keep that charge state moving.
Right "Currency"... just more Apple tax. The iPhone 6 64GB had a price of €799 and the 6S 64GB now costs €849.
€849 is $949.61 at the moment of typing this reply. $949.61 - $749 (price on US Apple Store) = $200,61
It's just bulls*t.
€849 is $949.61 at the moment of typing this reply. $949.61 - $749 (price on US Apple Store) = $200,61
It's just bulls*t.
Yes, prices are the same as they were for 6/6+.
6s: £539, £619, £699
6s+: £619, £699 £789
Now 6/6+ are one step cheaper:
6: £459, £539
6+: £539, £619
It would have been nice for my salary to go up with the exchange rate, but not so much to follow it down...
The release of the 6S+ took the price up $200 NZD...
This will dampen down a lot of markets iphone demand.
Yes we pay tax on top of the price in the US store. This varies by state. When I lived in Ohio that sales tax was 6.5% living in Texas it is 8.25%.
Of course because it's free to come to the United States. It's not like there's any airfare or travel costs back and forth.
Easier said than done. It adds to the cost. I highly doubt people come all the way from the UK just to get an Apple iPhone. Travel costs will eat up the price difference. Most likely they are already coming here for other reasons.
Yes, and it depends on the state but it's nowhere near the 18 or 20% tax that you have in the UK.
There are 4 or 5 states that have no sales tax, a couple of states close to 10%, and most are between 5 and 7%.
When travel was really cheap ($400 round trip London to NY) in the late 90s to early 2000s many English people came here to shop (mostly for clothes) because of our prices.