Apple Fined by Taiwanese Regulators Over iPhone Price Fixing

[PracticalMac]

Agreed.

In Australia you could get an iPhone 32gb on an $82 month plan over 24 months with Telstra (major telco) vs buying it outright for $1000 + going on a $19 a month plan. You're about $500 ahead after 2 years. Not much money? Thats probably 6 months of groceries, a set of new tyres for a standard car, etc, etc...

But hey, who am I to dish out financial advance, I'm just some random on the internet.

That's a huge saving to buy the phone outright!
Why don't people just save up the au$1000 beforehand?

T-mobile in addition to the no-contract shadow plans (most owned by big companies) in the US is putting a crack in the subsidized plans.

 

[RobertMartens]

I think they meant that in the USA Apple was allowing retailers to sell their iPhones at a different retail price than the other retailers, therefore are they even doing this practice in the USA?

Not that I am agreeing that Walmart has any such relevance here, or that the statement even makes much sense.

I love what you have done with the font sizes

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[Parasprite]

I love what you have done with the font sizes

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It didn't occur to me that you could use font sizes larger than the arbitrary "5"; I'll have to remember to play with that so I can abuse it more often.

I love-love-love you for that.

 

[fredaroony]

Odd law. Well, not my place to judge. Still I think it's a strange law.

Seem a manufacturer can't suggest a price. We see it all over the place in the US: MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price). It doesn't mean they're forcing the retailer's to sell at that price. Apple ain't TELLING them to sell at a certain price (or else), are they?

Sending their pricing to Apple prior to sale is hardly Apple suggesting the sell price.

 

[kimvette]

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Apple has been fined 20 million New Taiwan dollars ($670,000)

$670K is not a deterrent for Apple - it is merely the cost of doing business. Hit them with 100x more if you want the fine to actually deter them.