US price $80
At todays’ exchange rate that is £80.
Add 20% VAT which is charged in the U.K., that brings it to £96.
So £99 is pretty much spot on.
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Apple Increases HomePod Mini Price in Several European Countries
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At todays’ exchange rate that is £80.
Add 20% VAT which is charged in the U.K., that brings it to £96.
So £99 is pretty much spot on.
NZ included 
iMac prices have also increased quite significantly, like 10% 😔
iMac prices have also increased quite significantly, like 10% 😔
Oh absolutely agree on the overall package and I'm not actually buying anything at the moment. I replaced my 2013 MBP with an M1 Air that Amazon had on sale last year and that'll hopefully last me a while.
I was just curious what I'd pay at the moment. When you factor in RAM and storage the MacBooks are just painfully expensive, but obviously if you don't mind the trade offs.
Depends on the use case I'd say.
Said this lately in almost every article, how many more price increases do you want to see before you are seeing they are milkin dem apples…this was expected.
Next in line Airtags…
Next in line Airtags…
More easily Apple's non-American customers know perfectly well that it is a very good company to do the splendid thing on the domestic market with money stolen from foreign customers, and you as good accomplices are happy about it.
People complain about Apple increasing prices, but they'll continue to do it if people continue to buy it.
This basically.
I can’t justify paying for another price increased iPhone this year after the £150 bump last year.
My 14 Pro just wasn’t worth that kind of money.
I’ll be turning to something of better value for the price and no doubt superior camera anyway.
American prices don't include tax, whereas UK prices do. I can't go to my local Apple store and pay $99 for a Homepod Mini. Every state and city in the US has different sales tax rates. Where I live sales tax adds an additional $8.66. VAT in the UK is 20% from what I can tell, so Apple only gets £79.20, which at today's exchange rate equates to $98.06. But you don't see me on here complaining that Apple is a bunch of jerks for charging people in the UK $0.94 less than they do people here in the US.
so basically Apple is rising prices in EU when dollar is stronger and is rising prices in EU when Euro is stronger... sooner or later they will lose customers in Europe
The pre-VAT HomePod mini prices in European countries like Austria, France, Germany, Ireland and Italy range from around €88 to €91 which is equal to around $95 to $98 USD. Even with the recent price increase in those countries, that's LESS in USD than the $99 pre-sales tax price of the HomePod mini in the U.S.
How can there be "money stolen from foreign customers" when these Apple prices are less (in USD) overseas than they are in the U.S.? Or are you suggesting that Apple is charging higher HomePod mini prices in the U.S. so they can charge lower prices in some overseas countries?
The US price doesn’t include VAT. If you add the 20% UK VAT, you get £96, which is close enough (a bit of headroom for future currency drift).
Yes, the shipping is free, yet it has always been, so no change there.
If Apple listed ex-VAT prices in UK/EU markets, similar to ‘before tax’ prices in the US, then the problem wou.d be solved and everyone would be happy, right?
I agree with your sentiment, however Apple’s behaviour is not universal. Tesla, for example, have just recently substantially cut their prices for Model 3 & Y lines in China & Europe.
Apple seem to be trying riding their high margins wave for as long as possible. But hey, we vote with our wallets and if people start upgrading their hardware at longer intervals and opt for previous generations models in masse, then this might give Apple incentive to review their prices.
Apple actually lists the VAT amount:
But people still have to do the subtraction and know how US prices and VAT work.
Tesla's price cuts were more of a global occurrence as they also substantially cut prices in the U.S. for the Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X. This was after substantially increasing prices in the U.S. (and elsewhere) last year when the auto market got a little crazy due to supply chain related issues.
I’m glad I bought my devices when I did - i.e. before the increases 😬
Buying directly from Apple at this point in time seems a ridiculous thing to do - especially when Amazon and the like have offers going all the time.
That comes with the caveat that you might not get the exact device you want (I’d prefer a US keyboard, for example, but I will likely not get that from Amazon in Germany or Sweden or Denmark or the like) but you save a chunk of money.
I recently saw the base model M1 Pro MBP 14” for about €400 less than Apple’s RRP on Amazon. That’s a no brainer for me.
Buying directly from Apple at this point in time seems a ridiculous thing to do - especially when Amazon and the like have offers going all the time.
That comes with the caveat that you might not get the exact device you want (I’d prefer a US keyboard, for example, but I will likely not get that from Amazon in Germany or Sweden or Denmark or the like) but you save a chunk of money.
I recently saw the base model M1 Pro MBP 14” for about €400 less than Apple’s RRP on Amazon. That’s a no brainer for me.
Neat, I just got a pair of homepod minis last week 😃 have been considering buying them for a while, so - good timing I guess… (not that they’re available in the CZ Apple Store - had to get them from German distribution 🙄)
Anyway - those new sensors sound useful, I’m using public beta for iOS so I guess I’ll just go with beta on the homepods too, the new functionality seems to be there already! 🤓
Anyway - those new sensors sound useful, I’m using public beta for iOS so I guess I’ll just go with beta on the homepods too, the new functionality seems to be there already! 🤓
If I had a pound for every friend or work colleague that has said Apple stuff is becoming unaffordable I’d be rich.
It’s not just the price rises which are galling in some cases , it’s also the fact that they continue to ship really low amounts of ram / storage in their base models. Take that iMac for example.
.. in need of an update (quite old now with other machines moving to M2) , hiked to £1400 for an 8Gb / 256 GB computer with 24” screen.
Yep, many phones have more memory and storage than that.
An extra £400 to upgrade it to 16GB/512GB so it might actually last 5years.
No 27” in sight either.
Really poor Apple.
It’s not just the price rises which are galling in some cases , it’s also the fact that they continue to ship really low amounts of ram / storage in their base models. Take that iMac for example.
.. in need of an update (quite old now with other machines moving to M2) , hiked to £1400 for an 8Gb / 256 GB computer with 24” screen.
Yep, many phones have more memory and storage than that.
An extra £400 to upgrade it to 16GB/512GB so it might actually last 5years.
No 27” in sight either.
Really poor Apple.