Apple Reduces Price of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in India

[Poochi]

It's $899 Canadian dollars, which is $645 American dollars, which is $5 less expensive than it is in the US. I don't see the problem.

Problem is our salary did not go up 40% like the US currency.

 

[Zyiros]

If Americans had to pay up front full price for their iPhones, then sales in the US would be in the dump too. Subsidized financing from the carrier over 24 months makes iPhone sales popular in the US.

In the US we can get 0% financing or low interest on a wide range of consumer electronics. It gives the impression of a higher standard of living. The rest of the world can not.

But...we do pay full price in America? With T-Mobile and Verizon you have to buy the phone full price, and even if you go with AT&T or some subsidized phone plan, the phone plans are way more expensive than say T-Mobile, because your phone plan is also paying off your phone.

 

[dannyyankou]

Problem is our salary did not go up 40% like the US currency.

Yes, but you get free healthcare

 

[Poochi]

Yes, but you get free healthcare

Not "free", it's paid through taxes.

 

[dannyyankou]

Not "free", it's paid through taxes.

Taxes are nearly equal in the US, they're just used differently. Canadians just happen to get healthcare from them.

I don't want to get stuck on this topic though.

 

[sanke1]

They have done it again with iPad pricing.

128 GB Wifi price in US: 1079
128 GB Wifi price in India: 1392

Difference of $300

Do they seriously expect people to buy at this price?

One can get a full fledged laptop at this price.

@shanmugam

 

[thermodynamic]

The strategy was clear. Dump old inventory (5S and 5c) into developing markets and price it exorbitantly high for latest variant so that only filthy rich could afford.

But Indians are smarter than what Apple thinks. In a price conscious market this is like a fitting slap on Apple's face. They priced themselves out of the Indian market.

I wouldn't be surprised if some senior manager of Indian sales gets fired or disciplined for this misadventure of pricing.

When will Apple learn?

They want to "democratize" jobs (and having American workers train their own H1B replacements) but not "democratize" the products. I'm sure no Indian (or anyone else of any other nationality) raised such moral objections at that time, getting a free lunch and all at America's expense... but that's okay, just blame the schools, unions, and for a token also blame video games and hope nobody looks at the big issue since most of us know the schools are less than perfect and that union participation and strengh are at all-time LOWS (ask any union worker, they see the corruption in the unions nowadays too...)

 

[thermodynamic]

Taxes are nearly equal in the US, they're just used differently. Canadians just happen to get healthcare from them.

It also helps when "dangerous Canadian drugs" are sold much less there to begin with, and how the same drugs are made in China and other countries that lack regulations to ensure their safety but don't expect the free market supporters to point any details out, or at least until they themselves have to take the same drugs (only then it becomes a big issue). The same year a big anti-Canada media kick took place, the media also mentioned Chinese methotrexate being recalled. Obviously there's more than one issue, but Canada was scapegoated, probably to protect what is claimed as "Big Pharma" in America.

Taxes do go to other things in the US: lazy people welfare, corporate welfare, corporate welfare to companies that offshore jobs, corporate welfare going to companies that pay a low low wage (so the workers in turn need welfare for basic sustenance) and if welfare were that great than the people against it would be on it instead of feeling like chumps in having to work or get updated training to remain "economically viable"...

I don't want to get stuck on this topic though.

You did mention the topic to begin with, so surely one rebuttal (and you don't need to reply if you really don't want to be stuck on it) seems not unfair...

 

[sanke1]

They want to "democratize" jobs (and having American workers train their own H1B replacements) but not "democratize" the products. I'm sure no Indian (or anyone else of any other nationality) raised such moral objections at that time, getting a free lunch and all at America's expense... but that's okay, just blame the schools, unions, and for a token also blame video games and hope nobody looks at the big issue since most of us know the schools are less than perfect and that union participation and strengh are at all-time LOWS (ask any union worker, they see the corruption in the unions nowadays too...)

You went wayy offtopic. In the end I started to laugh because you were discussing H1B Visas and Unions and corruption.
Whatever you said has got nothing to do with Apple reducing iPhone prices in India. The prices were reduced simply because there was no demand as the initial prices were 40-50% higher than most countries.

Thanks for the entertainment.