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Weak Pound and Hiked Prices Make Apple Macs More Expensive for Brits
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Not really. I've just seen some good analysis done on this and Apple is estimated to still be making about £8 less per unit sold over here post-referendum.
Yes and that statement was true was before prices shot up - I am willing to bet that will all change now....
Exactly. That's also pretty much the extent of the technical specs you'll find on their site for the Surface Studio.
Not just Brits yo, the rest of the EU is utterly screwed as well.
UK sales are going to plummet. Been an Apple lover since the 80s but Cook is testing my patience. Still occassionally waking up at 6am to try and reserve for pickup an iPhone 7 Plus Jet Black on iPhone Upgrade Programme but the few that come in go in seconds. Not feeling the love...
It won't.
Residual value of the used machines will go up accordingly. As I said, TOC is for men, sticker price is for kids.
Everywhere in the world: what apple have taken away in weight of the new Macbook pro - they've replaced with price increases!
And what does this even mean? It's a niche product exactly due to its crazy price (because that is the crazy price, not Apple's).
Of course it will, people will but what they can afford - residual values won't even come into it!
For years Brits and their Yellow Press talked down the Euro and the City might have done even more, naming other countries PIGS and what not. And when they started to believe their own lies about the continent they are part of, they voted themselves out of the EU and isolated their little island from trade with their closest neighbors. I'm not sympathetic with Mac customers in Britain at all, they had it coming and here it comes.
Not all of us voted out but thanks for the kind words.
Nice sentiment - not all of us in the UK voted to leave the EU.
The UK is not alone. In Canada the new 13" MBP with Toolbar is C$100 more expensive than outgoing mid-model and only offers a 256GB SSD vs previously 512GB.
Nice gear Apple, but I'm out.
Nice gear Apple, but I'm out.
Let's do the math, shall we? Using the new 15 inch base model as example it's current price of $2399 convert to 2200 Euro at the current exchange rate.
The average VAT throughout Europe is around 20%, so let's add that to our new Euro price, giving us a after-tax price of 2640 Euro.
The actual price of said model in Germany is 2699 Euro, so about 59 Euro more than our calculation indicated the price should be. Figuring in stricter consumer protection laws, which definitely raise the costs for Apple in the long run, I think the price is actually pretty fair.
(calculation found on Reddit, no time to do it myself). People seem to forget the prices in $ are without tax while the European prices include VAT.
Not sure why you're blaming the European Union, I get it's an easy party to put the blame at, but they really don't have anything to do with the prices Apple sets for their products.
Edit: The Brits have partly to blame themselves for it. At least the (tiny) majority that voted Leave. I feel sorry for the minority that had a common sense, but the Brits can look forward to price increases for a lot of stuff, ranging from French wines to electronics. May ain't helping either. Wish they would just put it for parliament to vote for, and cancel the whole Brexit thing. I love the UK, doesn't feel good to see it all happening.
It’s not just Britain. Prices throughout the Euro-area also seem to have been substantially raised.
So what? Hitler's best result was 43,9% for the NSDAP and yet you bombed all of Germany. One gets punished for the sins of his nation. Their are no individual MBP prices for Remain voters and there shouldn't.
Dude! Did you see the results? It was 49% vs 51%.
A lot of us over here are sad for much more significant reasons than new MacBook prices!
Mmm, flying from Spain to London and staying a night for less than £100?! Last time I went, it cost me about £70 a night with airbnb as hotels were around £200. I guess that would still leave someone £30 for a flight which isn't unreasonable for winter... I know what I'm going to be doing this christmas!