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Why it’s not sold in EU?
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1st year of iPhone had it being sold in the US for 5 months then United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, and Austria.
This is done due to reasons of
- supply chain
- regulatory
- specialized trained abor
This is done due to reasons of
- supply chain
- regulatory
- specialized trained abor
They have not worked out the mass production manufacturing yet - the curved motherboard, screen etc. is new and the production of products are expected to be limited for quite a while (according to reputable leakers - there is expected to be a higher rate of issues on production). If they go worldwide then all countries will be in very very short supply and the time to ship will be quite high everywhere (longest likely ever). So they will sell in US first, then they will work out in stages. I live in a country that never seems to be in the first wave of releases of many of their products - so nothing new here.
Apple wants to test the market first. Besides, Europeans will just gasp at the price - 4,699 Euros. Look at how many complaints we hear from them already about iPhone prices.
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It needs to drop to iPhone pricing of $429-1599 to ship 1/3rd of a billion units worldwide annually to a human population of 10.4 billion.
Because by the launch date in 2024 the European recession will be so bad that Apple will end up charging €6000 for one.
It's more than likely because demand will be so high and production will be limited so limiting the launch market helps with that.
It's more than likely because demand will be so high and production will be limited so limiting the launch market helps with that.
If you look at the slide in State of Union video it will be released in England, Germany, Japan, Singapore & China later.