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Commsec Ipad/Iphone Indexes: Australia No Longer The Cheapest
Commsec Ipad/Iphone Indexes: Australia No Longer The Cheapest
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Economic Insights: CommSec iPad/iPhone indexes
Simply, Australia is no longer amongst the cheapest Apple iPad Pro, 10.5-inch, 64GB, $US
places across the globe to buy popular technology
when measured on the same basis as other Brazil $1,619.11 Mexico $875.53
countries – that is, in US dollar terms. South Africa $1,082.46 Luxembourg $860.10
Argentina $1,018.45 Israel $854.54
Last year we surmised that the Aussie dollar Croatia $999.68 Russia $819.46
probably was “fairly valued” or perhaps even slightly Serbia $984.14 UK $817.05
“over-valued”. This year, the Aussie dollar looks more India $962.68 Canada (Ontario) $807.94
expensive. But “commodity currencies” like the Greece $961.72 China $800.95
Sweden $950.32 NZ $798.63
Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and Norwegian
Chile $936.16 Switzerland $793.18
krone are in favour at present. The Reserve Bank Slovenia $935.26 Australia $789.07
has grappled with the issue of whether the Aussie Czech Republic $922.01 India $744.73
dollar is too firm against major currencies, saying Bulgaria $907.58 Thailand $739.96
“The higher exchange rate is expected to contribute Poland $907.00 Indonesia $727.20
to the subdued price pressures in the economy. It is Denmark $905.66 Philippines $727.15
also weighing on the outlook for output and Norway $903.39 Vietnam $724.84
employment.” Macedonia $901.77 Singapore $721.37
Finland $901.54 Malaysia $715.41
Portugal $901.54 Canada $714.99
Global highs and lows Ireland $901.54 South Korea $706.47
It is important to note that sales tax rates provide Romania $901.27 US (California) $702.54
Netherlands $889.50 Taiwan $696.88
complications in undertaking comparisons across
France $889.50 Hungary $693.95
countries. In Australia the GST is included in the Italy $889.50 Saudi Arabia $693.07
Apple Store price. The sales tax environments aren’t Belgium $889.50 UAE $680.41
as clear on the pricing of iPads and iPhones in many Spain $882.05 Japan tax $671.03
other countries. In Canada and the US there are Turkey $879.73 US $649.00
various prices for the iPads and iPhones depending Germany $877.47 Hong Kong $638.46
on the different state or province sales taxes that Slovakia $877.47 Japan ex tax $621.33
Austria $877.47
apply. We have undertaken comparisons with
Source: Apple, CommSec, Reuters. Data at September 9
Ontario in Canada and California in the US. Apple
Japan also quotes prices ex-tax.
The CommSec iPad and iPhone indexes shows that Latin American, northern and Eastern European countries
still pay the most for their tech devices. Australian customers still remain in front of European customers in paying
for iPads but have fallen below a number of European countries on iPhones.
On current exchange rates Hong Kong and Japan are cheapest to buy the iPad Pro 10.5-inch model on current
exchange rates. Saudi Arabia and Japan appear the cheapest places to buy an iPhone. On both iPads and
iPhones, Brazilian and Argentinian customers pay the highest prices in the world to buy the latest technology.
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