Although during the first round of launch of the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus many were the countries included, today there are still countries where it is not available or where they have just received it, as is the case of India. Apple is focusing its interest in this country, with more than 1.200 million inhabitants, a potential market but still a long way from being a true source of income for the Cupertino boys. The arrival of the new iPhone is a challenge, since the price of the terminal rises up to $ 900, which is half of the annual income of most citizens.
Apple faces high customs duties which considerably increases the price of terminals in the country. On the website where Apple currently sells its devices through third parties, we can find the 7 GB iPhone 32 for 60.000. Rs, about $ 897,60, while the 256GB model costs up to Rs. 80.000. The most expensive model is the 7GB iPhone 256 Plus which is priced at Rs 92.000. The annual salary of a person in India is 1.581 dollars, according to the latest World Bank station.
Today India offers less than 1% of Apple's revenue where the company has a 5% market share.or. Currently the main manufacturers on the market are Samsung, Micromax, Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei. Despite Apple's continued interest in the country, high prices are a very big impediment for its devices to expand their market share, especially considering that Apple cannot sell refurbished devices after the government's refusal. But it still seems too early for Apple to want to turn India into the new China that has allowed Apple to grow a lot in recent years.
You speak of prohibitive in India and you compare with the average salary there. Here I think it is also prohibitive. Paying 800 euros for a mobile seems amazing to me.
Totally agree!
I think the same, but here (in Spain) it goes by zones. Here I think that an average salary in a large city (Barcelona, Madrid ...) is € 1800. If you move away from the cities, the normal salary is not much more than € 800 ... I do not have all the data, but I have read that in India the iPhone 7 costs half of your salary. From what I know (in my area and in normal towns) the iPhone 7 costs more than the average monthly salary. I think the price is worse here ...
They have said ANNUAL salary, annual ... by the way in my country (Cuba) it is 15 dollars a month ... so annual would be about 180 dollars ... there if it is prohibitive, but not only apple, anything, lol
If it is expensive, but not more than the other high-end, to see if in addition to India they bring it to Spain already at once, the iphone 7 plus 128gb black that I have been waiting for weeks and what is still left apparently.
On the subject within the high-end of sansumg for example they are for the same price, they are all expensive, there are cheaper mobiles if you want, but if you want a range you have to pay a lot.
They have said ANNUAL salary, annual ... by the way in my country (Cuba) it is 15 dollars a month ... so annual would be about 180 dollars ... there if it is prohibitive, but not only apple, anything, lol
897 dollars? Well, the same as me in Spain, only me in euros. Apple is not to blame that salaries are so low, images that you manufacture lighters in Spain and sell them for € 10 if someone wanted him in India, would you lower the price? The same happens in Germany with their cars, what happens is they have to leave them cheaper because we Spaniards charge less because the truth does not seem fair to me
Man, this news makes sense ... Do any of you who are commenting earn € 1.500 / 1.600 a year?
According to the information above, and as a comment ... If we take the annual salary of 1581 dollars of a person from India, it would be a salary of 131,75 dollars a month ... I think it is impossible to buy a team if they have to eat, dress, education , accounts, etc. Perhaps there are many people who can buy it without problems, either for those who have a monthly salary of more than 1000 dollars or euros, and can buy the latest Apple equipment.