Why is Apple 97% more EXPENSIVE here?

In Brazil, people show off their iPhone in their Tinder profile -- it's a status symbol. Meanwhile, it can be cheaper to fly to Miami to buy a MacBook Pro than buy one in Brazil!
So why is Apple so expensive in Brazil? Here are 3 reasons why.
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[@MarcosCapella10]

Very well done! Robbers in Brazil will target iPhones specifically. I used to work at a custody court here in Recife, a Brazilian capital city, and we used to deal with many cases of robbers specifically asking for iPhones from people in restaurants in the touristic area of the city. Once the police found a bag full of Android phones thrown over the roof of a gas station and we were able to give all of them back to their owners. I myself used to have an iPhone 7 and I got robbed at gunpoint in 2018 and ever since I gave up buying iPhones completely and I now prefer Galaxy S series. They’re premium, cheaper and don’t get you in danger.

[@uptin]

Wow that's crazy. Glad your safe. And yeah I don't blame you -- I wouldn't want to hold an iPhone after that either!

[@monkeyguy80]

Seriously in generally, iPhones are much more VALUABLE than Android when comes to Price! But anyway your Samba countryare very dangerous. 😐🤷🏻‍♂️

[@skyMcWeeds]

dang when owning an Iphone can cost you your life, it put things into perspective Keep using an Iphone and risk getting robbed or killed in the process or get a different phone that still does everything and robbers will ignore you or even pity you for not using an Apple product I've had this happen to me before too thank god the culprits don't even know what a Vivo phone is

[@luism6706]

@@monkeyguy80 but Samsung is much better than iPhone

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

@@uptin But what's the point? Nobody can unlock the iPhone. When FBI is struggling then what these Robbers can do ?

[@allenpradhan2063]

In 2019, it was cheaper for Indians to go to Dubai and buy an iPhone and bring it back rather than buy it in India. But currently apple products have become much less cheaper and actually relatively cheaper than in US.

[@sexyyxes3101]

cause they produce it in India now.

[@XtenstialKrysis]

It's a myth my friend If you go to Dubai and get an iPhone...the immigration will charge you taxes making it as expensive as that in India

[@allenpradhan2063]

@@XtenstialKrysis if you buy for personal use, you don’t have to give any tax but if you buy 3-4 phones and bring them here, you have to pay customs taxes. Moreover currently the price difference between India and Dubai is very low. And sometimes even cheaper due to local manufacturing.

[@dannymankotia5612]

Well they are not cheaper than in the states or Dubai but yeah because of the local production apple products have become really cheap

[@shoraz]

It's still like 35k premium than to buy from the US.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

A few years ago I heard an NPR report about how many Brazilians travel to US (Florida mostly) just to shop. It makes sense - you can spend $1.5k for flight and hotels but if you’re buying $5k+ in premium goods, you can save more than the $1.5k you spent for flights and hotels

[@timonbubnic322]

you can go to USA for far cheaper than 1.5k, you can get return tickets for like 250-300€ i just checked, and if you go there exclusively for the apple products, you stay maybe 2-3 days, which is if you stay in a normal hotel like 200€

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@timonbubnic322 from Brazil, it’s about $500 min for flight. If you go cheap on a hotel and stay just 2-3 days, yes, you can make the trip for $700-$1,000 from Brazil.

[@timonbubnic322]

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson but i literally checked right now, cheapest flights 250-300€ return, i didnt put specific city for brazil or usa but if you want cheapest its that cheap

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@timonbubnic322 you joking? I just looked at Miami to São Paulo and to Rio. Round trip $700-$900 for the cheapest

[@xiqikxx8967]

My Brazilian friend came here to Texas to shop and bought $3k worth of stuff but once she went back to Brazil, the airport border customs forced her to pay tariff tax of $1k for the new goods or she’d risk getting the stuffed seized if she decides not to pay the tax

[@lucassm21]

The most revolting part is that Apple now has a factory in Brazil, they assemble the iPhone SE and even the 13's in the country. But the price? Same as if it were imported. They know people accept the prices so don't even bother changing.

[@nat0106951]

what. they have a factory in brazil. lol

[@galdutro]

They even had a factory in the Manaus tax free zone and charged the same prices! It’s all about how much you can squeeze out of your costumers!

[@liamsz]

@@galdutro not really, let’s be honest here, no one buys products from the official Apple Store here in Brazil, they buy them from third party resellers which is where a lot of those Brazil manufactured devices go to It’s clear that the absurd prices on the Apple Store are just for marketing, no one in their right is going to buy an iPhone for 15k in the Apple Store when you can get it for 9-10k with third party resellers (unless they’re part of the 1%) That way Apple can keep their luxurious brand they oh so love to have and also not outright rob the costumer for every dime they got Just to be clear, I’m not saying Apple products are cheap or accessible, all I’m saying is that you can get an Apple product for less than half the price anywhere else here in Brazil.

[@abdulkhujliwal786]

Apple considers itself as a luxury brand, so obviously, they won't change their prices just to attract more customers, coz the luxury brand won't remain a luxury brand anymore.

[@DrVogel-wk4dw]

@@galdutro you guys are talking about foxconn and they are not even an affiliate of APPLE. They only produce cables and assemble phones for Apple. Butthurt cause the richest company has earned it by holding a certain standard

[@junsei_buhin]

Motorola is still quite popular in USA, especially in mid to low end segment. It ranked number 3, after Apple and Samsung. However, it is a distant number 3, the market share is just 4.53%. Apple is 57.56% and Samsung 28%.

[@kidjiujitsu]

But Motorola is sold through carriers in the US. They don’t have dedicated stores here like Apple.

[@AlexMkd1984]

Crapple has17 in usa

[@mobjectivems7652]

Similarly in India….I spent $300 on a round way trip to Dubai to purchase my iPhone 13 max pro. In the end I saved $200-300 after including the travel costs.

[@ryo9417]

Nice bro !! Hehe thanks for the tip ima do the same xD

[@ryo9417]

How much did cost in UAE?

[@mobjectivems7652]

@@ryo9417 at that time iPhones in UAE was very cheap but since past few months iPhone prices have decreased in india because of local manufacturing. At that time I payed $1500 for 512 GB. In India right now I guess it’s available for $2000.

[@abdulkhujliwal786]

Apple doesn't manufacture (or assemble) their Pro lineup of iPhones here in India, which is why they're upto 50% expensive here, same reason as to why iPhones which initially are imported but later assembled here are very expensive at first, but when Diwali arrives, their price drops significantly.

[@Olli-Tech]

And here in Japan you see iPhones everywhere, they are even cheaper than in US. Not a status symbol at all. Crazy world, indeed.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

The prices in Japan is actually very close to the US prices. Might be a tiny bit pricier in Japan but isn’t overly too expensive.

[@ps_pol_xbox9036]

also helps that the crime rate (including that of iPhone robberies) in Japan is significantly lower than in Brazil, and unlike Brazil, Japan is a first world, fully developed country with its citizens having a high standard of living and quality of life.

[@papishome3394]

in my country you probably have at least one xiaomi product in your house whether its a phone, air freshener, vacuum cleaner, or anything actually. im surprised that they don't sell their products in the usa

[@leosink9953]

theyre banned

[@alexs1429]

Banned due to spyware controlled by Chinese gov’t

[@hermenegildoc3933]

Xiaomi is so common in Spain

[@jaysonrobles25]

They sell products in the USA except for phones, they sell Android TV boxes 😅 I guess try to search XIAOMI USA

[@PatalJunior]

@@leosink9953 No they are not, unlike Huawei.

[@ilcavicchioli]

Uptin, I lived in Argentina for over 12 years and doing a quick comparison with Brazil there are two constants. First, in the last decade or so many Argentines would go the US and do the exact same thing: flock to US and buy an iPhone, Mac, you name it. Some would even buy in bulk to then resell once they've returned on MercadoLibre (South America's eBay). Second, the Peso is so worthless (you've already shown us this, and it's never-ending) with respect to the US Dollar. The only difference is that there's no such thing as an Apple store in the country (maybe an authorized reseller but no official store), most likely the costs to set up shop (especially the factors you've noticed) would be exorbitant

[@funnymakerboy4199]

In India Apple try to open a Apple Store. What happened due to pandemic Apple Store gone cancel but official apple india website launch by apple now we are can buy officially new product like a USA in India. Apple India lots of authorised stores and service network . But no one Apple owned it be partnership with local service provider.

[@hilton1717]

The same happens in Morocco, you either have to go to Spain/Portugal/France/Italy or save money

[@lebbeus]

“If you don’t know Xiaomi, you are probably American” hahahah exactly, Americans live in their small bubbles. Xiaomi is extremely popular and of high value with decent quality

[@awsomeantler902]

Imagine having a watermark on a camera 😭

[@trendyromish4789]

@@awsomeantler902 My Doesnt Have

[@simpmaster7995]

@@awsomeantler902 You need to turn watermark by default and can remove any time you want.

[@bg-sj9tx]

I wouldnt say its quality is high

[@lebbeus]

@@bg-sj9tx I said high value with decent quality

[@nNerck]

as soon as I read the title, I already knew it was Brazil

[@marcus2558]

This is a good video dude keep it up!

[@uptin]

Thanks so much!

[@smaronboruah]

It's the same here in India, the taxation is so high that people just fly off to countries like US and Dubai, enjoy a vacation for a few days, buy the phone, and come back. Usually costs just a little bit more to do all that than to buy the phone in India itself.... Although since 2020 we started getting nice sales on the phones during festivals so it's finally getting reasonable to buy it locally

[@nanocarbonx]

I’m a little confused, does Samsung not need to pay for import tax, logistics, and security?

[@lucassm21]

a lot of the Samsung phones are fabricated in Brazil, also they lose value way quicker than iPhones. Apple also started making phones in Brazil but the prices are the same as if it were imported. Ultimately Apple doesn't care, people now accept to pay absurds so they don't even bother changing it anymore.

[@RianMalik]

from what I heard of, unlike Apple, other brands normally pay the majority of the taxes. It does make sense because their products needs to be affordable for people to buy.

[@raysonhenrique5664]

Hi, I'm Brazilian and I'll explain quickly, it's not because of taxes! This exorbitant price is because Apple knows that Brazilians will pay the price they set, it's super common to see poor people doing everything to buy an iPhone for an absurd price, which leads apple to think that way "WOW, if This fucked up country buys at the price I put, why should I lower the price even when the dollar is low?" All Androids and formerly the best Windows Phones had normal prices and were manufactured in Brazil as well as the iPhone 13 line is also manufactured in Brazil but they will never lower the price knowing that there is a muggle that pays that fucking price.

[@sangminlee1234]

Samsung produces phone locally in Brazil, so they are not required to pay the import tax. When companies really want to enter the Brazilian market, they will usually set up local manufacturing

[@lucadipaolo1997]

@@sangminlee1234 The thing is, so does Apple.

[@mohibahmad5834]

Nicely explained brother ❤️

[@uptin]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnmacasinag3996]

I thought stealing phones were a thing of the past. Here in my country phone robberies were rampant during the era of Nokia's since phones were rare and was seen as a status symbol. But as technology catch up and became affordable phone robberies became less common and redundant.

[@alexedelweiss3267]

Most of those robbers are drug addicted and steal things to pay for the drugs. How more expensive the phone, more drugs they can have in exchange for it, so...

[@Violant3]

people don't steal phones for themselves, they sell it to buy drugs, everyone can afford a phone here in brazil too, thieves have their own phones, but will steal others to sell them and buy drugs

[@aspilobo]

Brazil is Brazil. I mean, they kill each others for 5 bucks

[@santiagoalmiron9596]

If you are robbed in my country, the first thing they asked it is your phone. People does not have much money in the wallet, probably less than 30 dollars. A low-mid tier phone is around $200. It is super easy for the thief to sell the phone to a place that unlock it and then resell it. There is a big black market that it is not able to afford a new phone or willing to pay high prices.

[@JuakoRanger]

Then you don't live in latinamerica. Here phone robbery is as common as the sun rising every day

[@nick3925]

I live in a city next to São Paulo but I never been robbed me and my family always go to the USA to buy iPhone or a MacBook or a friend always brings it to us

[@David1991.]

Typical foreigner making the stupidest comment I ever seen today.

[@ijazm]

Here in India Apple products cost about 50% more. Developing nations do need to levy import taxes to make companies manufacture locally. Not all countries are oil rich 😢

[@amirism91]

What about Singapore. It's not oil rich. But the price of Iphone is not expensive.

[@piyushvaidya5086]

@@amirism91 it's not a developing country sir

[@jaysonrobles25]

How about the Philippines? The cost of an iPhone here the highest is around $2,000 but it gets much cheaper with Postpaid plans you just need to shell out $130 and pay $42 for 23 mos. I think the price here in the Philippines people in the middle and lower middle income can still afford it, specially second Hand iPhones here costs $100-$300 so yeah

[@raptor4133]

iphone isnt that expensive in india anymore

[@gabejbk]

That's the biggest bullshit 🤣

[@josepharrr3712]

Well at least it's not so expensive for brazilians compared to Vietnamese ppl who has to buy a phone with that devalued money.

[@guacfiend]

damn good journalist, keep it up.

[@ningboflyer3871]

Apple products in China are also more expensive when compared to the US/HongKong/Japan, but not that crazy as Brazil does. A 256 GB iPhone 13 costs around 1030 USD. But luckily, we can buy them from parallel import vendors for a lower price.

[@Haru_no_ki]

1415 euro or 1490 USD for the base gb IPhone 13 pro max in Romania. S22 ultra base gb is ~200€ cheaper, but I prefer iPhone

[@crispyglove]

Apple definitely doesn't care.

[@andre-arthur]

Excellent video! Short, informative and to the point! :D

[@uptin]

Glad you liked it!

[@keselekbakiak]

"Why is apple more expensive?" "Why do you buy expensive iphone?"

[@mictos7705]

With the Motorola kiosk/stand alone store it is true I don’t see them in the us but they don’t need to rely on that as they can just sell their phones to carriers to display or just buy directly off their website, interesting fact they are the third largest smartphone vendor in the us

[@DylanBoynukalin]

This is such a good video, the classical music matches so well, I wanna more about who edited this video. Gotta be a cool dude

[@uptin]

Actually, it’s a female editor!

[@hackitmaster1505]

I think the iPhone SE should be kept at the same price as it is in the USA everywhere. I can understand in the case of the other phones(trying to be a “luxury” company) but the se was meant to be the budget option

[@enricodelascio4330]

The SE here is about the same price as an s21+ and close to an s22.

[@lucashenriqueferreiramucio2049]

Iphones are way less expensive in other retailers here in Brazil, Buying directly from the Apple Store also makes it way more expensive, but definitely taxes play a huge role making apple products expensive here.

[@youdonwannaknowme]

I might have missed something, but if two of the reasons why iPhones are expensive in Brazil are the high tax on imports and complicated logistics, then how come a Samsung of "similar caliber" would still cost less, about half the price of an iPhone, even though it's also imported?

[@Diego-pc4rc]

Samsung manufacturers phones in brasil for the brasilain market and so don't pay inport taxes

[@MegaHuichen]

It's the same thing what America did with Japan, that's y Toyota, Honda, build cars in America

[@yudacogati1436]

Similarly, in Indonesia, the new iPhone is more expensive. Therefore, many people find second-hand iPhone.

[@lilchicken6986]

I kinda hate when people from outside Brazil say something about Brazil... But almost everything that you said is correct

[@asirf.3634]

One huge question. The samsung phone is priced the same as iphones everywhere else but in brazil its 50% cheaper than the iphone? Im in malaysia and that samsung phone is most definitely around $1100 too

[@derekmckeown4478]

It's pretty much the same here in Colombia.

[@senzuka_se]

"used to show off on tinder" mans holding a stone age iphone 6s😂 nothing to flex if its that old

[@sacredsoundhub]

I live in Fiji, if you happen to travel here to Fiji, you'll see the prices are super high, even though this country is very poor. Come check and you will see.

[@MaiElizabeth]

In Malaysia, iPhone 12 mini costs RM3,399

[@jamestl9301]

My phone is a Xiaomi too 😆😆 i find that for a user like myself, iphones are too restricting and limited and too damn expensive.

[@leoshadow]

I live in Brazil and i have a Samsung S20 Fe. It costed me arround 530.00 US$ or R$ 2700.00. An iPhone XR here is 670 US$ or R$ 3400.00 and it is pretty old compared to the S20 Fe, which has more performance and a much better battery and display also. The world is so unfair

[@barrupa]

Not accounting for personal preference, on an objective measure, buying an iPhone is just bad spending in Brazil. For little over 460 USD and a couple of minutes hunting for coupons or promos you could buy a 128gb Galaxy S21 right now, meanwhile, for the same price, the cheapest iPhone you could get is an used 256gb iPhone 8. The same goes for newer devices, a 256gb Galaxy S22 can be had about 890 USD, the same price as a 64gb iPhone 12 or 128gb iPhone 11. Apple knows it can charge more because people still buy their products no matter the price. It's a status symbol, not a tool.

[@humaisabbasi]

Buddy where are you from?

[@Ins.nity3]

We Indians these days mostly travel to dubai to get iPhones these days. 2 day stay with airfare is cheaper then buying iPhone here 🤷

[@mobjectivems7652]

Bhai mene to same day round trip Mara tha last year. Morning flight to Dubai and night return. 2 iphone13 max pro khareeda tha.

[@Ins.nity3]

@@mobjectivems7652 Haan bhai , yeha toh pro max toh 256 gb 1.4 lac ka..isse acha toh dubai jo 90k ka pro max and jana anna 30k ..ek din you can stay also. pagal bande honge jo yeha se itne ka iphone kharid ke machao..its not worth it.

[@HaroonSamsudeen]

Xiaomi is one of the biggest brands here in South Asia

[@gustavosantoslima7356]

Esse cara usa São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro como exemplo pra generalizar a realidade brasileira. Isso não é a realidade de todo o país. Nem todos os lugares são tão perigosos. O Brasil é imenso.

[@bloodwargaming3662]

No offense if your most propeprous and richest and capital cities are like this god knows how the rest of the country is . And no offense the stats also show the same Brazil unfortunately very very dangerous

[@gustavosantoslima7356]

@@bloodwargaming3662 São as cidades mais ricas e prósperas ? Só se for em PIB porque em qualidade de vida são péssimas. O Brasil tem sim ótimas cidades pra viver com ótima qualidade de vida se comparada ao resto do país.

[@alexedelweiss3267]

Nem vem, o que mais tem no Brasil é nóia ladrão de celular que ficam roubando para comprar mais droga. É claro que varia dependendo do local, mas isso ocorre no país todo sim.

[@murilobrogin4046]

@@bloodwargaming3662 No offense but inner cities in Brazil are very low dangerous compare to capitals, São Paulo state and south states are the best ones to live here. I never was robbed here since I was born.

[@duuu9999]

I think that the to resolve this problem is necessary to building apple's factories in Brazil, to decrease the taxes.

[@The1Ronski]

It's sad to see companies put a dollar price and bottom line on a product that we use to communicate. I'm not surprised though, in today's ever emerging markets it's the common norm. Thanks uptin for the illuminating insight.

[@ghost3_8]

In Bangladesh where I live iPhone is also expensive but not much. As we have low wage that's why lot's of people buy Samsung, Xiomi, Oppo, One plus , Vivo , Motorola. Xiomi also built it's manufacturing company in Bangladesh so it's phone is pretty affordable .

[@IdkCatsAreDumb]

In Turkey you gotta pay 20k for standart iphone 13

[@s.barasa]

Most places tbh. Same case in Kenya

[@thaisen4848]

what if i by iphone from dubai and sell it to brazil ,did i can cover my money?

[@JongkieArt]

The prices of Apple products outside US are way more expensive. For comparison here in Indonesia. Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 128gb is 1230 usd. Meanwhile iPhone 13 Pro Max 128gb can cost you 1400 usd.

[@AmitSharma-dh8gp]

In India, iPhones are now less expensive than flagship Android smartphones. 😁

[@rafaelpaulinoferreira8591]

Exactly! Apple's popularity is decreasing in Europe and Latin America cuz it's very expensive for what we earn (and I live in a european country with low inflation rates!). Xiaomi and Samsung are adapting to this but Apple isn't. I guess they prefer to keep their high status... And the quality between an iPhone and a Samsung or a Xiaomi smartphone is not very different (and it's more than half of the price). If Apple wants to keep their high status worldwide, it needs to adapt. And they are suffering, they even created a more "affordable" model named iPhone XS (to increase sales) and it's still very expensive for what we get! If they want to be competitive in the european market, they need to change their tactic. Until that, most of the people are going to buy Xiaomi or Samsung products instead of Apple products.

[@alexandrevieira2410]

The XS was not meant to be affordable, actually it was its generations’ flagship, occupying the niche of the current Pro Max

[@nikilnaveelchand138]

Come to Fiji A iPhone 13 is around $3000 fjd and $5000 on the higher end models Mac books are around $4000fjd to $7000 fjd

[@whatzpoppin5483]

That is not the most expensive place on earth to buy a iPhone, the most expensive place on earth is in Fiji. Here a iphone 13 costs $3999 to $4200.

[@monkeyguy80]

In Singapore Apple Store, a iPhone 13 Pro Max cost USD$1300! 🙂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@uptin]

Yeah, Singapore is one of the lowest!!

[@monkeyguy80]

@@uptin Yup! Lowest in yr side but is expensive on our own currency buy!

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

In my country this cost more than $1900

[@vinayakgupta6105]

The exact same situation is in India too

[@Mnnyquintero]

Similarly in Mexico, lots of people think of you have the recent model people will think you have money

[@trungdoan8052]

U in vietnam. So 30/4 -1/05 ( freedoom day in vietnam ) big festival . I hope u make video about that

[@kelvinkamau4843]

2:39 is Nairobi Kenya

[@grimzapubgofficial1490]

I bought an iphone 13 pro max 256gb with around $2230 in Nepal. It's hella expensive here too. Yet you will see most of the people using iphones here.

[@BlackS-men]

Go research how much it costs in south africa

[@13galaxy]

It's because there is already a product called gradienté iPhone and apple lost that trademark in Brazil, and they're sort of renting the name

[@anushka_c5046]

in srilanka i phones are way more expensive than brazil it's almost cost 800,000lkr(8lux) for an i phone 13 pro max 😌

[@MahdneticPlayz.]

Same in Saudi Arabia

[@forbiddenedits]

Damn i feel rich now

[@bhh-lt5bh]

It's 1860$ in India around that

[@bhh-lt5bh]

I am talking about iPhone 13 pro max

[@golumolu5334]

I m indian i go to Japan to buy apple products

[@bhh-lt5bh]

@@golumolu5334 aur finance tu China se karwata hain ja ja tu poco smartphone use karta hain

[@golumolu5334]

@@bhh-lt5bh 😂😂😂😂

[@dhruvrai2170]

Nope, he's talking about 1TB variant and that costs 2300$

[@Cesarelizondo27]

Damn and I used to think that Brazil was a safe place to have apple products. And dnow I see that the reality is different. Also I can not believe how popular the iPhone is now on Mexico, almost all the people from the 3 bigs cities own an iPhone and it’s not a cheaper product.

[@techlad22]

In Nigeria as well, it gets more expensive

[@jajex6071]

I payed 1300$ for iphone 12 128gb when it was released :/

[@syndicate_1]

Xiaomi is really popular even here in west Africa

[@sourish.]

its the same in India. I think it is a tad bit cheaper here but almost the same. and also Indias spending power is very less so its seen as a status symbol here

[@shanazirk]

Same kind of situation in India 😣

[@hesambabaei456]

In Iran we have same problem only for all electronics 🙃

[@MehrezSatouri]

An iphone 13 pro Max is 2146 USD in my country Tunisia.

[@AlejandroHerffield]

Same in Argentina, elevate taxes and import restrictions because can´t get dollars for oficial import, Iphone 11 Pro new aviable from $3000-4000 USD, affortunely have a lucky of get particular imports to international low prices

[@rudfil]

Hi, I’m thinking of buying an iPhone from here in US for my cousins in Argentina. Am I allowed to bring iPhones to Argentina as gifts?

[@Murda.flocks]

3k yeah in my country its 4324.08 ec ( eastern caribbean)

[@nateekine6439]

Nigeria too

[@madmixy3870]

But it cost about the same here in barbados

[@Dr.rayapavan]

Hi uptin, I really like your work one question when are you coming to INDIA show the the world how diversified the country is western media only shows the cities like old delhi, dharavi in mumbai city but they never show delhi ncr , navi mumbai, or cities like banglore and hyderabad {Techonology hubs of india} and they never show the southern part of india ... because it is more developed AND ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW INDIA CAN BE NEXT SUPERPOWER , AND ALSO MAJOR ISSUES INDIA IS FACING RIGHT NOW I HOPE YOU WILL SEE THIS COMMENT

[@DerindenTeknoloji]

Just a suggestion: talk about Turkey next 😁

[@uptin]

I already made videos about Turkey, here's the one about iPhone prices kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXe8cq1rlLx3o5I

[@maryrobi8772]

In Georgia mackbook costs 10000 laris

[@webfeds]

in saudi arabia its 5,035

[@tiadaid]

The world is basically subsidizing Americans' Apple purchases

[@SSRVancity]

Crazy Prices!

[@HamzaK991]

I don't agree it is about logistics or infrastructure, this is just how apple does things. It charges 999 for an iPhone in the US, and that is about the only you'll buy an iPhone for that price. In most other countries iPhone is going to cost much more. For example, a lot of countries in the EU have even better infrastructure than US, and it is safer and cheaper to get those iPhones to stores in these countries, yet Apple still charges 50, 60, 70 % more for its products. I believe that is the main reason why apple products aren't as popular outside of the US as they are in the US. For the record: I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Balkans) and a 999$ iPhone from the US costs about 1500$ here.

[@stiegelzeine2186]

Us prices are always without taxes so it isn’t really much cheaper in the us than in most European countries only the lower taxes make iPhones slightly cheaper for example New York has a 8.875% tax and Germany has 19% only in 3rd world countries the prices are much more expensive in most cases just because of greedy governments

[@amit9838831064]

Uptin apple products are so expensive in iran and india too

[@Evercreeper]

2:50 they are saying san pablo not its simple

[@dormamu1330]

In India tooo it’s status symbol

[@tarunbhatti8257]

Canadian too don’t know

[@pirii88]

But why can the other brands offer standard prices? I mean they also have to pay high taxes and for transport and security like apple…

[@kaleorj]

Just one thing São Paulo is spelled like this

[@ArthArmani]

Is not just iPhone, PlayStation 5 are very expensive too i think, is just crazy, that poor people have to pay so much, for beautiful country and beautiful people, this is not fair.

[@gabejbk]

It's only because of the taxes. Everything else is secondary.

[@TronLegacy7]

Same in India, people here go to Dubai to buy their apple products

[@DasJaegar]

Where I live, an iPhone 13 is $210,000 and a MacBook 2020 is 390,000. A ticket to America cost less than $100 USD, so most people just go to Florida, buy and comeback the next day

[@brozack4940]

i hope u r joking

[@TanveerAhmed-dk3rp]

Where do you live? Zimbabwe?

[@DasJaegar]

@@TanveerAhmed-dk3rp I live in Jamaica

[@DasJaegar]

@@brozack4940 Nah I live in Jamaica and it's customs making us pay 45% of any purchase over 50USD. To avoid this many persons turned to corruption or other nefarious tactics

[@Matdox18]

Big up yuhself 🇯🇲

[@qasimplays2531]

Its the same deal here in India

[@CrisGarcia6]

Isn't in Brazil use a different currency? Thank yquestion mark they use Brazil Reais

[@mohitgupta3092]

Hey UPTIN, I'm sure you have a large audience from India. So maybe you can have a visit to South Asia too...

[@uptin]

On my list!

[@rahim.3c]

How about Argentina?