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Yep the base price for a Iphone 7 Plus in Sweden is 1100$. Not sure it makes sense comparing prices like this though. In Sweden the cost of an iphone does not c
by wutwutwutwut 9y ago
Yep the base price for a Iphone 7 Plus in Sweden is 1100$. Not sure it makes sense comparing prices like this though. In Sweden the cost of an iphone does not compete with your ability to get access to health care or education for example.
- quickben 9y agoIt's also the userbase or the marketing there (unsure which one). I was in Sweden few years ago, gislaved / hestra, and overall nothing else was being sold besides iPhone. It came as a shock to me. Only one of the tech toys stores that we visited had Samsung at the time.
- wutwutwutwut 9y agoLooks like your view is biased by what stores you visited. All stores where I live sell a mixture of brands, with the obvious exception of the Apple store. I think the largest stores are Elgiganten, Mediamarkt, Netonnet and all of those sell a mixture. A quick look at price comparison site for my area shows 80 stores selling iPhone 7 and 72 sellingg Galaxy S8. And that includes the Apple stores.
- Broken_Hippo 9y agoFully agreed. I can't imagine Sweden having less choices than Norway, considering full EU membership and Norway being known for its lack of choice.
- kalleboo 9y agoThe Swedish price also includes 25% VAT, as well as the cost of consumer protection afforded by Swedish/EU laws (which in the US you have to pay extra to get through AppleCare - although AppleCare does go further)
- ghaff 9y agoUsing credit cards in the US give a pretty high level of consumer protection (over and above usual consumer protection laws) although not as much as buying an explicit warranty.
- beager 9y agoI'm genuinely curious if credit card companies get involved with warranty-related actions, or really anything beyond the fitness and accurate representation at the time of purchase. As far as I can tell, thigs like AppleCare and EU VAT protections cover an almost entirely exclusive set of concerns, namely, the fitness of the product after initial purchase.
- whafro 9y agoI'm not knowledgeable enough to compare directly to VAT, but many credit cards extend a product's existing warranty (90 days to two years, depending on the card), and some offer things like 90-day purchase protection (if the price changes or if merchant/manufacturer won't accept a return, the credit card will). Purchase protection took care of a theft I had in my house last month. They just needed a receipt and a police report, and the purchase price was refunded a few days later.
- beager 9y agoThanks for the response. This is something that's not well known to me and in the age of retailers trying to upsell the same thing for a fee, I'm not surprised that it is obscured.
- ghaff 9y agoIn all fairness, it's not a standard thing. Most of the extended card protections that go beyond purchase dispute resolution/defective product come from various premium cards more so than basic no-charge ones.
- wil421 9y agoWhy are you bringing up healthcare on an iPhone discussion? Trying to figure out how it is relevant to the pricing of an iPhone in Sweden.
- Jdam 9y agoAs a European, I noticed that discussions held here about X in the US _always_ converge against their healthcare. "Salary in the US is higher" - but heir healthcare sucks "Weather in California is nicer than in Oslo" - But you don't have healtcare "New York is such a great city to live in" - But you're left for dead
- tertius 9y agoHealthcare sucks AND it's ridiculously expensive.
- thanksgiving 9y agoYes! As a twenty something single I was shocked that people saw paying $200 out of pocket each month as a privilege that comes with working. Clearly, for me it was a pure waste because I used exactly zero dollars worth of health care myself. Of course, people with infants absolutely need it. I had a coworker who had basically the same story as Jimmy Kimmel (newborn with heart defect). I can't imagine how much quality care would cost if he didn't have health insurance through work. I mean at some point there were apparently dozens of specialists involved with the case... I'm sure each of them are billed at hundreds of dollars each hour. I just want to say that at the end of the day there is no solution other than reducing the cost: be it healthcare or education or retirement...
- kayoone 9y agonot getting healthcare as a 20-something is popular, but incredibly shortsighted.
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- ordbajsare 9y ago"ability to get access to health care" get in line...
- gwatch 9y agoI will take my cheaper iPhone and pay for my own health care. It costs me way less to pay for my own healthcare, rather than surrendering my private property (paying higher taxes) to the government. It is immoral to force me to pay for the healthcare of other freeloaders. In case you haven't noticed, in Sweden your welfare state is already crumbling. It is unsustainable over a long run, not to mention, immoral.