5 ms·

$1320 CAD + tax for a phone. MacBook Air is cheaper than this. edit: meant CAD.

by parthdesai 9y ago

lcfcjs2 9y ago
It was $999.
ihuman 9y ago
Where do you see $1320 + tax? The highest I can get it is $1,149.00 + tax for the 256GB version.
- parthdesai 9y ago
  i'm in Canada, should edit my comment.
scarlac 9y ago
To be fair, the MB Air is fairly old in comparison. Also, the display is far better on the iPhone X and last time iPhone 7 was compared, it faired better than many notebooks in CPU tests as well. It only got better since then.
- parthdesai 9y ago
  A macbook also lasts much much longer than an iPhone
Matthias247 9y ago
As usual it's even worse in europe. In germany it's 1149EUR for the 64gb model, 1319 for the 256gb one (all including taxes). The latter one is pretty close to what I paid for my 256gb macbook pro 13" 2 years ago (the newer pros are however also more expensive).
- wu_tang_chris 9y ago
  isn't that about right given a 19% sales tax? if not, what would be an identical EUR price for the $999 phone (tax not included)?
  - Matthias247 9y ago
    > isn't that about right given a 19% sales tax? If we purely compare prices without tax then 999$ are currently 835€, compared to 965€ (1149/1.19) on the german side. Or as the original post was about CAD, the 1320 CAD are 905€, which is somewhere in between. Which means before taxes the phone gets already more expensive here, and after taxes even more. But this is nothing new for the iphone X and also not limited to phones. Electronics are usually more expensive here. > if not, what would be an identical EUR price for the $999 phone (tax not included)? The question is what is an identical price? Based on end-user price and actual exchange rates? Maybe 920€, since that should be what is costs in the US after tax. Based on the average disposable income in the target markets? Don't know. Based on what people are willing to pay in each market? Or based on what the phone manufacturer simply wants it to be priced in each marked?
    - wu_tang_chris 9y ago
      I was trying to get a sense for pre-tax price difference. Sounds like it's 130€. > Based on what people are willing to pay in each market? I'd expect it's largely based on that, and that Apple has put a good deal of thought into what they can get out of you guys.
51Cards 9y ago
And our dollar is up right now.
- parthdesai 9y ago
  This is almost like airline industry. Ticket prices will go up because oil prices are up. But they never go back down.
MBCook 9y ago
Given leaked benchmarks for the new A11 chip this phone may be faster than a MacBook Air. I'm pretty sure the 10.5 inch iPad Pro already is.

$1320 CAD + tax for a phone. MacBook Air is cheaper than this. edit: meant CAD.

lcfcjs2 9y ago

It was $999.

ihuman 9y ago

Where do you see $1320 + tax? The highest I can get it is $1,149.00 + tax for the 256GB version.

parthdesai 9y ago
i'm in Canada, should edit my comment.

scarlac 9y ago

To be fair, the MB Air is fairly old in comparison. Also, the display is far better on the iPhone X and last time iPhone 7 was compared, it faired better than many notebooks in CPU tests as well. It only got better since then.

parthdesai 9y ago
A macbook also lasts much much longer than an iPhone

Matthias247 9y ago

As usual it's even worse in europe. In germany it's 1149EUR for the 64gb model, 1319 for the 256gb one (all including taxes). The latter one is pretty close to what I paid for my 256gb macbook pro 13" 2 years ago (the newer pros are however also more expensive).

wu_tang_chris 9y ago
isn't that about right given a 19% sales tax? if not, what would be an identical EUR price for the $999 phone (tax not included)?
- Matthias247 9y ago
  > isn't that about right given a 19% sales tax? If we purely compare prices without tax then 999$ are currently 835€, compared to 965€ (1149/1.19) on the german side. Or as the original post was about CAD, the 1320 CAD are 905€, which is somewhere in between. Which means before taxes the phone gets already more expensive here, and after taxes even more. But this is nothing new for the iphone X and also not limited to phones. Electronics are usually more expensive here. > if not, what would be an identical EUR price for the $999 phone (tax not included)? The question is what is an identical price? Based on end-user price and actual exchange rates? Maybe 920€, since that should be what is costs in the US after tax. Based on the average disposable income in the target markets? Don't know. Based on what people are willing to pay in each market? Or based on what the phone manufacturer simply wants it to be priced in each marked?
  - wu_tang_chris 9y ago
    I was trying to get a sense for pre-tax price difference. Sounds like it's 130€. > Based on what people are willing to pay in each market? I'd expect it's largely based on that, and that Apple has put a good deal of thought into what they can get out of you guys.

51Cards 9y ago

And our dollar is up right now.

parthdesai 9y ago
This is almost like airline industry. Ticket prices will go up because oil prices are up. But they never go back down.

MBCook 9y ago

Given leaked benchmarks for the new A11 chip this phone may be faster than a MacBook Air. I'm pretty sure the 10.5 inch iPad Pro already is.