Across the board, companies seem to be willing to accept lower margins in the US (perhaps it doesn't matter as much because of scale and competition). And on t

Across the board, companies seem to be willing to accept lower margins in the US (perhaps it doesn't matter as much because of scale and competition). And on the other hand, other countries tend to have higher corporate taxes and higher cost of doing business, and that gets passed on to customers in the form of higher prices. Note that the UAE restricts most VoIP, so devices purchased in Dubai will not have FaceTime.