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We have a Brazilian Au Pair, who told me that she was waiting until she came up here to the states to buy a new phone. I thought that getting a new iPhone in Br
by sircastor 4y ago
We have a Brazilian Au Pair, who told me that she was waiting until she came up here to the states to buy a new phone. I thought that getting a new iPhone in Brazil might be more affordable. Turns out I was wrong. The iPhone list price was somewhere around 180% as in the US. I was shocked.
- charlie0 4y agoThis is true in various countries. Relatives have asked me to buy electronics in the US when traveling to see them because of high import taxes.
- throwaway2203 4y agoPakistan gets around this by charging you a ridiculous (I think 40%) amount of the MRSP in tax when you first connect your phone to mobile networks. I used to buy my parents phones from the US but they have to get chinese phones with low MRSP now to not get gouged out.
- crazygringo 4y agoBrazil is by far the highest, there's no comparison. Electronics in Brazil cost roughly double. Other places are 20 or 40% more, not 100% more.
- Symbiote 4y agoNote bringing in goods like this, without declaring them at customs and paying due taxes, is often illegal. The rules differ between countries, and so does the chance of being caught.
- gregschlom 4y agoYes, Brazil has very high import duties on all electronics. Maybe they were hoping to promote local production, like what happened with the auto industry in the 50s and 60s there where major car manufacturers opened production plants in Brazil. It did work out to some extent in the 80s, with TV manufacturers moving to the Free Trade Zone of Manaus but didn't translate with the high tech stuff afterwards
- et-al 4y agoI'd wager to say that worldwide, America is still the cheapest place to buy a new iPhone.