> Brazil is notorious for being protective of their own localindustry and as a result iPhones and other gadgets are more expensive I used to think that way, bu

> Brazil is notorious for being protective of their own localindustry and as a result iPhones and other gadgets are more expensive I used to think that way, but I have been changing my mind over the past 5 years as I started to pay attention to some of Brazil's numbers. Its public structure is huge and expensive to keep in comparison to its overall productivity. That translates into more taxes and a natural overhead to any company willing to pay them in order to run a business legally. In the end of the day, the consumer is paying for all that.