Hungarian Apple Fans Shocked Over New iPhone Prices
- 15 Sep 2017 8:54 AM
US technology giant Apple unveiled its most expensive handsets ever this past Tuesday. While the basic iPhone X model costs a $999 and the more premium 256GB model retails at $1,149 in the United States, iPhone-buyers in most European countries, especially in Hungary, will have to pay significantly more for Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone.
In Hungary, the 256GB model is expected to hit the stores at 436 990 forints ($1481). For Hungarian consumers, the prices are extremely high because of the country’s world record value added tax (27 percent). According to streetwear blog Highsnobiety, it is smarter and cheaper to travel to the U.S. to purchase the phone and pay the return flight from Budapest to New York than buying the phone in Hungary.
Iphone X 256GB prices around the world:
Hungary — $1,481
Italy — $1,425
Ireland — $1,413
India — $1,390
Germany — $1,376
U.K. — $1,325
China — $1,284
Australia — $1,269
Singapore — $1,225
USA – $1,149
Hong Kong — $1,099
via highsnobiety.com
Source: Hungary Today
Republished with permission
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