I’m from South Africa and due to the higher prices of Apple products here, it is literally cheaper to fly to America, buy the item there, and fly back.
Canadian visiting South Africa for a while, I went to the iStore and saw the 17 pro Max 512 for 35k ZAR. That is 3k Canadian. You can cop the same phone for 2 grand. A thousand dollars more expensive. Same goes for Samsung. The fact it is so inflated surprises me but then again. Third world country plus tarrifs. And the worst part? Y'all don't do trade ins and y'all don't have contracted plans when buying from Samsung.
bruh, I'm from Poland - 20th largest economy in the world, a country in the middle of Europe, where 30% of people use iPhones. Yet, even we don't have an Apple Store...
and most of these resellers and repair shops dont even use og replacement parts they always use temu ones and they dont even tell you that the parts are fake so you have to be happy with a 720p 30hz screen and a bomb instead of a battery
I'm from 2nd world country (Poland). And even though I work in IT (kinda senior role) I bought one iPhone in my life. It was 13 mini at the time when version 15 was on the market. I was considering it for like 6 months. I'm still using it but battery is getting crappier and crappier. At least we are in EU so I can get cheaper iPhones from amazon or normally prices ones from original apple store, but here only newest models which are too expensive. I totally feel you. But iPhone or flagship Samsung models are also expensive for ordinary US folks. Some people make there $2k/month while the rent and utilities eats most of it. At least they have cheap fuel in US (you have it cheap in Kazakhstan too). Food is also quite cheap in US (been there lately and it was cheaper than here in Poland in most cases). World isn't fair, but when we make it in the 2nd or 3rd world countries we should be proud! :D
@floorgang420 I have anker magsafe battery too, but I think it fried my phone battery over time because while charged with this anker it's getting much much hotter then when charged via cable. So lately I use mostly cable charger and this anker only in critical situations.
@woocashtech yeah wireless charging heats your battery reducing its capacity to hold energy. Try replacing battery or just buy iphone 15. I heard it's the 15 from which apple significantly improved battery and optimization
i am genuinly curious.. how much are you making in poland? on some sites i sometimes see nearshroe positions offering 40€. which is half of what i make in germany ofc as a freelancer but i assume its more then enough to just casualy buy an iphone?
I'm from Sweden which is a first world country, but I relate to some things mentioned in the video. We have like 3 Apple Stores total in the entire country (which I think must be quite new because I don't remember there being Apple Stores say 10 years ago), so majority of people buy from third-party retailers. We also get scammed with the prices, where a new iPhone costs 1000-1200$ minimum nowadays. I haven't bought an iPhone new in well over 10 years, one because I switched to Android and two if I ever need a newer iPhone I'll just buy it from the secondhand market. Buying Apple products new is never worth it.
I’m from the Philippines, and I gotta tell you: there’s a LOT of Android alternatives for iPhone. Many of these brands are from China (i.e. Poco, infinix, Tecno, Realme, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, etc.), and they’re WAY cheaper than iPhones or Samsung phones, even their flagship models. As far as I remember, these brands are selling their products at prices mostly based on their manufacturing cost.
Nah, I don't trust China brands, and the Android ban and subsequent Android OS ripoffs they made for the ban makes me stay away from them even more. Samsung midrangers do the job of being a daily driver, and the only reason I can see for getting flagships is for those with particular needs(which I'm sure they have the money for)
would not recommend buying a techno phone, that thing is a lag machine, and the thing i hate about this is even when the internet is close to the phone it still won’t play game properly and give me red wifi sign
0:30 nah where the phones are produced aint the problem gng. iphones aren't produced in america. they are produced in china/vietnam and india. yet they are STILL more expensive there.
I saw a statistic chart showing Vietnamese prices being closer to canada and chinese prices near to japanese ones. India was an outlier being at the top most expensive
In fact, phones are pretty affordable in China, especially in Shenzhen, right next to Hong Kong. You can get an iPhone 16e for around $280 with no extra fees.
In my country, buying an iPhone would take you a year of dedicated work. Average salaries a year is about $1500 to $2000 in Nigeria. I don't see how I'm gonna get an iPhone with that kind of salary 🙂
I consider Mexico partly a thir world country, I live here and well, I guess A year's salary covers an iPhone 17 Pro, so I guess living in the street will be the only way, or paying monthly payments, but at least there are Apple stores
Nice Vid Bro👍. One thing I wanted to say is that although Poland is luckily not a third world country and located in Europe, the prices of products (apple for example) are similar to those in your country (but still lower) due to all the taxes and expenses. The only big difference is salary which is a lot higher here (again, very lucky to be in Poland). So basically, if retailers in your country wanted to buy from Poland they would still spend a lot.
The Polish iPhone prices are actually very similar to ones in Western Europe - iPhones in general are sold for more in the EU simply because in Europe, VAT has to be included in the final price - in the US, sales tax is only added when you do the purchase as it depends on your state. iPhone 17 in DE -> 949 EUR (~3999 PLN), iPhone 17 in PL -> 3999PLN
i live in the us and am very grateful for my iphone. it has been nothing but good to me... well the mainboard kinda went to poo (replaced under warranty) then because of an improper seal or something dust got onto camera lenses and messed up my cameras (camera module replaced under the warranty of that repair) but besides that, it has been a great phone. i have an iphone 15 pro for anyone wondering.
In countries like the Philippines, AppleCare is available, but only covers Mac computers (Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Studio, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro) and iPads (iPad mini, iPad, iPad air, iPad Pro).
@edmardenosta5006yeah and its really evident in everyday life, but that the cards we were dealt at birth. We adapt and endure and hopefully secure a better tomorrow if not for the country at least our own families
You are absolutely correct. I had a similar issue with a MacBook air and I had to do the repairs and replacement myself even though it was brand new and it was a factory defect. there are simply no repair stores to process the warranty in third world countries like Nigeria. Many them have to process the warranty in the country of manufacturing. sometimes they have to reach out to Apple to send the parts to the shop or sometimes they may even advise that you ship the device down there for Apple to do the repair themselves so it's not easy at all.
hi, i am writing from Lithuania, where situation is not as bad as at your or other developing countries, but many problems exist still. we dont have apple stores (we have official samsung store tho so thats where i bought my mobile),many tech products cost way more and the warranty of many stores has incompetent/lazy work, thats the reason in fact why i chose to buy a gaming laptop instead of building my own pc (prebuilt wasnt an option due to bad experience and current time+region). only thing is that we dont have imei verification or registration like this. we have id registration on sim cards tho, but thats a different thing
It's rough out there in Eastern Europe. In my country resellers sell iphones even cheaper than the US price, though only after a few months have passed. Plus you can pay monthly installments at almost no interest. That's kind of why the iphone 16 is selling so well globally right now.
In Brazil we used to say that, if you want to convert the iPhone price to our currency (Brazilian real), just put another zero at the end of the price (and it's usually even higher). It costs about 7-8 months of the minimum wage.
I’m from an “rich” country. Bought my iPhone 11 around the time it came out. I’m still holding on to it. Just trying to save up for a new iPhone. I thought 2 years ago to get the 17p but now I’m just postponing it probably until the 11 isn’t supported anymore and i hopefully have enough money to get a new iPhone. Maybe I’ll just postpone again and hope for the best when the anniversary iPhone comes out
It such a blessing to have the ability to get a new iPhone so often from the US. Unlike third world countries, they don’t have trade in deals to give a free iPhone when you switch to new a carrier.
Where I live $1 USD is equivalent to $2.70. The average Flagship smartphone cost around $1099 USD plus taxes. So if I wanted to buy the latest model it would cost me around $4500 because they add around 38%-50% tax on it plus a sellers mark up. Mind you the average salary is around $2000 of my money. Luckily I’m in a higher paying job than most so I can afford to buy an iPhone and it doesn’t bother me. I change my phone every couple years though. This year I upgraded from the 13 Pro to the 17 Pro. To make it cheaper for me I made my friend that lives in the USA pick it up for me and when he was coming to visit he brought it and that eliminated the taxes.
An iPhone 17 costs 1200 euros in Portugal also, the MSRP is rarely ever really applied, and US pricing doesn't include taxes because they're state-specific over there and depend on WHERE you buy it so the generic prices Apple puts on their US website are misleading and not what even most US consumers are paying in reality. In Europe we got additional import stuff and VAT and stuff like that which brings it up to around 1239 euros as of this writing which is 1470 US dollars. WAY more than what the Apple USA website would lead you to believe. Now, the thing is that here it's maybe 2 months wages and you can buy it on credit and pay it off monthly but yeah just wanted to point out the price isn't that ridiculous in your country, it's not adjusted to local wages but it's more or less what we're paying for it in Europe also. In either case tax-wise the Americans are very different and very uniquely privileged with sales taxes ranging from 0% to 10% (VAT here is 23% for comparison) and we can't really compare our purchasing power to theirs even first-world Europeans can't realistically, American purchasing power is just on another level because they don't have VAT tax
Nice video bro! You seem to know a lot about mobile phones and digital products and how pricing works. But when it comes to political terms like “the three worlds,” the concept isn’t really standard today and is rarely used internationally anymore. In fact, the term “Three Worlds” was proposed in 1952 by the French scholar Alfred Sauvy. At that time, it was used to describe political camps during the Cold War, not levels of economic development. It was about political alignment, not wealth. After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, that classification largely lost its original meaning. Nowadays, when people say “first world country,” they usually mean “developed country,” but that’s not what the term originally meant. Also, I found the phrase “send you to Dagestan” really interesting, so I looked it up. Is that a common joke or cultural reference in the former Soviet region?
My country was exactly as you described before 2020 (I'm in Vietnam if you ask), but now we've upgraded to Apple's Tier 1 market.And we have all the services available in the US market, except for physical Apple stores, due to the strong presence of retail dealers.
German here. You can always get discounts on phones. We even have physical Apple stores. Been there, shit as expected. But with android phones you can get great discounts sometimes. For example: a tech retailer here had the Pixel 9 256GB was on sale for 699€, and 200€ cashback for trading in your phone. I was too hesitant but I'm gonna do it if they do the same deal on the Pixel 10 in Summer. Because after trading in my Galaxy S23 Plus, I'd pay 225€ for a flagship Pixel phone. Here, buying from Apple directly is a scam because you can find it cheaper elsewhere, except if you want AppleCare.
In México iPhones are much more expensive that in the US, but if you wait for certain deals throughout the year and use the correct credit card, you can get the latest iPhone at the same or below the US MSRP. The worst of iPhones is that there are only 3 official Apple Stores in Mexico City, so technical service in other parts is expensive and low quality with awful resellers.
in morocco, the iphone 17 starts from 1268 dollars or 1068 euros, but the iphone air starts from 1422 usd which is bad, until you convert it to euros, it gives 1197euros which is less than european apple
This applies to everything you buy that has an official store, but with things like pc parts is even worse because every single part is priced up like 20%-50% more of the cost as if you buy it in a first world country. Literally for me to finally complete my pc took me 4 years, and is not even the best of the best. Its crazy because here in Venezuela the wages are to low AND also people need to pay 20% to 50% more of the prices. And your videos are really cool, keep it up. 👍
In my country, you have to pay third-party resellers their margin, and on top of that, you have to pay an additional 25% tax to the government to use cellular service.
I am half Bulgarian half Turk man living in republic of turkey yeah turkey is little bit more developed than kazakisthan but we actually experienced same things when buying a new phone its crazy that turkey is generally considered first or at least greatest of second world countries I really do not understand why it is so hard to buy in that level too and ı really want to know did you know russian or turkish languages ☮peace
Its hardly an afterthought if youre doing ok in the USA. "Do i want to trade up this year?". If yes, you'll go get it pretty easy. Even people living in the cheap can get a flagship phone without much trouble.
I'm from Belize the newest iphone costs like $3500 for the highest spec. In the past i've seen people take out loans to buy the newest iphones taking out a loan to buy a product that will be a paperweight in 5 years is finaicially irresponsible. I'm currently using an iphone 11 i've been lucky enough to be able to afford some nice things but spending 3k on a phone is not something i see myself ever doing with that money you can buy new motorcycle or buy a used car. If you can afford it fine but a regualr citizen doing this makes no sense other than following others. Also the repairs are through the roof i repair my own stuff it's cheaper to buy the stuff and do it yourself most of the parts are cheap but get marked up to high hell. I don't knock people for getting it but the prices on these phones make no sense.
Coming from a developing country in the Caribbean to the US, its night and day the power of the US dollar. I could easily by an iPhone 17 Pro Max with 2 weeks salary, but I buy it installments, zero interest while keeping cash flow free paying it off over time.
In South African we used to pay omost 50k for a phone that was the same price as a old reminder OLD laptop but no it 20k rands so everyone never buy the phone they need to have it on contact were we pay 800 rand
tell me about that I am from Venezuela and I spent almost all my life savings buying my IPhone 14 pro max I don’t regret it though because it still works as well as the day I bought it
talk about iphones prices? say brazil a base iphone 17 model costs 7.100 Reais or 1.360 USDollar The minimum Wage here is 1.600 Reais per month, so the average brazilian who wants a base model of the year has to work 4,5 months without spending a single buck to pay for an iphone, that is insane, and actually there is a lot of people who get the brand new iphone pro model of the year and split its value in 21 installments and THAT is insane
I saved like four months to get it and still had to wait until end of September like would take 3 months of pure savings to consider it’s all abt what ur willing to sacrifice to get what you want or feel you need/deseve am in Canada fyi
in my country, base iphone 17 is same price as 17 pro and I was able to get one coz my company cover 50% of price and I can play monthly the rest 50% without interest. Even then it took me 4 months of half salary as a senior developer.
I need to work for whole year.. Not Eating not drinking.. Sleep under bridge.. So i can afford basic iphone.. The slavery is real and people pretend they okay with it.
As an Iranian, I find this very relatable. Flack ship phones literally cost about 100 Million Toman and Toman has one less zero compared to the actual official currency which is Rial. A base iPhone 17Pro will cost you around 190 Million Toman. That is without registry. Which is something the Islamic regime did a few years ago, so that in order to use your a sim card for more than a month in Iran, you have to pay. And now, for the 17Pro that I mentioned, it’s about 50 Million Toman.
Just buy a cheap low-mid android phone that can easily last 5 years. Except for some professionals, no one needs an iPhone. My 300$ Realme P3 Ultra is more than enough for my usage. In my country India, we have wide variety of brands to choose from like Samsung, Moto, Xiaomi, Redmi, Realme, iQOO, OPPO, Vivo, OnePlus, Infinix, etc. It's weird to see countries like USA have just 2 or 3 brands as choice like Apple & Samsung only(as their ISP carrier is tied to these brands)
300$ Isn't easy to get as someone Live in low income country, if someone get 200$ a month does it make sense he will buy even 100$ phone? I hope you get it
@eyadcomputer8165 Yes. But I'm not that broke & can afford $300 mid range phone (it's actually 331$ or 30K INR). Comparing to 1000$ iPhone, my phone's still cheap & better in 'some' aspects. That doesn't mean I insist everyone to buy 300$ phone, just plan it according to your budget & use case.
@eyadcomputer8165who said that you can easily get those on no cost emi 😂😂 People have really forgot the concept of saving money. A phone is something you buy once in 3-4 years not monthly or annually. I both mine redmi 3 years ago for 300 usd and it's working up . Ig 3 years is a lot of time to save money. Also the cost of living is a lot less compared to other developed countries so. Don't forget that most of the families don't even have 1k saved in their bank and are just using afterpay and credit card to buy groceries
@Greg-z2g5p it's is true when a lot of android user in the west are seen downward. I might be wrong on this because my perspective comes from what I have seen online. The other factor is that most of the brands get ban.
So many brands compete for average people in 3rd world country but despite apple has no move to compete average people still want it somehow regardless the feature of uses
Here in Indonesia If you broke your iphone 17 pro max that you bought from a reseller like Ibox (authorized reseller) Ibox wouldn't accept to fix your Iphone 17 pro max even if you had apple care + they usually refuse the warranty fixing it means expensive parts
@koharaisevo3666 no he earns $140 a month but there is no apple store in Egypt so it comes costing around $3000 which is more than 20 times, but that's also very bad like a "budget PC" that costs around $560 is 4 times a doctor salary and that's not including a living cost which is like $200 based on what google says and it's true so most people live under average
Many people said that Iphone 16e is a bust phone but in my opinion Iphone 16e are suitable for emerging market or 3rd world country because you can get the cheapest brand new Iphone and the price gap is crazy i mean i lived in Indonesia where the price different between 16 and 16e are around 4,5 - 5 million Rupiah that's a month of salary here
In Brazil a Samsung S25 Ultra is 35% (just checked) cheaper than an iPhone 17 Pro Max... And I support this because, well, Samsung are cheaper because they are made in Brazil products. As a result of a company investing in Brazil, opening a factory here (and generating local jobs), they get to sell their products cheaper and, as expected, they get more sales here. Samsung phones are more popular than iPhones here. That's the good kind of protectionism. Apple also makes iPhone in Brazil, but only some lower end models. And those are quite popular here because they have decent prices. If Apple wants a piece of the high end phone market in Brazil, all they have to do is to open a factory here and started selling made in Brazil high end iPhones. / And hell, Americans might have cheap iPhones, but they don't have free healthcare, free medications, free college, free buses, 30 day vacation... But I have. I got 3 degrees and a masters for free. I say it's a good trade.
não se esqueça graças ao Procon nos nossos Samsungs vem com carregadores rápidos inclusos, essa do iphone não sabia, eles deveriam levar um puxão de orelha do procon também kkkkkk
I'm from Zambia buying an iphone 17 pm is an average working person's salary for like 6 months and that's if they are paid good and they keep all the money that month
In my country when someone buy an iphone we say it's money for land. cause the price of an iphone 17 can literally be used to get a land to build house on.
I’m from South Africa and due to the higher prices of Apple products here, it is literally cheaper to fly to America, buy the item there, and fly back.
LOL
same here in indonesia but they closed that loophole with IMEI
That i agree. I am from Kenya and its easier especially if you have relatives and friends from America who visit home every year.
Canadian visiting South Africa for a while, I went to the iStore and saw the 17 pro Max 512 for 35k ZAR. That is 3k Canadian. You can cop the same phone for 2 grand. A thousand dollars more expensive. Same goes for Samsung. The fact it is so inflated surprises me but then again. Third world country plus tarrifs. And the worst part? Y'all don't do trade ins and y'all don't have contracted plans when buying from Samsung.
In my country an iphone is like 9 months of average salary
Algeria؟
@abdrahimmarouf9393no even worse
Egypt
@threebreak6303في لهوا سوا 🦦
@threebreak6303 damn
@threebreak6303you guys are complaining while in my country it’s nearly 3 years of average salary 😅
bruh, I'm from Poland - 20th largest economy in the world, a country in the middle of Europe, where 30% of people use iPhones. Yet, even we don't have an Apple Store...
and most of these resellers and repair shops dont even use og replacement parts they always use temu ones and they dont even tell you that the parts are fake so you have to be happy with a 720p 30hz screen and a bomb instead of a battery
Yes pay a hefty replacement cost or live with hazardous cheap quality parts.
You get that Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery.
Egypt: hold my 40% phone Taxes
Come to Brazil and face 100% taxes
How about Turkey? 100%+ taxes!
Hold my 48% taxes (including the cost, shipping and insurance)
@eurotec_ turkey is moe than 100% ksjsjsjsjj
@hbaldinr holy •o•
I don't think even in 1st world countries, they buy iphones easily. Many people still buy in credit or contract.
get a job dude 😂
@svensantesson2020 Tuff one brochacho!
In Iran, for 17 Pro Max you need to spend 24 months of minimum wage salary.
Just take an iphone 14 pro max 🤷
In my country, Turkey.. the iPhone 17 Pro Max costs more than $2400.
This is completely crazy
same in iran
i hear you but why iphone is there nothing else?
Now what about the new s26 ultra which is already 1300$ new in the US
@donutworld7951s26u is like 2800-900 in Turkey. The gov is made of filthy thieves
I'm from 2nd world country (Poland). And even though I work in IT (kinda senior role) I bought one iPhone in my life. It was 13 mini at the time when version 15 was on the market. I was considering it for like 6 months. I'm still using it but battery is getting crappier and crappier. At least we are in EU so I can get cheaper iPhones from amazon or normally prices ones from original apple store, but here only newest models which are too expensive.
I totally feel you.
But iPhone or flagship Samsung models are also expensive for ordinary US folks. Some people make there $2k/month while the rent and utilities eats most of it. At least they have cheap fuel in US (you have it cheap in Kazakhstan too). Food is also quite cheap in US (been there lately and it was cheaper than here in Poland in most cases).
World isn't fair, but when we make it in the 2nd or 3rd world countries we should be proud! :D
I have the same phone lol. I have a backpack for a mini phone (magsafe battery) most of the time .
@floorgang420 I have anker magsafe battery too, but I think it fried my phone battery over time because while charged with this anker it's getting much much hotter then when charged via cable. So lately I use mostly cable charger and this anker only in critical situations.
@woocashtech yeah wireless charging heats your battery reducing its capacity to hold energy. Try replacing battery or just buy iphone 15. I heard it's the 15 from which apple significantly improved battery and optimization
@Earth20thousand Problem is there no iPhone Mini apart of 13 :D. I would try to replace the battery, when it's totally annoying.
i am genuinly curious.. how much are you making in poland? on some sites i sometimes see nearshroe positions offering 40€. which is half of what i make in germany ofc as a freelancer but i assume its more then enough to just casualy buy an iphone?
i'm in south africa, it's about the same here. in fact you can buy a second hand car in functioning condition for cheaper than a new iPhone
I'm from Sweden which is a first world country, but I relate to some things mentioned in the video. We have like 3 Apple Stores total in the entire country (which I think must be quite new because I don't remember there being Apple Stores say 10 years ago), so majority of people buy from third-party retailers. We also get scammed with the prices, where a new iPhone costs 1000-1200$ minimum nowadays. I haven't bought an iPhone new in well over 10 years, one because I switched to Android and two if I ever need a newer iPhone I'll just buy it from the secondhand market. Buying Apple products new is never worth it.
Nowdays Elhiganten sell 17 512 for 13k sek (with discount -1k). It looks like there is 50% more than us price.
Swedish as well, feel you.
In my country, your company issues you an iPhone for “free”.
I’m from the Philippines, and I gotta tell you: there’s a LOT of Android alternatives for iPhone. Many of these brands are from China (i.e. Poco, infinix, Tecno, Realme, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, etc.), and they’re WAY cheaper than iPhones or Samsung phones, even their flagship models. As far as I remember, these brands are selling their products at prices mostly based on their manufacturing cost.
Nah, I don't trust China brands, and the Android ban and subsequent Android OS ripoffs they made for the ban makes me stay away from them even more. Samsung midrangers do the job of being a daily driver, and the only reason I can see for getting flagships is for those with particular needs(which I'm sure they have the money for)
Taiwan and Japan is pretty near to us too. P5k for a round trip to Taiwan AFAIK.
would not recommend buying a techno phone, that thing is a lag machine, and the thing i hate about this is even when the internet is close to the phone it still won’t play game properly and give me red wifi sign
0:30 nah where the phones are produced aint the problem gng. iphones aren't produced in america. they are produced in china/vietnam and india. yet they are STILL more expensive there.
For china it depends. Shenzhen got hella good prices.
@barredgrounddove MSRP-wise (from Apple themselves), they are still more expensive.
I saw a statistic chart showing Vietnamese prices being closer to canada and chinese prices near to japanese ones. India was an outlier being at the top most expensive
@sweedishmeatballz yes, vietnamese iphone price is really close to canada's (after tax)
In fact, phones are pretty affordable in China, especially in Shenzhen, right next to Hong Kong. You can get an iPhone 16e for around $280 with no extra fees.
Same here in Argentina. Still using a moto e4 plus with Android 7👍
Надо было смотреть медианную зп а не среднюю я думаю
Yeah true
1:00 not my country in red brooo 😭😭🤧
In my country, buying an iPhone would take you a year of dedicated work. Average salaries a year is about $1500 to $2000 in Nigeria. I don't see how I'm gonna get an iPhone with that kind of salary 🙂
Just buy an older model 🤷 google pixel is a very good alternative under Android 🔥
I consider Mexico partly a thir world country, I live here and well, I guess A year's salary covers an iPhone 17 Pro, so I guess living in the street will be the only way, or paying monthly payments, but at least there are Apple stores
Nice Vid Bro👍. One thing I wanted to say is that although Poland is luckily not a third world country and located in Europe, the prices of products (apple for example) are similar to those in your country (but still lower) due to all the taxes and expenses. The only big difference is salary which is a lot higher here (again, very lucky to be in Poland). So basically, if retailers in your country wanted to buy from Poland they would still spend a lot.
The Polish iPhone prices are actually very similar to ones in Western Europe - iPhones in general are sold for more in the EU simply because in Europe, VAT has to be included in the final price - in the US, sales tax is only added when you do the purchase as it depends on your state.
iPhone 17 in DE -> 949 EUR (~3999 PLN), iPhone 17 in PL -> 3999PLN
@jakubk.7990 no tylko ze 4000 zl to 1125 dollarow a tu w stanach gdzie jestem w tym momencie na krotki czas to za 830 mozna kupic
@Tadix_plW stanach cena jest podawana bez podatku, ten dopiero jest podawany przy zakupie i mocno się wacha między stanami iirc
Wow one month this is good in my country it takes 4 to 5 months if you don't touch your money
That's why we have $150 Xiaomis in СНГ✌️🙂↕️
What's cht?
@ceasarsalad2055CIS countries, like russia/kazakhstan/ukraine etc
In South Africa instead of Apple we have istore
i live in the us and am very grateful for my iphone. it has been nothing but good to me... well the mainboard kinda went to poo (replaced under warranty) then because of an improper seal or something dust got onto camera lenses and messed up my cameras (camera module replaced under the warranty of that repair) but besides that, it has been a great phone. i have an iphone 15 pro for anyone wondering.
Nice! Cool to know it is quite the flex for me to have an iPhone!
In countries like the Philippines, AppleCare is available, but only covers Mac computers (Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Studio, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro) and iPads (iPad mini, iPad, iPad air, iPad Pro).
Ouch
why
im from the philippines, it DOES cover hardware repair and support
Dejavu from the macbook video 🥶
0:40 this map made me do a double take since when is this dysfunction country 🇿🇦 considered first world 😂😅😢 we also suffer everything you are saying
brooo i saw south africa as first world and immediately went to google😭😭
I had to double check why we had a different colour than all of africa😂😂
Your country probably has the worse divide of rich and poor
@edmardenosta5006yeah and its really evident in everyday life, but that the cards we were dealt at birth.
We adapt and endure and hopefully secure a better tomorrow if not for the country at least our own families
3:05 yoo your prounciation of kathmandu good.
in indonesia the imei verification is not for prevent phone stealing, it's to tax people who want cheap but good specs phones
You are absolutely correct. I had a similar issue with a MacBook air and I had to do the repairs and replacement myself even though it was brand new and it was a factory defect. there are simply no repair stores to process the warranty in third world countries like Nigeria. Many them have to process the warranty in the country of manufacturing. sometimes they have to reach out to Apple to send the parts to the shop or sometimes they may even advise that you ship the device down there for Apple to do the repair themselves so it's not easy at all.
hi, i am writing from Lithuania, where situation is not as bad as at your or other developing countries, but many problems exist still. we dont have apple stores (we have official samsung store tho so thats where i bought my mobile),many tech products cost way more and the warranty of many stores has incompetent/lazy work, thats the reason in fact why i chose to buy a gaming laptop instead of building my own pc (prebuilt wasnt an option due to bad experience and current time+region). only thing is that we dont have imei verification or registration like this. we have id registration on sim cards tho, but thats a different thing
It's rough out there in Eastern Europe. In my country resellers sell iphones even cheaper than the US price, though only after a few months have passed. Plus you can pay monthly installments at almost no interest. That's kind of why the iphone 16 is selling so well globally right now.
Iphone 17 is the price of a dream motorcycle by many, its freaking ridiculous
You know sh!ts bad in indonesia when a 8yr old (iphone xs) iphone costs your salary
In the Bahamas they sell a iPhone 15 for $550+. Sox I just ordered a 15 pro for $480 off EBay😊
In Brazil we used to say that, if you want to convert the iPhone price to our currency (Brazilian real), just put another zero at the end of the price (and it's usually even higher). It costs about 7-8 months of the minimum wage.
I’m from an “rich” country. Bought my iPhone 11 around the time it came out. I’m still holding on to it. Just trying to save up for a new iPhone. I thought 2 years ago to get the 17p but now I’m just postponing it probably until the 11 isn’t supported anymore and i hopefully have enough money to get a new iPhone. Maybe I’ll just postpone again and hope for the best when the anniversary iPhone comes out
in turkey the iphone is a 5 month Salary 😥
How much is 5 month salary for an average employed person ?
@Silkworm768 600 dollars per month but the iphone price with taxes is like 3000$
@BACHIRBKwoah that is insane
It such a blessing to have the ability to get a new iPhone so often from the US. Unlike third world countries, they don’t have trade in deals to give a free iPhone when you switch to new a carrier.
Where I live $1 USD is equivalent to $2.70. The average Flagship smartphone cost around $1099 USD plus taxes. So if I wanted to buy the latest model it would cost me around $4500 because they add around 38%-50% tax on it plus a sellers mark up.
Mind you the average salary is around $2000 of my money. Luckily I’m in a higher paying job than most so I can afford to buy an iPhone and it doesn’t bother me.
I change my phone every couple years though. This year I upgraded from the 13 Pro to the 17 Pro. To make it cheaper for me I made my friend that lives in the USA pick it up for me and when he was coming to visit he brought it and that eliminated the taxes.
An iPhone 17 costs 1200 euros in Portugal also, the MSRP is rarely ever really applied, and US pricing doesn't include taxes because they're state-specific over there and depend on WHERE you buy it so the generic prices Apple puts on their US website are misleading and not what even most US consumers are paying in reality. In Europe we got additional import stuff and VAT and stuff like that which brings it up to around 1239 euros as of this writing which is 1470 US dollars. WAY more than what the Apple USA website would lead you to believe.
Now, the thing is that here it's maybe 2 months wages and you can buy it on credit and pay it off monthly but yeah just wanted to point out the price isn't that ridiculous in your country, it's not adjusted to local wages but it's more or less what we're paying for it in Europe also.
In either case tax-wise the Americans are very different and very uniquely privileged with sales taxes ranging from 0% to 10% (VAT here is 23% for comparison) and we can't really compare our purchasing power to theirs even first-world Europeans can't realistically, American purchasing power is just on another level because they don't have VAT tax
Nice video bro! You seem to know a lot about mobile phones and digital products and how pricing works. But when it comes to political terms like “the three worlds,” the concept isn’t really standard today and is rarely used internationally anymore.
In fact, the term “Three Worlds” was proposed in 1952 by the French scholar Alfred Sauvy. At that time, it was used to describe political camps during the Cold War, not levels of economic development. It was about political alignment, not wealth.
After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, that classification largely lost its original meaning. Nowadays, when people say “first world country,” they usually mean “developed country,” but that’s not what the term originally meant.
Also, I found the phrase “send you to Dagestan” really interesting, so I looked it up. Is that a common joke or cultural reference in the former Soviet region?
In my country is 5 to 6 months salary without spending any money😢
My country was exactly as you described before 2020 (I'm in Vietnam if you ask), but now we've upgraded to Apple's Tier 1 market.And we have all the services available in the US market, except for physical Apple stores, due to the strong presence of retail dealers.
same for turkey too, MacBook iPads are the same price as US and other countries tho
German here. You can always get discounts on phones. We even have physical Apple stores. Been there, shit as expected. But with android phones you can get great discounts sometimes. For example: a tech retailer here had the Pixel 9 256GB was on sale for 699€, and 200€ cashback for trading in your phone. I was too hesitant but I'm gonna do it if they do the same deal on the Pixel 10 in Summer. Because after trading in my Galaxy S23 Plus, I'd pay 225€ for a flagship Pixel phone. Here, buying from Apple directly is a scam because you can find it cheaper elsewhere, except if you want AppleCare.
im in zimbabwe, iphone 17 pro max costs about 7-8 months average salary, maybe a little less. Its about 1500usd here
In México iPhones are much more expensive that in the US, but if you wait for certain deals throughout the year and use the correct credit card, you can get the latest iPhone at the same or below the US MSRP. The worst of iPhones is that there are only 3 official Apple Stores in Mexico City, so technical service in other parts is expensive and low quality with awful resellers.
literally a dream...
in morocco, the iphone 17 starts from 1268 dollars or 1068 euros, but the iphone air starts from 1422 usd which is bad, until you convert it to euros, it gives 1197euros which is less than european apple
Good Video as always 😊
This applies to everything you buy that has an official store, but with things like pc parts is even worse because every single part is priced up like 20%-50% more of the cost as if you buy it in a first world country. Literally for me to finally complete my pc took me 4 years, and is not even the best of the best. Its crazy because here in Venezuela the wages are to low AND also people need to pay 20% to 50% more of the prices.
And your videos are really cool, keep it up. 👍
Indeed I worked hard for my iPhone 15 pro
Watching from uzbekistan ❤
I would like to see your perspective on buying Android phones in Kazakhstan. The contrast will be interesting.
In my country, you have to pay third-party resellers their margin, and on top of that, you have to pay an additional 25% tax to the government to use cellular service.
This is insane
I am half Bulgarian half Turk man living in republic of turkey yeah turkey is little bit more developed than kazakisthan but we actually experienced same things when buying a new phone its crazy that turkey is generally considered first or at least greatest of second world countries I really do not understand why it is so hard to buy in that level too and ı really want to know did you know russian or turkish languages ☮peace
Its hardly an afterthought if youre doing ok in the USA. "Do i want to trade up this year?". If yes, you'll go get it pretty easy. Even people living in the cheap can get a flagship phone without much trouble.
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I'm from Belize the newest iphone costs like $3500 for the highest spec. In the past i've seen people take out loans to buy the newest iphones taking out a loan to buy a product that will be a paperweight in 5 years is finaicially irresponsible. I'm currently using an iphone 11 i've been lucky enough to be able to afford some nice things but spending 3k on a phone is not something i see myself ever doing with that money you can buy new motorcycle or buy a used car. If you can afford it fine but a regualr citizen doing this makes no sense other than following others. Also the repairs are through the roof i repair my own stuff it's cheaper to buy the stuff and do it yourself most of the parts are cheap but get marked up to high hell. I don't knock people for getting it but the prices on these phones make no sense.
Coming from a developing country in the Caribbean to the US, its night and day the power of the US dollar. I could easily by an iPhone 17 Pro Max with 2 weeks salary, but I buy it installments, zero interest while keeping cash flow free paying it off over time.
In South African we used to pay omost 50k for a phone that was the same price as a old reminder OLD laptop but no it 20k rands so everyone never buy the phone they need to have it on contact were we pay 800 rand
I am NOT buying an iPhone bro 😂
the android flagship scene aint too far different
@youbigppdamageyeah but redmi flagship for 200 dollars...
@2@20mike20ify Redmi does NOT make flagships bro 😭 just midranges with some flagship aspects
@joshuepico75 yeah i meant it more like: take the redmi flagship and you get a decent midramger for basically nothing
@youbigppdamageit's better though. Android prices go down faster. Buying the older models is much cheaper than iPhones
Interesting video. Thank you! (I kind of like not being around a phone...but I am a "boomer")
tell me about that I am from Venezuela and I spent almost all my life savings buying my IPhone 14 pro max I don’t regret it though because it still works as well as the day I bought it
Base model ifone was most ppl 10 month salary without using on anything
0:40 according to this map Kazakhstan should be 2nd world tho
talk about iphones prices? say brazil
a base iphone 17 model costs 7.100 Reais or 1.360 USDollar
The minimum Wage here is 1.600 Reais per month, so the average brazilian who wants a base model of the year has to work 4,5 months without spending a single buck to pay for an iphone, that is insane, and actually there is a lot of people who get the brand new iphone pro model of the year and split its value in 21 installments and THAT is insane
i said the average brazilian because almost 40% of brazilians survive with a minimum wage
what are the good alternatives i those countries? good video by the way
I saved like four months to get it and still had to wait until end of September like would take 3 months of pure savings to consider it’s all abt what ur willing to sacrifice to get what you want or feel you need/deseve am in Canada fyi
The Apple care was always a thing the subscription was added monthly don’t get it get the 2y one or one on carrier with theft protection
i remember working in London (low paying job) and getting around 500 gbp per week...i couldve bought a mid ranger every week lol
crazy right?
Чувак, нам, с соседней страны надо 3 зарплаты копить и не тратить чтобы купить айфон!! 😂
Here in Brazil, you'll need 5 minimal wages to buy the iPhone 17 base model; if you want the Pro version, you will need 7 months.
8:43 and taxes and custom 🛃
Edit: Egypt
Edit: Android devices are taxed too.
in my country, base iphone 17 is same price as 17 pro and I was able to get one coz my company cover 50% of price and I can play monthly the rest 50% without interest. Even then it took me 4 months of half salary as a senior developer.
Keep making amazing content
3:27 Nepal be like what did I do to be dragged into this shii 😂
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I need to work for whole year.. Not Eating not drinking.. Sleep under bridge.. So i can afford basic iphone.. The slavery is real and people pretend they okay with it.
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As an Iranian, I find this very relatable. Flack ship phones literally cost about 100 Million Toman and Toman has one less zero compared to the actual official currency which is Rial.
A base iPhone 17Pro will cost you around 190 Million Toman. That is without registry. Which is something the Islamic regime did a few years ago, so that in order to use your a sim card for more than a month in Iran, you have to pay. And now, for the 17Pro that I mentioned, it’s about 50 Million Toman.
People in the USA always complain about iphone prices and ps5 pro etc. Here its way more expensive, with much lower salaries and much worse inflation
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It’s like 3 years of average salary in Myanmar. You guys have it so easy compared to us😅
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iPhone 17 in brazil is +$1500 😁
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Just buy a cheap low-mid android phone that can easily last 5 years. Except for some professionals, no one needs an iPhone. My 300$ Realme P3 Ultra is more than enough for my usage.
In my country India, we have wide variety of brands to choose from like Samsung, Moto, Xiaomi, Redmi, Realme, iQOO, OPPO, Vivo, OnePlus, Infinix, etc. It's weird to see countries like USA have just 2 or 3 brands as choice like Apple & Samsung only(as their ISP carrier is tied to these brands)
300$ Isn't easy to get as someone Live in low income country, if someone get 200$ a month does it make sense he will buy even 100$ phone?
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@eyadcomputer8165 Yes. But I'm not that broke & can afford $300 mid range phone (it's actually 331$ or 30K INR). Comparing to 1000$ iPhone, my phone's still cheap & better in 'some' aspects.
That doesn't mean I insist everyone to buy 300$ phone, just plan it according to your budget & use case.
its not only 2 or 3 brands as choices its that people only buy from those 2 or 3 brands lol
@eyadcomputer8165who said that you can easily get those on no cost emi 😂😂 People have really forgot the concept of saving money. A phone is something you buy once in 3-4 years not monthly or annually.
I both mine redmi 3 years ago for 300 usd and it's working up . Ig 3 years is a lot of time to save money.
Also the cost of living is a lot less compared to other developed countries so. Don't forget that most of the families don't even have 1k saved in their bank and are just using afterpay and credit card to buy groceries
@Greg-z2g5p it's is true when a lot of android user in the west are seen downward. I might be wrong on this because my perspective comes from what I have seen online.
The other factor is that most of the brands get ban.
So many brands compete for average people in 3rd world country but despite apple has no move to compete average people still want it somehow regardless the feature of uses
Here in Indonesia If you broke your iphone 17 pro max that you bought from a reseller like Ibox (authorized reseller) Ibox wouldn't accept to fix your Iphone 17 pro max even if you had apple care + they usually refuse the warranty fixing it means expensive parts
In Egypt (my country) an iphone 17 pro max is 20 times a DOCTOR monthly salary so this is the most understanding video I have ever seen in my life
What?? A doctor in Egypt earns $50 a month?
@koharaisevo3666 no he earns $140 a month but there is no apple store in Egypt so it comes costing around $3000 which is more than 20 times, but that's also very bad like a "budget PC" that costs around $560 is 4 times a doctor salary and that's not including a living cost which is like $200 based on what google says and it's true so most people live under average
there is no such way to a track a phone by IMEI. you can report it stolen by that but it cannot be tracked.
Rtx 5090 costs 5000$ in my country😢
Зачем тебе 5090
Many people said that Iphone 16e is a bust phone but in my opinion Iphone 16e are suitable for emerging market or 3rd world country because you can get the cheapest brand new Iphone and the price gap is crazy i mean i lived in Indonesia where the price different between 16 and 16e are around 4,5 - 5 million Rupiah that's a month of salary here
In Brazil a Samsung S25 Ultra is 35% (just checked) cheaper than an iPhone 17 Pro Max... And I support this because, well, Samsung are cheaper because they are made in Brazil products. As a result of a company investing in Brazil, opening a factory here (and generating local jobs), they get to sell their products cheaper and, as expected, they get more sales here. Samsung phones are more popular than iPhones here. That's the good kind of protectionism.
Apple also makes iPhone in Brazil, but only some lower end models. And those are quite popular here because they have decent prices. If Apple wants a piece of the high end phone market in Brazil, all they have to do is to open a factory here and started selling made in Brazil high end iPhones. /
And hell, Americans might have cheap iPhones, but they don't have free healthcare, free medications, free college, free buses, 30 day vacation... But I have. I got 3 degrees and a masters for free. I say it's a good trade.
não se esqueça graças ao Procon nos nossos Samsungs vem com carregadores rápidos inclusos, essa do iphone não sabia, eles deveriam levar um puxão de orelha do procon também kkkkkk
Hey we have free buses here in Maryland 😂
I'm from Zambia buying an iphone 17 pm is an average working person's salary for like 6 months and that's if they are paid good and they keep all the money that month
iphone 17 pro max is 4000 in my country
In my country when someone buy an iphone we say it's money for land. cause the price of an iphone 17 can literally be used to get a land to build house on.
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Thats insane, Which country is that?
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