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Ridiculous iPhone Prices for India and Russia

About 5 days ago India kicked off it's iPhone sales on Airtel and Vodafone with a price of Rs 31,000 for the 8 GB model. In US dollars that is about $715 for the iPhone. The iPhone is pretty cool, but not quite that cool from where i sit. Apparently India agrees and Vodafone has been quick to respond dropping the price of the iPhone by a whole Rs 2,000 or $47. That still doesn't seem like much to me.

India isn't the only place with ridiculous iPhone prices. The iPhone is set to launch in Russia something in October for an estimated price of 24,000 Rubles or $990. What's going on Apple? I thought the plan was to dominate the world with iPhones. You'd have to be half insane to pay those prices!

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Well Dude, its not about being insane, its the cards we get dealt with. I live in curacao and I got the 1st gen iphone for about 750$ a year ago . I live in a country where the cheapest iphone on the black market is around 800$ since we don't have a iphone retailer here. The companies gotta order them, pay shipping freights, pay taxes on that and then still make profit, So u can imagine how it goes. So when I see an iphone in the states for 200$ I'll have to triple that . to get my price.
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Where I live you have to pay nearly the same price tag like in the US but in Euros... This is for all of Apples products and this is really a pain.

I paid for my Mac Pro 2499 Euros this are 3697.95 US Dollars.

On the US Apple online store the same Mac Pro costs 2799 USD...

This is what makes me going AWRRRRY... but thats the way it is.
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Airtel's launch party happened right next to my place The entire place was flooded with only security guards :P 31 and 37k, cmon....the iPhone's gonna die out here, cause people are rarely willing to cross 20K ($480)...and some might stretch to 25K ($600)... but 31???
I say, someone out here should crack it and spit on their face...they are just ripping people off and Apple's doing nothing about it.
As for me I think I'll get it under O2 in UK next month :P
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Airtel's launch party happened right next to my place The entire place was flooded with only security guards :P 31 and 37k, cmon....the iPhone's gonna die out here, cause people are rarely willing to cross 20K ($480)...and some might stretch to 25K ($600)... but 31???
I say, someone out here should crack it and spit on their face...they are just ripping people off and Apple's doing nothing about it.
As for me I think I'll get it under O2 in UK next month :P
O2 are ripoffs as well...I'm not buying a 3G from them, no way... PAYG will be >£300
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wait wait! wait!!
have u not heard of the price of australia yet?!?!
i thought u would have!!!!
$899 aud for the 8gb!!!!!
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Heh.. In Ukraine apple don't sell iPhones. Now 3G iPhone with sim adapter cost near 1200 $ there.
When first generation iPhone was released it cost from 1500 to 650 $.
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O2 are ripoffs as well...I'm not buying a 3G from them, no way... PAYG will be >£300
O2 iPhone tariffs aren't that bad considering you get 600 mins and 500 texts for £20 thats ecx. the £15 for web and wifi, which would be that much on it's own.

I got an original iPhone, bought it from O2, unlocked it for T-Mobile and now I'm back on O2, officially activated for any O2 sim, no stupid contract

I'm only 17 so I'm pretty skint and can't afford a contract
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didnt steve jobs promise that the iphone would never go over $199
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um new zealand, $970 for 8gb and $1100 for 16gb
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I sold my first gen iPhone to friend for $150 and now hearing u guys talk about paying over 700 that really sucks it's alot of money
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Writing from Dubai, UAE, where the iphone has never officially been lauched... But is widely sold, as it's not really illegal to sell it - or is it, the line between what's legal or not is surprisingly blurry on certain matters here.
When the 3G was launched the 1st gen iphones supplies dried up, and resulted in prices getting double to triple overnight. I've seen a first gen at 4500AED (1250 US$) last month.
Now the 3G is sold in store for as much as 7000AED, which is close to 2000 dollars... O_0 the best deal on local websites is 5000AED (1400 dollars).

And you know the worst? Over here there is such a hype about having the latest cell phone - and flashing your money - that everyone is buying it! (not me that is. happy with my first gen.)
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hello from the philippines. 3g iphone just came out last saturday. according to some reports 600+ were sold in around 3hrs. launch party and all, where they counted down like it was new years eve. 12 midnight, the iphone went on sale. selling at 43-44k. roughly $950! although they did drop the price about a $100....

im keeping my 1st gen. no point is getting the 3g. dont have gps where i am, and i dont think i wanna pay the minute charges for 3g especially when everywhere you go is a hotspot.....so yeah, theres no difference.
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