I don't really see how the EU is going to let them get away with charging such a huge price premium for the unlocked one, when Apple insist that the American version is completely unsubsidized. If the phone is unsubsidized and they can sell it in America for 272 euro, where the hell do they get off charging 1000 euro for an unsubsidized version in the EU?
That how they do business - they do not develop new products, they develop new taxes. On imported goods there are 2 or 3 different taxes applied one on another. For automobiles it comes to %50 of MSRP + shipping.
“There's a certain feeling of wading through water with this phone, as every time we went exploring the menus, we were met with a delay long enough to make us doubt our keystrokes registered.”
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I don't really see how the EU is going to let them get away with charging such a huge price premium for the unlocked one, when Apple insist that the American version is completely unsubsidized. If the phone is unsubsidized and they can sell it in America for 272 euro, where the hell do they get off charging 1000 euro for an unsubsidized version in the EU?
That how they do business - they do not develop new products, they develop new taxes. On imported goods there are 2 or 3 different taxes applied one on another. For automobiles it comes to %50 of MSRP + shipping.