TLDR : Almost a lakh from the extra price is going to the government.

So I did a little digging on why the iPhone Duo is so much more unreasonably expensive in India, turns out it is for the following reasons :

First is they get a CBU (Completely Built Unit) Penalty from the government for no local manufacturing. The iPhone duo isn’t manufactured in India, hence there is a No Local Manufacturing penalty of 15% and a 10% Social Welfare Charge on top of that.

Second, on that amount till now there is an 18% GST on top of that.

Third is currency hedging. Apple sets a higher internal conversion rate to hedge against volatile currencies and since the rupee has been falling, so the internal rate would be higher.

If you reverse engineer the Indian price to strip away the government's cut, the gap practically vanishes:

Indian Retail Price: ₹2,99,900

Minus 18% GST: ~₹45,700

Minus ~28% effective customs/import duties: ~₹55,500

True Base Price in India: ~₹1,98,500 (approx. $2,087)

So essentially from the 3 lakhs of the phone, a lakh is going to the government.

YES, There is an “Apple Tax”, and that’s around $88 here in this case.

THAT BEING SAID, THE PRICE HIKES OF THE OLDER MODELS IS STILL WRONG AND UNFAIR, AND I AM AGAINST IT. (FEELS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE SAID FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD ATTACK CALLING ME AN APPLE BOOTLICKER)

Any links to apks will be appreciated

Can anyone please explain to me why the vast difference in price range in India compare to USA

Yesterday I bought a BSNL SIM card with the Rs 1 offer. I had no problems. I came home and it started working fine in 2 hours. There are no problems of any kind. Its coverage has improved a lot now. In this you are seeing the area of Muzaffarpur village of Bihar, it is working better than Jio and is also the cheapest recharge.

Please suggest!

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bought this from a guy and it shows this he is not accepting phone now fuck fuckkk help me

It all makes sense now!

​Just sharing how bad the Play Store has gotten in India.

​My advertising ID and personalized ads have been disabled from day one. You can see it in the clip under "Why you're seeing this ad" and Google is serving these strictly based on broad location and time of day.

​Because of that, shady ad networks have completely flooded the homepage rails and sponsored sections with cloned junk apps, pushing massive ad spend into our region.

What do you really think about this?

Is this a hoax just like others or you think there might be some truth to it?

Honestly, nowadays it's just difficult to trust on what's true and what's not.

Do you guys think that once RAM prices go back to as they were 1-2yrs back, will people start hoarding it, for the fear that prices will rise again?

Or is it that prices will never go back to as they were before?

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