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I wish the article went into the cause of the price difference. Is it high import taxes/sales taxes/etc., restrictions that make the phone harder to produce or sell for the Indian market, or just Apple deciding to charge a sizably higher markup in India than elsewhere?

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Its mostly taxes and duties, though Apple products are generically costlier in India. When Apple used to charge for OS updates, if you paid in Indian Rupees it would be somewhat more expensive than you would expect for exchange rate considerations.

Apple still does some ridiculous differential pricing cherades. As a developer, you don't get to set the price for your product and in app purchases for the global market, you give them a price in dollars for US, and Apple will adjust the price as they see fit for each market you pick.

It's both.

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