The financial house Self has taken a closer look at how the price of the iPhone has evolved since thefirst modelwas launched in 2007 . It feels like they ’ve been have steadily more expensive over the years , but is that borne out by the figures ?
Yes , in short . On fair , the price of Apple ’s smartphones has rise by 81 % over the past 14 years . “ This mean that in 2021 , the late flagship iPhone model be $ 437 more to buy in each of the 38 countries it ’s usable in than it used to , ” the website writes .
mention that this is n’t just the effects of inflation , which iPhone damage addition have outpace by 26 % , on average .
But there ’s a heavy conflict between countries . While the US has seen cost increase by just 12 % , when you take into account variety in local GDP , it ’s gone up by 50 % in the UK – yet another piece of grounds for the whimsey ofRipoff Britain .
However , we ’re by no means the regretful off . Our fellow worker in Sweden , for representative , have seen iPhone price rise by 55 % , and in Australia it ’s risen by 58 % . The biggest rise of all have been experience in Canada ( 72 % ) and , go past the chart , the UAE with a gargantuan 110 % .
In some cases , conversely , GDP has increase more than the price of Apple ’s French telephone , which means it has become cheaper – ‘ in real terms ’ , to use the political leader ’s favorite musical phrase – to buy an iPhone in state such as Russia , China and India . In the case of Ireland , the efficacious cost reduction is as big as 32 % .
If you need to search the difference between countries on your own , and see the precise details of the site ’s methodologies , you may use the interactive function onthe Self internet site . And if you want to keep prices as low as possible , witness a steal with our pathfinder to thebest iPhone deals .
This article originally look onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and additional reporting by David Price .
