There’s so much BS posted about the iPad prices in the different countries that I felt the urge to post a kind of fact based net price comparison myself. I’m not sure I got all the facts really straight (e.g. the sales tax in Australia) however at least I show my assumptions. The exchange rates are 24hr average by Oanda buying Dollars. So now my comparison chart – if you have any remarks please leave them in the comments:
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Nimm mal lieber den 3 oder 6-Monats Durchschnitt für die exchange rate, der Wert ist stabiler und noch aktuell genug. 24 Stunden Durchschnitt ist viel zu volatil.
Aber danke für die Liste, wieder ein Grund mehr warum ich gegangen bin
Schweiz könnte noch dazu, da bitte auch den 3 oder 6 Monats Durchschnitt CHF – Euro/US$.
Ich befuerchte dass der laengerfristige Durchschnitt der Entwicklung des Euros in den naechsten 6 Monaten nicht wirklich gerecht wird. Meiner Erfahrung nach sind unternehmensinterne bis zu ca 10% schlechter als die aktuelle Spot Rate.
Wenn ich heut noch Zeit find neben Rasenmaehen und Umgraben, ergaenz ich die Tabelle weiter.
So, hab geupdated – aber wieter mit “Spot Rate” gearbeitet. Am “schlechtesten” sieht es tatsächlich in der Schweiz aus.
such a terrible table… comparison between GROSS prices and NET prices in USD? what’s the point of doing that? Let’s take the Gross price in the US for the 64 GB Wi Fi model – $757 (according to you) and the same GROSS price in the UK – £599. Now, the exchange rate today (06.09.2010) is 0.65. But let’s take the exchange rate that you used: 0.67608, it gives you the equivalent of £404.97 for an iPad bought in the US… If I were to consider buying abroad this is the “fact based” choice I would make (excluding shipping costs).
Conrad, you totally miss the point. The point was that most websites compared the US net prices to foreign gross prices and the table is to show that the foreign net prices – so to say that what Apple really wants for their devices – is very close to what they ask for in the US. That you may want to import it if you can avoid the taces and customs is a whole other story. This table is about the stupid blaming of Apple for different prices all over the world.
Fair enough – in this case I totally agree with you! But to be honest, you did not state that point clearly at the very beginning… I guess what people care the most is the end price that they have to pay…