Hi Gary, My guess is that you are comparing the price of a phone with a contract in the US to the price of buying the phone outright in Australia.
Regards, Carlo --- Carlo Margio Real World Computing mob: +61 404 296 965 i...@realworldcomputing.com.au www.realworldcomputing.com.au On 14/09/2012, at 6:23 PM, gdorn <gd...@me.com> wrote: > I've noted the price difference of the iphone 5 between USA and Australia and > others on the Apple stores > > > iphone 5 > lightning adaptor > > USA $199 = $175 AU > $29 US = $25 AU > OZ $799 = $799 AU > $35 AU = $35 AU > S $948 (singapore?) = $603 AU $42 SGD > = $32 AU > HK $5588 = 630 $AU > $238 HKD = $26 AU > > Anyone got any thoughts an why there is such a price difference for the phone > when the accessories are fairly evenly/similarly priced? > > Aren't these things made in Singapore or Taiwan or somewhere around SE Asia. > > chow > Gary Dorn > > > > On 13/09/2012, at 2:41 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> Lots of interesting specs on iDevices and sales,... >> >> New iPhone 5 >> 7.6mm thin (18% thinner). Made entirely of glass and aluminium. 326ppi >> Retina Display, 4" 1136x640 resolution. Same width, but taller. >> Still designed to be used with one hand,… >> "Ultrafast Wireless" - Telstra, Optus and Virgin mentioned for faster >> network access,… >> A6 processor (2x faster CPU and 2x graphics compared to A5). 22% smaller and >> more energy efficient ;o) >> Battery life better then the iPhone 4s. Similar camera as 4s but smaller. >> (And a few more features,…Sapphire crystal lens cover.). Panorama photos. >> 1080p HD video, takes photos while recording. >> Three microphones- front, bottom and back. (better voice recognition and >> noise cancelation). >> New Dock connector - called Lightning. (changed from the over 9 year >> previous adapter!). Plugs in either way, all digital, 80% smaller. Can get >> an adapter for older devices until they get updated from third party >> wholesalers. >> (And lol to their Thunder and Lightning comment,..lol) >> Pricing is (about) the same - AUD I think is $799,$899 and $999 (16GB, 32GB >> and 64GB). Black and white colour choices again. >> >> Pre order on the 21st here in Australia (i.e. next Friday) >> >> >> More demo's of iOS6. Maps, full screen Safari (iCloud tabs), enhancements to >> Mail, Passbook, Shared Photo stream, Updated Siri >> September 19th for iOS6 (for iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 3GS, new iPad, iPad2 and >> iPod touch. >> >> Changes to iTunes,… coming with iOS6 on Sept 19th. New look iTunes interface >> (similar to iOS one), and more Facebook and Twitter integration and "likes". >> New "mini player", with search and managing playlists. iCloud integration. >> new iTunes late October. >> >> iPod. New iPod nano. larger display, thinner, lighter, Lightning charger. >> 2.5" touch display. 7 colours. FM tuner. Look at photos and videos too. >> Bluetooth. >> iPod Touch - thinner, lighter.4" display, A5 processor. (faster), New camera >> also. 1080p video and 720p FaceTime HD Camera on front. Bluetooth, Wireless, >> Airplay mirroring. Siri supported. 5 colours (can attach a strap to it as >> well now - colour matched also,..lol) >> Available in October. >> >> New earbuds - called EarPods. (3 years in design). - a directed speaker port >> that points forward into your ear canal. port in the back for mid-tones, >> port in the stem and the pain port. interesting,…. >> Shipping from today. (Will be included with the iPod touch, iPod nano and >> iPhone 5). >> >> Pricing will be up soon I'm sure,….. >> >> I'm sure more will be up on apple.com/au soon. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Apple** >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > gdorn > gd...@mac.com > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120914/3d60aa53/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120914/e2f94978/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
