Over the course of its existence, the Apple iPhone has always been one of the most expensive smartphones one can buy in the world. However, due to the varying economies of different markets across the world, the iPhone has always been very expensive in some countries when compared to its actual price in the US market. Indians have to pay a lot for the iPhone and the latest iPhone 8 is no exception.
A research undertaken by Cuponation shows that India is fifth in the list of those countries that sell the iPhone 8 with the most expensive price tag. The 64GB iPhone 8 sells for a price of Rs 64,000, which is Rs 18,796 more than that of the American iPhone 8 carrying a price tag of Rs 45,204. However, India still gets iPhone 8 cheaper than five European countries — Hungary (Rs 66805.23), Italy (Rs 65170.65), Denmark (Rs 64736.58), Finland (Rs 64428.45) and Ireland.
Japan is the country that sells the iPhone 8 for the second cheapest price tag of Rs 45,739. Even UAE sells the iPhone 8 for Rs 50,161.22, which is approximately Rs 13,000 cheaper than the Indian price. Therefore, for the price of an iPhone 8 in India, you could go actually have a complete vacation in the UAE and a brand new iPhone 8, which seems like a better deal than an iPhone 8 alone. If you have someone in the US, then you will be able to get the iPhone 8 64GB variant for the price of an iPhone 7 128GB variant, which isn't a bad deal (except for the fact that you will have to treat that person sumptuously later).
The iPhone 8 is the mainstream flagship offering from Apple this year, which is succeeded by the pricier iPhone X. India becomes one of the most important countries for Apple and a majority will be able to afford the iPhone 8 series more easily instead of the feature-packed iPhone X. The iPhone 8 series packs identical internals as the iPhone X, save for the display and the FaceID verification system.
