I have offically concluded that iPhones are gay.

[quzar]

600 Canadian dollars equals 285 British pounds. I bet over here that would wind up being some £500-£600 here. I would not get the iPhone in any case.

Ok, I've had enough of you brits saying stupid $#@! like that. The price is the same there as it is here, you all make the same amount in minimum wage (5.05£ vs 5.45$), and so when something is 500$ here and 500£ there, it is costing the same relative to the standard of living in both places.

[dejkirkby]

Ok, I've had enough of you brits saying stupid $#@! like that. The price is the same there as it is here, you all make the same amount in minimum wage (5.05£ vs 5.45$), and so when something is 500$ here and 500£ there, it is costing the same relative to the standard of living in both places.

Total baloney!
If this was right, this would make the exchange rate totally redundant. Switching the $ for £ and trying to sell it in the UK is totally crap.
By your reckoning, the country that enjoys the most lavish lifestyle should pay the more expensive price. That would be the Americans then, but this says they get it a damn site cheaper, relatively speaking.
And for someone is a position as yourself on a UK-based site to make a comment like your first sentence is morally abhorrent!

[quzar]

Total baloney!
If this was right, this would make the exchange rate totally redundant. Switching the $ for £ and trying to sell it in the UK is totally crap.
By your reckoning, the country that enjoys the most lavish lifestyle should pay the more expensive price. That would be the Americans then, but this says they get it a damn site cheaper, relatively speaking.
And for someone is a position as yourself on a UK-based site to make a comment like your first sentence is morally abhorrent!

Explain your reasoning. Minimum wage here is ~5$ an hour. Minimum wage there is ~5£ an hour. Why shouldn't something that costs 500$ here cost 500£ there?

The argument about exchange rate has to do with international trade, geopolitical economics, and going on holiday in the other country. It makes perfect sense to sell products based on the amount of purchasing power the intended buyers have. If it takes an american earning minimum wage 100 hours to afford an iPhone or PS3, why shouldn't a brit have to work the same number of hours to buy it?

[Man]

Thanks for draging the thread off topic, lol in offtopic, but i want to know your oppinions on the iphone

[quzar]

Thanks for draging the thread off topic, lol in offtopic, but i want to know your oppinions on the iphone

Overhyped, but as always Apple has proven it's ability to take a product that has existed for many years and add the finishing touches that allow it to be accessible (in terms of ease of use, not price) to the general drooling masses.

Sorry for taking this a bit off topic, but seeing as your major gripe was the price of the thing, I thought it was relevant. Also, my point goes towards yours with the pricing of the unit in canada. Since your minimum wage is between 7 and 8.50 (CAD) as opposed to the 5.50 of the US, yours being priced at 650 as opposed to 500 is actually on par with your earnings too.

That being said, it IS really expensive regarless of the country or pricing system.

[parkermauney]

Everything in Canada is more expensive, but apparently wages are higher.

[Xx FightStar xX]

That being said, it IS really expensive regarless of the country or pricing system.

Couldn't agree more

[Man]

Minnimum wage for students in canada is 7.50, in ontario and it vries from province to province, iv seen online ads for jobs in alberta and BC and there are dishwashers making 16$ and hour !!!

[SnesR0X]

I make 8. Show me the dishwashing for 16

[Man]

http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/JobResult_e...t&Student=Only i cant find the acual job posting, but this is the government job bank, check it out Snesrox, they also have a section for non student jobs