The iPhone 16 Series recently debuted in India. The starting price for the vanilla model is Rs 79,900. But let’s be honest: the device is far from ‘cheap’. Maybe only when compared to the premium models, the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max.
The iPhone 16 is more reasonably priced in other countries than it is in India. The cost of the iPhone 16 in each country is influenced by various regional market factors like taxation, import duties, currency exchange rates, delivery costs, customer demands, and more.
Countries such as Dubai, the United States, the UK, Hong Kong, China, the United Kingdom, and others are offering the iPhone 16 for substantially less.
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Let’s compare the pricing of the countries where the iPhone 16 series is cheaper than India:
iPhone 16 Series price in India
iPhone 16: Rs 79,900
iPhone 16 Plus: Rs 89,900
iPhone 16 Pro: Rs 1,19,900
iPhone 16 Pro Max: Rs 1,44,900
iPhone 16 Series price in the USA
iPhone 16: 799 USD (Rs 67,076)
iPhone 16 Plus: 899 USD (Rs 75,471)
iPhone 16 Pro: 999 USD (Rs 83,866)
iPhone 16 Pro Max: 1199 USD (Rs 1,00,657)
iPhone 16 Series price in the UK
iPhone 16: 799 Pounds (Rs 74,100)
iPhone 16 Plus: 899 Pounds (Rs 83,374)
iPhone 16 Pro: 999 Pounds (Rs 92,648)
iPhone 16 Pro Max: 1199 Pounds (Rs 1,11,196)
iPhone 16 Series price in Dubai
iPhone 16: AED 3399 (Rs 77,698)
iPhone 16 Plus: AED 3799 (Rs 86,842)
iPhone 16 Pro: AED 4299 (Rs 86,842)
iPhone 16 Pro Max: AED 5099 (Rs 1,16,559)
iPhone 16 Series price in Hong Kong
iPhone 16: HK$ 6,899 (Rs 74,274)
iPhone 16 Plus: HK$ 7,699 (Rs 82,887)
iPhone 16 Pro: HK$ 8,599 (Rs 92,577)
iPhone 16 Pro Max: HK$ 10,199 (Rs 1,09,802)
iPhone 16 Series price in Vietnam
iPhone 16: VND 22,999,000 (Rs 78,639)
iPhone 16 Plus: VND 25,999,000 (Rs 88,896)
iPhone 16 Pro: VND 28,999,000 (Rs 99,154)
iPhone 16 Pro Max: VND 34,999,000 (Rs 1,19,670)
iPhone 16 Series price in Japan
iPhone 16: 124,800 Yen (Rs 74,277)
iPhone 16 Plus: 139,800 Yen (Rs 83,205)
iPhone 16 Pro: 159,800 Yen (Rs 95,109)
iPhone 16 Pro Max: 189,800 Yen (Rs 1,12,964)
Our Take
The comparison shows that the pricing of the iPhone 16 varies significantly between India, the USA, and the UK, having a less expensive purchase procedure than India.
So, if you plan to travel overseas soon, or know someone who does, it is a great idea to purchase an iPhone from Apple’s current lineup and bring it back to India. You will be saving a lot of money
Note: There is no physical SIM card slot on the US models, therefore that will only function if you are using eSIM.