Apple India just left the cat out of the bag and informed us the iPad 2 is indeed launching in India this Friday. While we find the prices to be reasonable for a new Apple product that went on sale only last month in USA, some are disappointed about the prices which Apple has released for the iPad 2 . We decided to do a little comparison of the india prices and the US price.
Although the iPad is famous for the $499 price tag for the base WiFi model , when you actually walk into a store in the US in most states , you have to pay a state tax which varies between 5-10%. California has the most tax while some states like Oregon have no tax at all. So we decided to assume a 8% tax for this illustration. We also added a column for customs duty in case you wish to import the iPad2 from the US. We assumed customs duty to be 10% . So if you look at the table below , you would see that the difference between India and USA is not much unless you are traveling there and don’t have to pay custom duty.
| India (INR) | USA( $) | Tax(8%) | USA ($) Net | USA(INR) $1=Rs45 |
USA(INR) with 10% Duty | |
| 16 GB WiFi | 29500 | 499 | 39.92 | 538.92 | 24251.4 | 26676.54 |
| 32 GB WiFi | 34500 | 599 | 47.92 | 646.92 | 29111.4 | 32022.54 |
| 64 GB WiFi | 39500 | 699 | 55.92 | 754.92 | 33971.4 | 37368.54 |
| 16 GB 3G | 36900 | 629 | 50.32 | 679.32 | 30569.4 | 33626.34 |
| 32 GB 3G | 41900 | 729 | 58.32 | 787.32 | 35429.4 | 38972.34 |
| 64 GB 3G | 46900 | 829 | 66.32 | 895.32 | 40289.4 | 44318.34 |
The iPad2 is surely reasonably priced we would say ! Now , the Apple Authorized Resellers in India are surely going to have a difficult time managing the crowds.