Cheapest Countries in Asia For Apple Products

We all know that the official prices of Apple products are fixed everywhere in the world. But what you might not know is that these prices can vary depending on where you’re buying them from.

Take, for instance, the latest iMac 24″ that starts at USD1299. However, if you buy it in Indonesia, it can go as high as USD1650 (around USD350 more). On the other hand, if you get the same in Hong Kong, it will cost you USD10 cheaper than Apple’s official price.

This price variation is mainly due to tax rates and currency exchange rates of different countries.

So in this post, we attempt to give you an idea about the countries from where you can get the cheapest deal on Apple products. Let’s take a look.

How We Compare?

Before we go into the price variations, let us explain which products did we pick for comparison and on which criteria did we crunch the numbers.

1. The Apple Products

Most Apple products come in different variants and technical specifications. However, for this article, instead of listing all the different variants, we picked the most basic one with the minimum specs for each product along with its base price or starting price. From this, you can have an idea of the price difference for other (higher) variants as well.

However, for your convenience, we have also provided the information on higher specs availble for each product. The higher variants have been striked-off in the list to distinguish them from the basic ones.

2. The Price Calculations

If you’re wondering that through which criteria did we come up with the price comparison among different countries, then here’s an explanation on that.

First, there’s an official Apple price in USD currency (Label: Official), then there’s an Apple price in the country’s local currency (Label: Price (Local)). What we did is we took the latter, converted it to USD using the latest exchange rates from Google Finance (Label: Local to USD), and then we compare the discrepancies of both prices in USD (Label: Discrepancy).

Take for example, the Macbook Air that costs USD999 as per Apple’s official price for its lowest specs. If you are buying it in the United States, that’s how much you’ll be paying.

However, if you’ll buy the same Macbook Air with the same specs in New Zealand, you will be paying NZD1749 which makes around USD1266. It means that you’ll end up paying an extra USD277 if you buy the same product in New Zealand as compared to buying it in the US.

Shortcuts to:

• Macbook Air
• Macbook Pro 13″
• Macbook Pro 16″
• iMac 24
• iMac 27
• Mac Pro
• Mac Mini
• iPad Pro 11″
• iPad Air
• iPad Mini
• iPhone 12 Pro
• iPhone 12
• AirPods 2
• AirPods Pro
• Air Tag

Macbook Air

• M1 Chip
• 8-core CPU, 7-Core GPU 8-Core GPU
• 8GB 16GB Memory
• 256GB 512GB storage

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Macbook Pro 13″

• 13.3" inch display
• 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU
• 8GB Memory
• 256GB 512GB SSD

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Macbook Pro 16″

• 16 inch display
• 2.6GHz 6‑core Intel Core i7 2.3GHz 8‑core Intel Core i9
• AMD Radeon Pro 5300M 4GB GDDR6 AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4GB of GDDR6
• 16GB 32GB 64GB Memory
• 512GB 1TB SSD

Click here to learn more about Macbook Pro 16".

iMac 24

• 24" 4.5K Retina display
• Apple M1 chip
• 8-core CPU, 7-core 8-Core GPU
• 8GB 16GB Memory
• 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB SSD

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iMac 27

• 27" 5K Retina display
• 3.1GHz Intel i5 3.3GHz Intel i5 3.8GHz Intel i7
• 8GB (4GB + 4GB) 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Memory
• 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB 4TB 8TB SSD

Click here to learn more about iMac 27".

Mac Pro

• 3.5GHz 8‑core 3.3GHz 12‑core 3.2GHz 16‑core 2.7GHz 24‑core Intel Xeon W processor
• 32GB 48GB 96GB 192GB 384GB 768GB 1.5TB DDR4 ECC memory
• Radeon Pro 580X W5500X W5700X Vega II Vega II Duo with 8GB of GDDR5 memory
• 256GB 1TB 2TB 4TB 8TB SSD storage

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Mac Mini

• Apple M1 chip
• 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU
• 8GB 16GB Memory
• 256GB 512GB SSD storage

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iPad Pro 11″ 12.9″

• 11-inch 12.9-inch Liquid Retina display
• 128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB Storage
• Connectivity – Wi-Fi Wi-Fi & Cellular

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iPad Air

• 10.9" Liquid Retina display
• 64GB 256GB Storage
• Connectivity – Wi-Fi Wi-Fi & Cellular

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iPad Mini

• 7.9" Liquid Retina display
• 64GB 256GB Storage
• Connectivity – Wi-Fi Wi-Fi & Cellular

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iPhone 12 Pro 12 Pro Max

• 6.1" 6.7" Super Retina XD display
• 128GB 256GB 512GB Storage

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iPhone 12 12 Mini

• 6.1" 5.4" Super Retina XD display
• 64GB 128GB 256GB Storage

Click here to learn more about iPhone 12.

AirPods (2nd Generation)

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AirPods Pro

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Air Tag (1 pack)

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