We know very well that iPhones are not the cheapest mobile phones. This is even more true if we look at units like the iPhone 16 Pro Max, whose price in countries like USA and Mexico starts at 1,469 dollars and 30,999 pesos, respectively. So find it cheaper be a primary goal for many of its enthusiastic buyers.
However, some use techniques that circumvent state laws in some countries. This is what happened recently in India, where the price of 144,900 rupees (around 1,570 dollars at the exchange rate) constitutes an obstacle for many. This led some to try to smuggle in the iPhone 16 Pro Max
As many as 36 iPhone 16 Pro Max units tried to avoid Indian taxes
India is Apple’s new right eye and it is for several reasons such as already being the most valuable company in the country thanks, among other things, to its large investments to manufacture new terminals there like the iPhone 16 and which are then exported throughout the country. world, already being a good refuge against the crisis suffered by China. Beyond the manufacturing sector, sales estimates this year are very favorable.
But the picaresque also reaches India and the temptation to save $14,000 in taxes is high for smugglers. We did not give this amount at random, given that 36 units of the most expensive iPhone 16 were recently intercepted at New Delhi’s Indira Ghandi International Airport and together they represented a total saving of 14 000 dollars in taxes.
Indian authorities confirm that these contraband iPhones were obtained from five passengers who were trying to smuggle them into the country. Initially, it was a group of four people who transported them, all from Dubai. The fifth person from Hong Kong was subsequently arrested.
It is believed that originally iPhones were purchased in the United States with a cost that allows Indians to save around $500 in foreign exchange. And while it is true that there might not have been a problem if it was one unit per passenger, the fact that the total amount came to almost forty units made it obvious contraband in order to then resell them on the retail market at a lower price. than that offered by Apple.
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