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Phone Surgeon wrote:expected to happen 1st january
after taxes go back into full effect for laptops and tablets on the 31st december
so buy your tablets and laptops before christmas
and buy your cellphones in january
Phone Surgeon wrote:expected to happen 1st january
after taxes go back into full effect for laptops and tablets on the 31st december
so buy your tablets and laptops before christmas
and buy your cellphones in january
Many ChromeOS and Windows laptops were selling for US$250 or less at online retailers, tablets were less than US$150, Fire tablets were less than US$100. Same deals are still available.Phone Surgeon wrote:Real people can't afford laptops.
A good cellphone is good enough for a tablet and for classes/meetings etc.
I assume they doing it after Christmas so the wholesalers and retailers won't benefit from it for Christmas sales.
January is always a terrible month for cellphone sales in any event so whoever need will buy. Real ppl waiting til janaury to purchase so Xmas sales gonna be slow as hell this year.
wtf wrote:Hopefully this will drive prices down drastically..
Most of the phone retailers I see seem to be avoiding duty and VAT when their prices are compared. At least the consumer can buy online without the need to pay 35% extra in duty and taxes.Dave wrote:It didn't work on laptops so not very optimistic it would for phones.wtf wrote:Hopefully this will drive prices down drastically..
My line of logic.adnj wrote:Most of the phone retailers I see seem to be avoiding duty and VAT when their prices are compared. At least the consumer can buy online without the need to pay 35% extra in duty and taxes.Dave wrote:It didn't work on laptops so not very optimistic it would for phones.wtf wrote:Hopefully this will drive prices down drastically..
wtf wrote:Hopefully this will drive prices down drastically..
Phone Surgeon wrote:wtf wrote:Hopefully this will drive prices down drastically..
probably only for very high end phones or expensive apple phones it will take the price down a little.
wholesalers and big retailers locally sell new phones for less than the price abroad, or with very little mark up
plenty money laundering going on so prices dog cheap
take a base model A11 32gb
its $140 US on amazon ($1000 TT)
say a $150 to ship IF taxes are removed
Total price. $1150 without any taxes
Local price from wholesalers right now $1300
and with the EXTREME limits on forex, prices not going to drop
scotia bank has limited credit card US allowance to like $500
most local people going through all kinda hoops to make orders
so US is basically valued $8 or $9 for most of us
but thats ONLINE US money eh, US cash has little use now because you cant easily deposit it or travel with it
so if you have 100k or 200k or 500k US in a US bank account or local bank account that can transfer , you getting $8,$9, $10 per USD for that
so lets redo that earlier calculation
A11 $140 US from amazon (and realistically, you not getting phones much cheaper than from amazon, you could be buying 1000 Units from a wholesaler and it might be $135 instead of $140 US)
SO $140 US x $8 =$1120
Plus $150 shipping (IF there is no tax)
Done reach $1270
On the apple line of things, if you have access to a credit card yourself and can order, you can save alot when taxes are removed. but the majority of people not doing that.
wtf wrote:Hopefully this will drive prices down drastically..
The phone was released in the United States on 6 March[8] and in Europe on 13 March. The Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra launch prices started at $999, $1,199 and $1,399.
timothymcdavid wrote:Samsung S20+ is more like 750USD not 1200USD
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SM-G985F-Display-Unlocked-International/dp/B085F3VMT8/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=samsung+s20+plus&qid=1607601978&sr=8-6
So using your maths:
750USD x 6.8 = 5,100
5,100 x 150% = 7650
Yeah it is currently about 700-750 USD.
So the maths part is right.
But I talking about when the phones now come out and the price was higher.
Eg. Using Titan Procurement page you would see around May/June S20+ was about 7000 TTD,
Now with reduced US prices (and as of November) same phone for 5800TTD - which is still better than the new 7650 or used 6120 TTD
S21 coming out in January those S20's are going to get a whole lot cheaper my understanding S21 wont be a significant upgrade over the S20 and will have a lesser price new than the S20 when it was new but let us see.
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_starts_blind_preorders_in_india_prices_revealed_too-news-46659.php
An unnamed Samsung insider spoke to Indian publication TechQuila, revealing some spicy details about the upcoming Galaxy S21 series.
The prices of the trio won't change compared to this year's Galaxy S20-series pricing. That would mean INR 67,000 for the Galaxy S20, INR 74,000 for the S20+ and the Ultra will ask INR 93,000. If that carries over to the other major markets we should see prices of $900/€900, $999/€999 and $1,399/€1,399 respectively in the US and Europe.
Blaze d Chalice wrote:I was looking at one of them Sony Xperia but I wouldn't take the chance unless I see something in writing from Colmos.
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