India, Sept. 11 -- There are a few certainties. Death. Taxes. And people comparing the iPhone pricing between the US and India markets. Quite often, pre-tax US pricing, with the final pricing in India, including applicable taxes. The price tags in question at this time are the Apple iPhone Duo ( Rs.2,99,900 in India versus $1,999 onwards in the US), the iPhone 18 Pro ( Rs.1,64,900 onwards in India versus $1199 onwards in the US), and to an extent, the new price tags of the iPhone 17 in India.

It is important to contextualise data beyond the noise. First and foremost, the $1999 onwards pricing of the iPhone Duo in the US, as well as the $1199 for the iPhone 18 Pro in the US, are pre-tax prices. There is a local final state tax component, ...