Apple Cutting International Pricing to Rebalance Currency Conversion Rates?

9 5 mac reports receiving word international third-party retailers of new machines reportedly being released tomorrow carrying reduced price tags compared current models.




according report, price reductions seem adjusting fact u.s. dollar has fallen in value against many other world currencies on past year, making apple's pricing in countries appear higher in united states when considering exchange rates. consequently, lower international pricing not indicative of forthcoming price drops new hardware in u.s.

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we've been getting word international apple retailers not macbook airs, minis , white macbooks getting updated tomorrow, going see modest-significant price drops in countries we've polled. while can't specifics of , how much, can tell models being reduced more equivalent of $100.

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along similar lines, macstories put forth interesting theory earlier today regarding apple's itunes store downtime today, suggesting company might trying rebalance country-by-country pricing tiers account weakening u.s. dollar.

while there no direct evidence suggestion , there has yet sign of such changes, report did note of odd collection of countries affected apple's downtime among furthest out of line on pricing compared u.s. in addition, australian politicians reported last week apple responding earlier requests information pricing disparities "in mid july".

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