Apple's iPhones have always been expensive. But costs can get ridiculous if you buy one in Turkey, where the iPhone 14 starts at $1,699—or about twice the $799 you'll pay in the US.
Nukeni, a global price-comparison website for gadgets, looked at iPhone 14 costs across 37 countries, 9to5Mac reports. The list shows Turkey with the highest pricing for the iPhone 14 across all models and memory sizes.
For example, in Turkey, a 128GB iPhone 14 Pro costs $2,194, up from $999 in the US. Meanwhile, the 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max can cost as much as $3,136; it's $1,599 stateside.
These prices won’t surprise anyone in Turkey. For years, the country has imposed exorbitant taxes on premium electronics that can increase a product's price by more than 100%. Not helping the matter is Turkey’s weakening currency and soaring inflation on everyday goods.
Prices are so high that Turkey surpassed Brazil for the most expensive country to buy Apple’s flagship phone, according to 9to5Mac. Like Turkey, Brazil also imposes high import taxes on electronics. As a result, the iPhone 14 starts at $1,473 in the country, up from $799 in the US.
According to Nukeni, the US has the lowest iPhone 14 prices—but that’s before any sales tax is included. In Europe, Apple usually includes the value-added tax (VAT) in the pricing for the iPhone, so comparisons aren’t always apples to apples. In the UK, the iPhone 14 starts at £849 ($984) at a time when the value of the euro has been sinking against the dollar. In Sweden, the pricing gets even higher at 11,995 Swedish Krona ($1,129.55) for an iPhone 14 base model.