Apple’s new iPhone 16e will be priced from R15 999 in South Africa.
iPhone 16e, which was announced on Thursday morning and which costs US$599 for the base model with 128GB of storage, will be priced from R15 999 in South Africa.
The base iPhone Pro 16 costs R25 999 in South Africa, or 26x the dollar price on the Apple US website. The base iPhone 16, meanwhile, retails for R19 999 through iStore and $799 in the US, translating into a 25x multiple from dollar to rand. For the base-model, the ratio is slightly higher, at 26.6x. The rand was trading on Thursday afternoon at R18.50/$.It should be noted, however, that the US pricing excludes general sales tax, which is levied at different rates depending on the state.
The iPhone 16e will be available for pre-order this Friday, 21 February, and will go on sale in stores on Friday, 28 February. This means South African consumers can get their hands on the new model at the same time as major markets like the US.
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