The base iPhone 16 costs roughly 74% of the average monthly salary in South Africa.
Apple launched the iPhone 16 lineup in September 2024, and buying the base iPhone 16 costs roughly 74% of the average South African employee’s monthly salary.
The new chips have a slew of AI features, and the company said some of these features will be available to devices with older chips.Regarding the latter, the voice assistant now has a better understanding of language, enabling it to understand prompts even when the speaker stumbles over words. “All of this is done privately using a combination of on-device intelligence and Apple service that never store your images,” said Apple.The standard iPhone 16’s colour options
The proportion had hovered around 59% in the years before, but the iPhone 5c is the lowest in the past 15 years.While the average monthly salary had increased to R15,770, the R4,000 price increase meant the iPhone 6 cost nearly 80% of the average South African employee’s monthly salary.The iPhone 7, launched in 2016, cost roughly 81% of the average monthly salary in South Africa.
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