In a claim made in the past days without any source, it has been suggested that Apple will produce a special iPhone for Turkey. So how likely is it for Apple to do something like this?
In a news published in the past days and which is on the agenda in the local press and social media today, it was claimed that Apple will produce an affordable iPhone specifically for Turkey. In the news, which is not based on any source, some of this special production iPhone features and price also shared.
According to the news, the iPhone model in question will have Apple’s A10 chipset and will be available in Turkey. It will be available at an ‘affordable price’. It was stated in the claim that the iPhone model mentioned will have a price tag of $ 300. The Turkish price of the phone was given as 5,200 TL by directly converting the dollar rate.
The claim spread rapidly on social media, and whether Apple would make a special production for Turkey became a separate topic of discussion:
Well, does Apple really produce a special iPhone for Turkey?
Although we do not have the authority to decide for Apple, we can say that the claim of “iPhone specific to Turkey” is not very realistic. There are three main reasons why this claim is untrue:
- Apple’s A10 processor in 2016 It was used in the iPhone 7 family that was released. It is extremely unlikely that Apple will decide to reuse a chipset from 6 years ago and incur the cost of setting up a production line to produce a phone specifically for it. In addition, the chipset in question will not be supported by iOS 16, which will be released this year.
- The $300 price tag put forward for the model in question is from the last Apple’s current ‘affordable’ smartphone model, the iPhone SE 2022. only $100 less. Moreover, the iPhone SE 2022 has the latest A15 Bionic processor instead of a 6-year-old processor.
- To date, Apple has not released a custom-made iPhone for any country. Probably, even if the company were to follow such a policy, it would prefer to target markets such as India and China, where it can sell tens of millions of iPhones, instead of Turkey, where a few million smartphones are sold annually.
In addition to all these, in the news where the claim is made, the expected price of the ‘affordable’ iPhone model is determined by directly converting the exchange rate. as 5.200 TL in transferred state. However, considering the current smartphone taxes, the price of this model in Turkey is more likely to be as follows:
- Customs entry price: 5,200 TL (approximately, 1 USD = 17,32 TL)
- 50% SCT x 18% VAT x 12% TRT share x 1% Ministry of Culture and Tourism share: 5.200 TL
- Total price: 10,400 TL