iPad is cheaper in the UAE than US

Buying an iPad Mini or iPad Air is cheaper in the UAE than in the US as Apple has become very aggressive in pricing in bid to counterattack the mushrooming grey market.

Apple is selling the iPad Mini (WiFi) 32GB for Dh1,899 while the same spec is sold in the US for $499 (Dh1,835) plus sales tax of around nine per cent depending on each state, which translates to $548.9 (Dh2,018).

“We have been having regular meetings with Apple and have been bringing to their notice about the official product availability gap and pricing gap in the UAE. One of Apple’s main strategies is to eradicate the grey market,” Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO of Emax, told Gulf News.

He said Apple products used to be available in the UAE after six months of official launch some years back, but now it has come down to less than two months.