We haven't got the News app either in the UK, unless we set language to US. I don't want to do that so will do without as there are plenty of other sources for the news for the moment.
Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:04 AM Subject: RE: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple Hi Ketan, You are not alone, the News app isn’t even available in Canada and we are right next door to The mighty United States of Apple. Furthermore, Apple for some reason which of course can’t have anything at all to do with money, decided that Canadian carriers should charge their customers 77% more for an iPhone on contract than in the States. The American Dollar currently is worth about 35% more than the Canadian Dollar, i.e. it takes 1.35 canadian Dollars to buy one American Dollar. For example, an iPhone 6S 64 Gb, if I interpret this correctly, costs $299 on contract in the States. Based on the exchange rate, said phone should cost approx. $400 or just over here in Canada. However, in order to get it Canadians have to plunk down $530 for the phone with 2-year contract. Interestingly enough, if I buy a phone outright from Apple, the price is very close to the US price by the time I factor in the normal exchange. It is definitely interesting how often features which Apple touts as extremely awesome are also extremely limited in their availability. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ketan Kothari Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 11:51 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: IOS 9 and big brotherly attitude of Apple Dear friends, On 16th of Sept. IOS 9 got launched and one of the biggest features that was being touted was the News app. I am sad to report that this app (which should not cost anything extra to Apple or have any other legal issues) is not available in India. I was looking forward to it. I am sure India is also one of the markets that Apple is viewing as its primary market and neither Apple maps nor apps like the News apps are made available to Indian consumers. Having said this, it is to be remembered that Apple does not charge nothing less than the global price of Iphone or Ipad from its Indian consumers. I feel that this is an important issue and should be conveyed to Apple through its website as well as social media. With best wishes, Ketan -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
