{"id":894052,"date":"2026-09-16T12:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894052\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:08:27","slug":"thailand-is-second-cheapest-place-to-buy-iphone-18-pro-in-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894052\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand is second cheapest place to buy iPhone 18 Pro in Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 256GB 18 Pro costs about $1,468 in Thailand, compared with $1,350 in Malaysia, according to Japanese price comparison site Nukeni.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the model costs about $1,492 in Singapore, $1,500 in Vietnam and $1,509 in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Thailand is also the ninth cheapest market globally.<\/p>\n

The U.S. offers the lowest price at $1,199, followed by Canada at about $1,320, Hong Kong at $1,339, Malaysia at $1,350 and the United Arab Emirates at $1,388.<\/p>\n

Nukeni compares Apple Store prices across 37 countries and territories, converting local prices using exchange rates.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

Apple iPhone 18 Pro. Photo by VnExpress\/Tuan Hung<\/p>\n

Thailand remains Southeast Asia’s second cheapest market after Malaysia for the 256GB 18 Pro Max, which costs about $100 more than the Pro.<\/p>\n

It ranks 10th cheapest globally. The U.S. is the cheapest at $1,299, followed by Canada at $1,433, Hong Kong at $1,466, Malaysia at $1,473 and the UAE at $1,497.<\/p>\n

Apple unveiled the 18 Pro and Pro Max last week alongside its first foldable smartphone, the Duo.<\/p>\n

Pre-orders for the Pro models opened in Thailand at 7 p.m. Sept. 12, with sales starting Sept. 18. Pre-orders for the Duo will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 16, with sales starting Oct. 23, according to Khaosod English newspaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 256GB 18 Pro costs about $1,468 in Thailand, compared with $1,350 in Malaysia, according to Japanese price…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105,463298],"class_list":["post-894052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-thailand-is-second-cheapest-place-to-buy-iphone-18-pro-in-southeast-asia-vnexpress-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}