{"id":624239,"date":"2026-09-14T09:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/624239\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T09:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:44:15","slug":"southeast-asias-third-richest-country-among-worlds-5-cheapest-places-to-buy-iphone-18-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/624239\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia’s third-richest country among world’s 5 cheapest places to buy iPhone 18 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only the U.S. and Canada offer lower prices outside Asia, at $1,199 and $1,330, while the UAE rounds out the global top five at $1,388.<\/p>\n

Malaysia, which ranks third in Southeast Asia by nominal GDP per capita behind Singapore and Brunei, holds the same position for the 18 Pro Max. Its 256GB version costs $1,474, behind the U.S. at $1,299, Canada at $1,444 and Hong Kong at $1,466, but ahead of the UAE at $1,497.<\/p>\n

Malaysia ranks fifth globally for Duo prices, with the 256GB version of Apple’s first foldable smartphone at $2,334, behind Hong Kong, Canada and the UAE. The U.S. again tops the ranking for affordability at $2,199.<\/p>\n

The prices come from Japanese comparison site Nukeni, which compares Apple Store prices across 37 countries and territories after converting them using exchange rates.<\/p>\n

\"Apples<\/p>\n

Apple’s iPhone 18 in burgundy color. Photo by VnExpress\/Tuan Hung<\/p>\n

Apple unveiled the 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max and Duo in the U.S. on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n

Following the launch, Apple quietly raised prices for the Air, 17 and 17e in Malaysia, with most variants increasing by RM300 (US$74), according to Malay Mail.<\/p>\n

The largest increase was for the 1TB Air, which now costs RM8,299, up RM1,300 from its launch price.<\/p>\n

Pre-orders for the new Pro models opened in Malaysia on Sept. 12, with sales beginning Sept. 18, while the Duo will go on sale on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only the U.S. and Canada offer lower prices outside Asia, at $1,199 and $1,330, while the UAE rounds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,17759,80],"class_list":["post-624239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-southeast-asia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}