{"id":625964,"date":"2026-09-16T02:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625964\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T02:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:36:13","slug":"asias-second-most-expensive-city-ranks-third-cheapest-globally-for-iphone-18-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625964\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia\u2019s second-most expensive city ranks third-cheapest globally for iPhone 18 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only the U.S. and Canada offer lower prices, at US$1,199 and US$1,321 respectively, according to Japanese price comparison website Nukeni.<\/p>\n

Malaysia ranks fourth at US$1,351, followed by the UAE at US$1,388.<\/p>\n

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

Hong Kong is also the world’s second-cheapest place to buy Apple’s first foldable iPhone. The 256GB iPhone Duo costs $2,231, compared with $1,999 in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The city ranks second in Asia and ninth globally for cost of living in the 2026 Global Cost of Living Index by Canadian financial and business media company Visual Capitalist.<\/p>\n

\"Apples<\/p>\n

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro in Glacier and Silver colors. Photo by VnExpress\/Tuan Hung<\/p>\n

Apple unveiled the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max alongside its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, in the U.S. on Sept. 9. Pre-orders in Hong Kong opened at 8 p.m. on Sept. 12, with sales beginning Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

Retailers expect the larger Pro Max to have stronger resale potential than the Pro because of its larger screen and battery, according to Hong Kong newspaper The Standard.<\/p>\n

The pre-order launch was also hit by reports of unauthorized credit card charges.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong police received reports from more than 700 people involving unauthorized transactions worth HK$14.7 million ($1.87 million) linked to pre-orders of Apple’s latest iPhones, according to the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n

Some cardholders reported multiple transactions. One person who tried to order an 18 Pro Max said he later received 10 notifications for charges of HK$13,299 each despite his orders being rejected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only the U.S. and Canada offer lower prices, at US$1,199 and US$1,321 respectively, according to Japanese price comparison…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[265765,61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-625964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-asias-second-most-expensive-city-ranks-third-cheapest-globally-for-iphone-18-pro-vnexpress-international","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625964","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=625964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}