Unfair UK iPod Prices

I was very pleased to see the brilliant new range of iPods released today by Apple. An added bonus was that the prices seemed brilliant. Only $399 for the 16GB iTouch! Well worth £200 of anyones money.

After the keynote I checked the Apple Store and the prices weren't even close to the ones quoted by Jobs. Below is a summary of the US and UK prices.

			US Price		UK Price		Difference
			In Dollars	In Sterling	In Dollars	In Sterling	%
		Shuffle	$79	£39	$98.75	£49	25%
		Nano 4gb	$149	£74	$199.52	£99	34%
		Nano 8gb	$199	£99	$259.99	£129	31%
		Classic 80gb	$249	£124	$320.45	£159	29%
		Classic 160gb	$349	£173	$461.53	£229	32%
		itouch 8gb	$299	£148	$401.06	£199	34%
		itouch 16gb	$399	£198	$542.14	£269	36%

It really doesn't seem fair to me that the exact same product in the US will cost 36% less than in the UK. Sure you can claim it needs to be delivered but that doesn't cost £69, as Jobs kept pointing out, they are tiny!

The prices in Continental Europe are even worse. Once again I'm going to be fleeced for not being American!