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International iPad Pricing Announced: How much in your region?

Posted by James Eunson | May 9, 2010

Recently, Apple announced the exact date that the iPad will be released in 9 new international countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. The date has been revealed as Friday, 28 May while pre-orders can be made in any of those countries starting tomorrow, Monday May 10.

The dealmaker or potential dealbreaker is what price has Apple chosen for your region and whether it is appealing enough to sell the device. Here in Australia, Apple has been notorious for charging prices of questionable markup over our USA brothers and sisters leading many of us to turn to the import market. Although, to be fair, this practice has diminished significantly over the past 5 years.

Does Apple still charge you through the nose for their gear? We want to know what it’s like in your country! Post in the comments.

Region-by-region pricing

So what are the prices for your region? Regions are listed below with prices for all models. German prices are noted in particular due to the controversy surrounding them (scroll down for more) – European prices are very close and thus other Euros are not covered in detail.

In Australia:

16GB WiFi – AU$629
16GB WiFi+3G – AU$799
32GB WiFi – AU$759
32GB WiFi+3G – AU$928
64GB WiFi – AU$879
64GB WiFi+3G – AU$1049

In the UK (all including VAT):

16GB WiFi – £429
16GB WiFi+3G – £529
32GB WiFi – £499
32GB WiFi+3G – £599
64GB WiFi – £599
64GB WiFi+3G – £699

In Japan:

16GB WiFi – 48,960 yen
32GB WiFi – 59,040 yen
64GB WiFi – 68,880 yen

These prices are in cash/paid outright. Japanese retailer Softbank also provides iPad sales in installments and as you would expect the prices increase accordingly. The full breakdown is here:

The Japanese prices are still relatively on the cheap side internationally speaking to congratulations to all you future Japanese iPad owners.

In Germany:

iPads will be sold by T-Mobile.

iPad 16GB WiFi – 499 €
iPad 16GB WiFi+3G – 629 €
iPad 32GB WiFi – 599 €
iPad 32GB WiFi+3G – 729 €
iPad 64GB WiFi – 699 €
iPad 64GB WiFi+3G – 829 €

German iPad prices are particularly high due to a new copyright tax imposed on all computers, which Steve Jobs was evidently concerned enough to respond to an email about.

The rest of European prices are very similar to the German price.

In Canada:

16GB WiFi – $549 (CAN)
16GB WiFi+3G – $679 (CAN)
32GB WiFi – $649 (CAN)
32GB WiFi+3G – $779 (CAN)
64GB WiFi – $749 (CAN)
64GB WiFi+3G – $879 (CAN)

See you all on preorder day tomorrow!

Will you be preordering? Are there better prices available in your region that we didn’t pick up on? Post in the comments!