In a news published in recent days, which is on the agenda today in the local press and social media, it was claimed that Apple will produce an affordable iPhone specifically for Turkey. In the news, which is not based on any source, some of these special production iPhone features and price: also shared.

According to the news, the iPhone model in question will have Apple’s A10 chipset and will be available in Turkey. It will be available at an ‘affordable price’. The claim stated that the affected iPhone model will carry a price tag of $300. The Turkish price of the phone was given as 5,200 TL by converting the dollar rate directly.

The claim quickly spread on social media, and whether Apple would make a special production for Turkey became a separate topic of discussion:

Well, is Apple really producing a dedicated iPhone for Turkey?

Although we do not have the authority to decide for Apple, we can say that the claim of “iPhone specific to Turkey” is not very realistic. There are three main reasons why this claim is not true:

• Apple’s A10 processor in 2016 It was used in the iPhone 7 family that was released. It’s extremely unlikely that Apple will decide to reuse a chipset from 6 years ago and take on the cost of setting up a production line to produce a phone specifically for it. In addition, the chipset in question is not supported by iOS 16, which will be released this year.
• The $300 price tag for the model in question belongs to Apple’s latest “affordable” smartphone model, the iPhone SE 2022. only $100 less† In addition, the iPhone SE 2022 has the latest A15 Bionic processor instead of a 6-year-old processor.
• To date, Apple has not released a custom iPhone for any country. Even if the company followed such a policy, it would probably prefer to target markets such as India and China, where it can sell tens of millions of iPhones, rather than Turkey, which sells several million smartphones annually.

In addition to all this, the expected price of the ‘affordable’ iPhone model in the news where the claim is made is calculated directly by converting the exchange rate. as 5,200 TL in transferred state. However, given the current smartphone taxes, the price of this model in Turkey is more likely as follows:

• Import price at customs: 5,200 TL (about USD 1 = 17.32 TL)
• 50% SCT x 18% VAT x 12% TRT share x 1% Ministry of Culture and Tourism share: 5,200 TL
• Total price: 10,400 TL