barjon
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Jon.
You're the one pulling numbers out of your ****. Why is £2.25 cheap? Compared to what? The reason Governments give for weakening the currency is to make exports COMPETITIVE. If the widget manufacturer isn't competing with anyone, why do they need a weaker currency?
The smart people know that the way to become competitive is to improve production and invest in new technology or come out with a better product. People bought the iPhone because it is a great product, not because the US government weakened its currency...
nt
Really, nt - you asked the question, I merely supplied the answer.
£2:25 may not be cheap, but it's certainly a lower £ price than you could have bought it from them before. Ergo their price has become more attractive. Surely to Betsy you really understand that.
Competitiveness is based on price and the quality/desirability of the product. I've never suggested otherwise.
jon
ps: I wonder where iPhones are put together? Coudn't be China like so many other great products could it? Wonder why so many companies do that - couldn't be anything to do with competitive labour costs I suppose?