{"id":63906,"date":"2017-05-12T22:51:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=63906"},"modified":"2017-05-16T06:40:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T22:40:40","slug":"singapore-third-expensive-country-selling-samsung-s8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/12\/singapore-third-expensive-country-selling-samsung-s8\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore is Third Most Expensive Country Selling Samsung S8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the research by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flipit.com\/sg\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/t.sidekickopen68.com\/e1t\/c\/5\/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX48p-VDnW7dKWlP7dK__nVQZcFT56dyVvf1hTs-802?t%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.flipit.com%252Fsg%26si%3D4784930153037824%26pi%3Db2a7d8b0-7956-4c3c-fcee-4f24653a7466&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494685651055000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLs2vxYXwn_mwB8R7z6VG36YLXgQ\">Flipit Singapore<\/a>, people living in Singapore will have to fork out more to buy the Samsung Galaxy S8. We are the third most expensive country out of the seven countries surveyed (<span style=\"color: black;\">Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, Singapore and South Korea) to purchase a 64GB Galaxy S8. \u00a0Surprisingly, the most expensive country to buy an S8 is the originating country of Galaxy S8, Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"63908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/12\/singapore-third-expensive-country-selling-samsung-s8\/samsungs8-infographic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SamsungS8-Infographic.png?fit=595%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"595,848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SamsungS8-Infographic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SamsungS8-Infographic.png?fit=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SamsungS8-Infographic.png?fit=595%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63908\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SamsungS8-Infographic.png?resize=595%2C848\" alt=\"SamsungS8-Infographic\" width=\"595\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SamsungS8-Infographic.png?w=595&amp;ssl=1 595w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SamsungS8-Infographic.png?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are the interesting points after summarizing the research data (copied from the information provided by Flipit Singapore: &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The third most expensive country selling the Samsung S8 is Singapore, being the average price $822, with South Korea being the most expensive at $843. This is a price different of $21.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The average monthly income in Singapore is, approximately, $3.470. This means that Singaporeans need to spend 23.70% of their monthly income if they want to buy the new mobile phone. It is the lowest monthly income percentage for all the countries which are part of the research.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>According to their monthly average salary and the average retail price for the mobile phone, Singaporeans need to work for 7 days in order to afford the Samsung S8. This is the lowest amount, with Indonesians having to work the longest (160 days) to buy a Samsung S8.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*3 online retailers have been chosen per country to get the average retail price of the Samsung S8<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*Shipping costs are excluded in the price.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*Average monthly income (2015) source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ilo.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*We have taken the following information: the average Samsung S8 price per country, the average monthly income per country, percentage of wage a person needs to buy the mobile and the number of days a person needs to work to buy the phone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*All currency conversions are done via Google Finance (The exchange rate fluctuates)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* Research has been done for Samsung Galaxy S8 64GB<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">*Note: The 3 online retailers selected in Singapore for this research have been: Lazada, Qoo10 and Ebay.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is your take? Agree or disagree?<\/p>\n<p>[ad#img]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flipit.com\/sg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the research by Flipit Singapore, people living in Singapore will have to fork out more to buy the Samsung Galaxy S8. 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