People working in Zurich are able to afford the iPhone 4S, the quickest, after 22 hours of work. The working time required is ten times longer in Mexico City and Bucharest.
In Indian cities, the working time is over three hundred hours to buy an iPhone. In Beijing, one has to work for 184 hours to afford an iPhone S.
The UBS survey on price and earnings tracks the purchasing power iPhone 4S (16 GB) – one of the most sought-after products in recent years.
If we exclude discounted offers used to lock buyers into a contract, buying an iPhone can take a considerable amount of work, says the UBS report.
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Manila
The working time required to buy an iPhone is highest in Manila.
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 435 hours
(Price of the product divided by the weighted net hourly wage in 15 professions.)
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New Delhi
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 369.5 hours
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Jakarta
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 348.5 hours
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Mumbai
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 338 hours
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Nairobi
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 292.5 hours
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Cairo
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 290.5 hours
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Caracas
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 271.5 hours
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Kiev
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 266.5 hours
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Sofia
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 247.5 hours
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Bucharest
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 229.5 hours
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Photographs: Christian Hartmann/Reuters.
Zurich
Zurich tops the list as it takes just 22 hours of work time to buy an iPhone.
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Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters.
Geneva
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 23.5 hours
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Photographs: Brendan McDermid/Reuters.
New York
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 27.5 hours
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Luxembourg
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 29.5 hours
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Photographs: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters.
Miami
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 32.5 hours
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Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters.
Sydney
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 32.5 hours
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Photographs: Jim Young/Reuters.
Chicago
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 32 hours
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Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters.
Los Angeles
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 33 hours
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Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters.
Tokyo
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 35 hours
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Photographs: Mike Cassese/Reuters.
No of work hours needed to pay for an iPhone 4S: 37.5 hours
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