Purchasing and Distribution

Purchasing and distribution of Apple products is everywhere. One can get Apple products through the online store, retail stores, direct sales force, wholesalers, retailers and network carriers [18]. Apple products are very easy to get a hold of. If ordered on Apple.com, Apple will pick the best carrier that can deliver the package to you, usually FedEx or UPS.

Purchasing and Distribution Map

Note: In the map above, red pins are Verizon Wireless carrier locations [22]. The other pins are Apple stores [8].

I critically investigated consumer price and profits.

Apple is a very dominant company in the electronic world. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus took the top of the charts in all four of the major U.S. carriers, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile in 2014-2015 [11].

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If you choose to buy iPhone 6 Plus instead of iPhone 6, Apple will make an extra $84.50 just because of the larger size. The breakdown of the costs can be shown in the image below [12]. iphone-cost-comparison.png

Apple is very successful all over the world. Apple has become a big name brand in developing countries. iPhones are just as successful in the East as they are in the West. Prices of the iPhone vary from country to country due to regional differences and issues such as trade tariffs and local economies. People in China go to incredible lengths to get a pre-release iPhone 6. A teenager in Beijing sold a kidney in order to purchase an iPhone and an iPad [17].

 

 

 

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