How many hours must a minimum-wage worker in Turkey work to buy an iPhone 15?
Technology giant Apple introduced its new iPhone 15 series on September 12. Due to taxation in Turkey, the price of the lowest model in the iPhone 15 family in our country has been set at 49,999 TL. According to a study, the number of hours a person working for minimum wage in Turkey needs to work to afford an iPhone 15 has been revealed.
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A calculation has been made regarding how many total hours a person working for minimum wage in Turkey must work to own the new models.
Purchasing Apple's new models is not very easy in Turkey due to their high prices. When choosing the iPhone 15 model that best suits your needs and budget, you also need to consider the working hours you must spend to purchase it.
Here is the report from Chip.com.tr:
Now, let's perform the calculation based on the current minimum wage of 11,402 TL. If a person working 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, has a monthly salary of 11,402 TL, we can follow the steps below to calculate this person's hourly wage:
First, let's calculate the weekly working hours: The weekly working hours of a person working 5 days a week and 9 hours a day: 5 days x 9 hours = 45 hours
Based on this, if we multiply the weekly working hours by 4 weeks, we conclude that there is a monthly working period of 180 hours.
Finally, let's calculate the hourly wage: When we divide the monthly salary by the monthly working hours, we see that 63.34 TL is earned per hour. In other words, a minimum-wage earner in Turkey earns approximately 63.34 Turkish Lira per hour.
Now, based on this result, when we divide the phone price by the hourly wage, we can find out how many total hours must be worked to reach the new models.
iPhone 15
789 hours for the 49,999 TL iPhone 15 (128 GB)
852 hours for the 53,999 TL iPhone 15 (256 GB)
977 hours for the 61,999 TL iPhone 15 (512 GB)
iPhone 15 Plus
899 hours for the 56,999 TL iPhone 15 Plus (128 GB)
963 hours for the 60,999 TL iPhone 15 Plus (256 GB)
1088 hours for the 68,999 TL iPhone 15 Plus (512 GB)
iPhone 15 Pro
1026 hours for the 64,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro (128 GB)
1088 hours for the 68,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro (256 GB)
1216 hours for the 76,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro (512 GB)
1343 hours for the 84,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro (1 TB)
iPhone 15 Pro Max
1216 hours for the 76,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro Max (256 GB)
1343 hours for the 84,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro Max (512 GB)
1470 hours for the 92,999 TL iPhone 15 Pro Max (1 TB)