Some of my friends asked me they wanted to buy an iPhone 4, how to buy an iPhone 4 in India? This howto should answer that, and the same method can also be used to buy an product from US.

Buy Apple iPhone 4

The best way to get an iPhone 4 would be to ask a friend in US (who is visiting India) to buy it and bring it when he visits India.

Second best way would be to ask him/her to buy it and ship to India.

A contract-free iPhone 4 is $599 + $50 (sales tax) + $50 (USPS shipping) + import duty

Import duty can be from 4% to an unknown percentage. They customs officer may impose the duty based on his own outrageous valuation instead of the declared value. Last time I imported a product worth $700, but the officer imposed the duty based on a valuation of Rs. 62,000 ($1400). He did not consider the invoice of the product while valuation. Moreover, the actual cost of the product in India is Rs. 49,900 ($1100).

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