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Nexus 4, Google: for developed countries, the relationship between price and wage varies from 0.16 in Australia, 0.46 in Spain until

São Paulo – The value of the Nexus 4 in Brazil, announced last week, is one of the most expensive on the planet and also one of the highest in relation to the minimum wage.

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To find out how much smartphone created by Google and LG weighs pocket, we compared the lowest price charged here with the other eight countries: U.S., UK, France, Spain, Holland , Australia, Romania and Malaysia.

Then we seek what is the minimum wage in each location and include all the information on a chart, which can be seen below. Prices converted to U.S. dollars to facilitate the calculations. The data lead to interesting hypothesis.

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relationship between price charged and the minimum wage was recorded in nations considered peripheral or development. In Brazil, it takes 2.24 wage to purchase a Nexus 4, while in Malaysia the number reaches 2.41 and, in Romania, falls to 1.83. None of the three has direct sales Google, the Play Store.

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for developed countries, the ratio varies from 0.16 wage in Australia until 0.46 wage in Spain. The discounts given by the Play Store in the U.S., UK, Spain, France and Australia remain low the difference. This means that the relative value of the Nexus 4 is much smaller there. Any consumer can buy the device in sight and still have money left. In Brazil, you have to piecemeal a dozen times to fit in your pocket.

Even in the Netherlands, where the cell phone is more expensive because there is no direct selling by Play Store, the ratio is 0.30. This is because the minimum wage there is among the highest in the world. And what does it all mean? One possible explanation: in places where purchasing power is higher, Google seeks to force a reduction in the price of the Nexus 4, because their interest is in bringing more people to consume applications, movies, music and books on Android. In places like Brazil, nobody will spend as much on content. So there is no reason to worry.

course there are the taxes on the equipment, but the question needs to be qualified. After all, the LG produces the Nexus 4 here, which certainly reduces the tax burden on the cell. In general, in places where there is no sale of hardware at Play Store, Nexus 4 will not leave for less than $ 500. Is it mere coincidence?

Last year, the Spanish store Phone House suspended the sale of the smartphone, claiming that LG had set the value of 599 euros (769 dollars) for selling the device unlocked at retail. Rebellions against it and start marketing the Play Store in various places (including in Spain) may have forced a price drop. In Brazil, however, the Nexus 4 continues to be sold in heaps. It will be cheaper one day? Hardly.