In Pakistan, having an iPhone also means having to pay the PTA tax, a required fee for activating a Pakistani SIM card on an imported device. These taxes exist from the first iPhone to the most recent iPhone 15, and the costs might be considerably high.

However, these high taxes have not stopped Pakistanis from wanting the newest products from Apple. The PTA tax on iPhones is comparatively high in Pakistan, and it goes up to six digits for some of the newest iPhone models. For instance, if you buy an iPhone from another country, you will have to pay PTA tax to use it in your country.

Apple products are favored over Android devices for several reasons: better operating system and hardware integration, luxurious appearance, frequent updates, better privacy and security, and better resell value. However, the cost of these devices is still high and the additional taxes inclusive of PTA are another push that increases the price. To these costs, the depreciation of the local currency also contributes.

However, Pakistani users have to face a lot of difficulties to import these Apple devices. Apple has not released its products in Pakistan so there is an issue of high price because of import taxes and duties. This makes the PTA taxes on iPhones even more abrupt as the prices for the more advanced iPhone models go beyond six figures.

 Here is a breakdown of the PTA tax for various iPhone models in Pakistan:

iPhone PTA TAX