IPhone Pricing in Countries, Without a Contract

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Anton Troianovski and Thomas Gryta, Fight to Unseat iPhone Intensifies. Wall Street Journal, Jan 25, 2013.

Data in the window of print: 8.6 million  The number of iPhones that AT&T said it activated in the fourth quarter.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the text, whose theme is that Samsung and Apple are in a two-horse race for smartphones, a fact that is known.
(b) What is intresting to me is the graphic.

"Worlds Apart
The retail price of Apple iPhones varies amoung countries for buyers who don't sign a wireless contract.

.........IPHONE 5....IPHONE 4....VENDORS
US.......$649........$450........AT&T
KOREA....$832........$486........APPLE
CHINA....$849........$496........APPLE
ITALY....$974........$574........TELECOME ITALIA
BRAZIL...$1,182......$738........CLARO

Source: the companies"