????距離蘋(píng)果（Apple）官方正式開(kāi)始預(yù)定iPhone 5C已經(jīng)過(guò)去四天了，目前這款手機(jī)貨源充足，各種顏色和配置均可預(yù)定，除了最貴的一款：起售價(jià)高達(dá)549美元的T-Mobile無(wú)鎖版。

????為什么T-Mobile版會(huì)姍姍來(lái)遲呢？

????原因很簡(jiǎn)單：絕大部分無(wú)鎖版iPhone最終都流向了美國(guó)境外的黑市。

????其中最大的黑市可能要數(shù)中國(guó)。

????無(wú)鎖版iPhone 5C在美國(guó)售價(jià)為549美元，但由于雁過(guò)拔毛的國(guó)內(nèi)稅收和進(jìn)口關(guān)稅，它在中國(guó)大陸的售價(jià)高達(dá)4488人民幣，約合731美元。181美元（33%）的差價(jià)蘊(yùn)含著極大的商機(jī)，無(wú)數(shù)黃牛黨都在絞盡腦汁以獲得低價(jià)iPhone 5C從而逃避中國(guó)稅收。

????當(dāng)然，有些人已經(jīng)得手了。

????例如，《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》（New York Times）曾在去年報(bào)道過(guò)“唐人街參與iPhone 4走私”。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：項(xiàng)航

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????Four days after Apple (AAPL) began taking pre-orders for the new iPhone 5C, the device is available in all colors and configurations except for the most expensive: the T-Mobile and SIM-free models that start at $549.

????Why would that be?

????It's simple, really. A lot of those unlocked phones are headed for overseas grey markets.

????And the biggest grey market of all is China.

????Thanks to various taxes and import fees, the unlocked iPhone 5C that Apple sells for $549 in New York sells for 4,488 yuan or $731 in Beijing. That $181 (33%) price differential creates a market opportunity for anyone who can find a low-cost way around those taxes and import fees.

????And you can bet that somebody already has.

????See, for example, the New York Times' report on the Chinatown connection.