"IPod" began to measure prices

The Australian bank decided to use Apple’s iPod player as a benchmark in purchasing power of currencies. The iPod Index is the exact opposite of the notorious Big Mac Index, which shows how the price of a hamburger varies depending on the economic well-being of a country, the level of wages in that country, etc. Unlike a hamburger, the price of the player must be absolutely the same in all countries. In practice, this is not the case.

For the unit "index iPod" adopted iPod Nano with a storage capacity of 2 gigabytes, writes the BBC . So, the cost of the iPod varies greatly in different regions. The cheapest players are sold in Canada ($ 172), and the most expensive players in Brazil ($ 327).