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Today Apple has announced that they will be launching the iPad in 9 new countries. It is available in Australia, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Japan for pre-order.

We have taken a look at these 9 local apple stores, and taken todays exchange rate, to calculate where would be the best and worse country to buy an iPad. It seems that outside the USA & Canada, Japan is the best place to buy your iPad, and Germany is the worst place.

International iPad Prices

Australia

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: A$ 629 (USD $568 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: A$ 759 (USD $686 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: A$ 879 (USD $794 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: A$ 799 (USD$722 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: A$ 928 (USD$838 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: A$ 1,049 (USD$948 or $829 in the USA)

Canada

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: $549 (USD$536 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: $649 (USD$633 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: $749 (USD$731 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: $679 (USD$663 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: $779 (USD$760 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: $879 (USD$858 or $829 in the USA)

UK

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: £429 (USD$644 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: £499 (USD$749 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: £599 (USD$899 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: £529 (USD$794 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: £599 (USD$899 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: £699 (USD$1049 or $829 in the USA)

France

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: 499 € (USD$645 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: 599 € (USD$775 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: 699 € (USD$904 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: 599 € (USD$775 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: 699 € (USD$904 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: 799 € (USD$1033 or $829 in the USA)

Germany

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: 499 € (USD$645 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: 599 € (USD$775 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: 714 € (USD$923 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: 599 € (USD$645 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: 699 € (USD$904 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: 814 € (USD$1052 or $829 in the USA)

Italy

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: 499 € (USD$645 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: 599 € (USD$775 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: 699 € (USD$904 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: 599 € (USD$775 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: 699 € (USD$904 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: 799 € (USD$1033 or $829 in the USA)

Switzerland

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: CHF 649 (USD$589 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: CHF 779 (USD707) or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: CHF 899 (USD$816 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: CHF 799 (USD$725 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: CHF 929 (USD$843 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: CHF 1,049 (USD$952 or $829 in the USA)

Spain

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: 479 € (USD$619 or $499 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: 579 € (USD$748) or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: 679 € (USD$878 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: 579 €  (USD$748 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: 679 € (USD$878 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: 779 € (USD$1007 or $829 in the USA)

Japan

• iPad Wi-Fi – 16GB: ￥48,800 (USD$524 or $499 in the USA))
• iPad Wi-Fi – 32GB: ￥58,800 (USD$631 or $599 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi – 64GB: ￥68,800 (USD$739 or $699 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 16GB: ￥61,800 (USD$663 or $629 in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 32GB: ￥71,800 (USD$771 or $729in the USA)
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G – 64GB: ￥81,800 (USD$878 or $829 in the USA)

In the coming days we will be getting our act together and add some reports of new products. We will be talking about our new iPod touch that we received 1 week ago . Do stay tuned !

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