Apple’s iPhone is a highly coveted device, although many smartphone buyers who want one often end up choosing a more affordable device running a different operating system, especially in countries where the device is very expensive. Business Insider has looked at the iPhone 5s price relative to the number of hours a person has to work to buy a carrier-unlocked device and has created a short video to highlight the differences between various countries. U.S. factory workers have to work 30 hours, or almost one full week, while being paid $24/hour to afford a $707 16GB iPhone 5s. That number of hours is roughly similar to what European workers in Switzerland and Denmark or what Australian have to work for the
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