Maltese people would need to work an average of 19 days in order to be able to afford the new iPhone.

The iPhone XS Max, unveiled earlier this month will reportedly set buyers back €1,300 – the highest price point for an iPhone yet. The iPhone XS Max boasts the largest display ever on an iPhone, new levels of waterproof technology and wireless charging that is promised to charge at an even faster speed than the current iPhone X.

E-commerce company Picodi looked at the official prices of iPhone XS 64 GB in 42 countries and compared it to available data about average wages in the countries.

The study found Malta placed 19th out of 42 countries when looking at the amount of days people needed to work to afford the new iPhone, which will be available here as from September 28.

The Apple phone has accumulated die-hard fans in Malta over time, with some even spending all night camping outside the iCentre in Sliema to be the first in line to buy the iPhone X when it had come out.

It would be easy to assume the US - the most important market for Apple - would have the best average wage to price ratio. Surprisingly, however, people in Northern European countries would be able to afford Apple’s newest product the fastest.

An average Swiss would have to work 5.1 days, the citizens of Luxembourg less than 7 days, and Norwegians would only need to work for seven days, the study found.

Filipinos, comparatively, would have to work over 156 days to be able to afford the new iPhone. With the local earnings and prices, an average person from Pakistan would have to work over 88 days, the study found.