Apple’s lease program is just a soft landing for you to spend on pricier iPhones this year
A few days ago, Apple introduced a new “Upgrade” program that is essentially a lease program for buying Apple hardware. Instead of paying the full cost up front, you space the monthly installments (12, 24, and 36 month spells), and at the end of the lease period, you can choose to return the device, upgrade to a new one, or pay the remainder cost and keep it forever. Instead of taking a thousand-dollar hit on the wallet, you space the hit across small monthly payments.
- ▪A few days ago, Apple introduced a new “Upgrade” program that is essentially a lease program for buying Apple hardware.
- ▪Instead of paying the full cost up front, you space the monthly installments (12, 24, and 36 month spells), and at the end of the lease period, you can choose to return the device, upgrade to a new one, or pay the remainder cost and keep it
- ▪Instead of taking a thousand-dollar hit on the wallet, you space the hit across small monthly payments.
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A few days ago, Apple introduced a new “Upgrade” program that is essentially a lease program for buying Apple hardware. Instead of paying the full cost up front, you space the monthly installments (12, 24, and 36 month spells), and at the end of the lease period, you can choose to return the device, upgrade to a new one, or pay the remainder cost and keep it forever. The broad idea is simple. Instead of taking a thousand-dollar hit on the wallet, you space the hit across small monthly payments. For a flagship iPhone, that broadly comes down to a dollar per day, and for budget phones such as the iPhone 17e, it’s just half a dollar each day, if you do the breakdown. At least Apple is looking at it that way.
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