Apple Announces iPhone Upgrade Program for Annual iPhone Purchasers

Literally double the price of T-Mobile's offering. But includes AppleCare+.

 

Ill stick with t-mobile

 

I'm sold on this if it can use your existing plan. If this is for new customers only, that's a problem.

BL.

 

Yep, I'd be willing to pay a fee to Apple to upgrade if it allows me to upgrade on my unlimited Verizon plan without jumping through the hoops one normally has to go through to get a phone upgrade on Verizon and keep an unlimited plan intact.

 

I like the idea of this in theory, because I do this myself anyway, and this would save me the hassle of eBay. I would like to see some added value with this though, and no not AppleCare, because I never buy that anyway. Maybe some kind of bundle with added iCloud storage and Apple Music, or something. Plus, we all know $32/mo is going to be for a non-adequate 16GB phone.

 

Interesting.

Need more info ASAP. I'm loving that it includes Applecare+.

 

Agreed. The best part is not having to step foot in a carrier store.

 

Can you elaborate?

I just checked T-Mobile's site and it shows $27.08/month for a 16GB iPhone 6.

 

I wonder what the pricing will be like for the 128GB 6S Plus.

Also, I wonder when this will come to Canada.

 

So is this for a LEASE or do you OWN your iPhones??

 

This is intriguing. Will have to see details. As a tmo customer on the $30/mo for unlim text, 5GB 4g data, 100min prepaid setup, using Tmo to finance the phone forces me to get insurance through them AND forces me to a much more expensive plan for comparable data. If I can buy through Apple and keep using the $30/mo prepaid setup, I'll likely do it.

 

The full details are already on Apple's website: http://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program

 

T-Mobile $15 JOD is a discounted promo that ended yesterday, their regular price is $27 a month, and their warranty is $8/month on top of that. Looks to me like T-Mo is charging $35/month and Apple $32. Of course T-Mobile's insurance charge is optional, while Apple's is unfortunately mandatory.

 

This is what I'd like to know. Also, it says $37.49 for a 6S Plus 16GB, so if you do a year, that's only $449.88 for the year. Buying it outright would be $749, so a $300 difference. That's about what you'd get on eBay, give or take $50, and you get AppleCare plus. If this is how it works, I'm all in. ONLY if I can keep my current plan ($45/month w/ 250 MB data).

 

Same but for the UK

 

Usually with these lease programs, they'll require a down payment for the 64 and 128 gb models keeping the price the same per month. And with the lease, at the end of the lease period you have an option to buy the phone as well.

 

This was a giant F.U. to AT&T... Once AT&T said you can no longer get a two year contract from apple only AT&T next.....apple shoved that down their throat today. They'll give it to you unlocked,not effecting your current contract.

Well played Apple.... I'll see you on the 12th

 

This works better for the larger storage phones in my opinion. The difference between the 16GB and 128GB phones is ~$8/month, or $96/year. The full retail price difference is $200, but you will get far less than that on resale. The fly in the ointment is sales tax. Do you pay it all up front or over time? If over time you also avoid sales tax on the portion of the phone you haven't yet purchased when you upgrade next year.

 

It clearly says it requires an activation with one of the 4 major carriers. It's in the bottom print.

 

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My bad. Apparently it was a promo that ended yesterday
[QUOTE ="jocamero, post: 21799392, member: 202804"]Can you elaborate?

I just checked T-Mobile's site and it shows $27.08/month for a 16GB iPhone 6.[/QUOTE]

 

In-store only is lamesauce.

 

According to the Apple page, these are the fees for the 6s: 16 GB $32.41, 64 GB $36.58, 128 GB $40.75.

6s Plus: 16 GB $36.58, 64 GB $40.75, 128 GB $44.91.

And according to their eligibility check, I'm not eligible since I'm on a 2 year contract. It looks like they're just replacing the carrier as the financier for the phone, so it may have to be on a finance-type plan that the carrier offers? I won't be eligible for an upgrade until next year so maybe someone else on a 2-year contract whose eligibility is coming up can give us more info.

 

Yes, except that AT&T has me locked in for another 10 months with their Next 12 plan from last year. I'm forced to upgrade with them now this year.