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Apple Planning to Hold iPhone 14 Event on September 7

Ketsjap said:
Debt from buying a house is very common in my country. About 80 per cent of the population owns a home, all financed with debt/mortgage off course. That’s financially sound indeed. It’s even promoted by the government via tax incentives.

For most people that’s the only form of debt, though. Some also go into debt for buying a car, but that’s less common.

Debt for buying things like mobile phones, tv’s, etc is very uncommon over here.

But that’s all very off topic :)
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The Americans (I am one, but I really find it humorous, tbh) love to go on about how much debt someone is getting into to buy a phone. I mean... my motto is to stay out of other people's finances and let them get whatever they want. If they don't owe me money, I don't care what they buy.
 
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bunnicula said:
The Americans (I am one, but I really find it humorous, tbh) love to go on about how much debt someone is getting into to buy a phone. I mean... my motto is to stay out of other people's finances and let them get whatever they want. If they don't owe me money, I don't care what they buy.
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Additionally, if there is a 30 day grace period to pay off debt before interest accrues, I always take the "debt". Credit card companies offer way too many perks to not just spend on their cards and then immediately pay them off- including buyer protection. Debit cards and cash can't compete.
 
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bunnicula said:
Antennagate was an actual thing, though. So was Cracklegate. Quite a few of these were actual problems, come to think of it. Bendgate and Scuffgate were the two that stand out to me as being easily avoidable.
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Yes antenna was definitely an issue. I could literally complete the circuit with my finger, and the signal strength would drop. But I had a case, so I didn't have the issue with my normal usage.
 
bunnicula said:
The Americans (I am one, but I really find it humorous, tbh) love to go on about how much debt someone is getting into to buy a phone. I mean... my motto is to stay out of other people's finances and let them get whatever they want. If they don't owe me money, I don't care what they buy.
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If you did it smart, the 0% financing on things can work to your benefit. Years and years ago, our HS Economics teach explained it well. You take the money you would have spent and keep it in an interest bearing account, and make the payments from there. Even works with CC as long as you always pay the balance when it is due. Problem is most people don't do that and carry balances that charge interest.
 
Lounge vibes 05 said:
Should be noted that the title was changed after I posted my comment.
Their original title was along the lines of “Apple to hold iPhone 14 event on September 7”
Which is only true once Apple says so, until then, it’s still a rumor, no matter how good the source
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Yeah...not a rumor. Not then, and not now. It's called a leak. That's actual information. And of course it was true. It was obviously true a week ago.
 
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