Best Buy Expands Upgrade+ Program to iPad Pro and Apple Watch Ultra

rui no onna said:
I’m not familiar with the other products but the “trade-in” values for the iPad Pro are pretty awful. Makes more sense to pay off the balance so why even bother with an upgrade program?
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Yes unless you absolutely can''t afford the lump some to pay off the installments, you will make more selling than the amount you save on the final payment by giving it back.
 
erikkfi said:
Apple Watch is one thing, but I'm telling you, the new iPads are so powerful and iPadOS so underpowered that you can get by with way more than 3 years of usage.
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Yup, I upgraded my old iPad 4 to an iPad Pro M1. I used that iPad 4 until it just wasn’t capable of anything useful anymore. I don’t see myself upgrading the M1 for a very long time. I just don’t see any useful changes coming to the iPad hardware that I will care about anymore. The current setup is nearly perfect as-is, I only wish it had a headphone jack and TouchID still.
 
mattopotamus said:
Phones and Macs also fall into this camp now.
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Not true for the phones -- the Qualcomm modem and transceiver upgrades are substantial. In 3 months, the iPhone 15 will have the Qualcomm X70 modems which are the same modems as the newer Samsung phones.

The newer modems do much better in skyscrapers, subways, underground parking garages and building structures below ground. You can read reviews of the X70 vs. the X65 modems the later are in the iPhone 14.

The signal reach in the X70 is far superior to the X65. The X70 is only the 4th update of the 5G Qualcomm modems I think, so there is plenty of room for innovation for signal strength and power usage.
 
gagaliya said:
Assume you can get 0% interest it’s an amazing deal.

I can either pay $4000 now for a studio m2 ultra

or

i can still get the studio m2 ultra now and pay $3100 over next 36 months, then 3 years later if Apple end up releasing a much better / powerful mac studio i have the *option* to upgrade and get the new one over 3 years plan again, if the new studio isnt all that different or my existing one can be sold on eBay for lot more, I just pay the $900 owed and keep existing without paying anything more, but walk away with around $500 in interest earned (at 5%) over 3 years from without paying the lump $4000.

There is no downside assume you can get 0% interest, some of you guys logic really boggles the mind, this inherit distrust over debt is unhealthy.
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All that to say "0% interest is better than not 0% interest". Got it.
 
I jest, but I wonder if BB loads a program that shuts down your computer if you don’t pay on time?

Modern day repo without taking it back, aka bricking it! 🤔
 
the best upgrade program is take 50 a month and put it away, when a new phone comes out that you must have, sell your old one and buy a new one. its nice to have a cheap phone bill and not have that monthly payment
 
compwiz1202 said:
Yes unless you absolutely can''t afford the lump some to pay off the installments, you will make more selling than the amount you save on the final payment by giving it back.
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No you won't. This is after 3 years. You might be able to sell your $799 iPad Pro for $3-350. Then you still have to pay the $175 to BB. At most then you're left with $150 bucks, and no iPad. That's not a better option than saving yourself the hassle of selling, saving yourself the $175, and just trading up to a brand new model, that only costs you $17 bucks a month to own.
 
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