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How do you afford the Plus?

Another one here who sold stuff to raise the $$$. I have two kids and no iPhone 6+, so I picked the youngest kid who was the most trouble and the one I was least attached to since he's only 3 years old, sold him and pre-ordered the phone (I would have held onto the kid another 5 days if I would have realized they wouldn't actually charge the phone yet!).

I've still got a sizable chuck of change left, so I may turn around and buy a puppy. I'm a bit worried about a new puppy chewing on my phone, though. :(
 
techiebug said:
Personally I applied for a new credit card with 0 APR for 15 months. With this I don't need to drop almost 1k at a time, and I can build my credit as well. I got the 6 plus 64gb and have to admit it's very expensive at $916 after tax. But hell it's my first ever iphone so screw it.
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Smart thinking. I'm assuming its the Chase Slate card.
 
I went from a 32GB iPhone 5 to a 128GB 6+! lol
I've decided to stick to 2 year cycles, so maxed out the memory to last me the next 2 years. With the games and apps getting as detailed and good as they are, I can see them using more and more space. Hence, Im prepared!
 
Ok, don't laugh, but I sold one of my Coach bags and wallet for $400 to help offset the price. Heck, I may sell a few more :p Plus, I will be giving my i5 to my son who has the 4s and i can trade in the 4s for an extra $200 towards my bill.. :cool:
 
I'm retired and I have lots of money because I invested 15 to 20% of my income every year for retirement. So now I can buy whatever I want, when I want. 56 and retired. Loving it!
 
wasimyaqoob said:
Been on this forum a lot longer than you, my friend.
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Really? :eek: Here's a cookie.

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Not getting a Plus but if I were,

$849 - 64GB 6 Plus - $450 for selling my 5S brings it to $400.

$199 down (+$55 taxes from T-Mobile), leaves me with ~$145 leftover

Or if you have available credit like most people you can also just swipe your card for $849+ tax and pay your credit card company as you normally do.
 
I just switched to a Mobile Share "Value" plan. My plan went down $140/mo (7 phones and 2 iPads sharing 20 gig) So tacking on $70 in Next payments for 2 phones is no big deal. :)
 
randy98mtu said:
I just switched to a Mobile Share "Value" plan. My plan went down $140/mo (7 phones and 2 iPads sharing 20 gig) So tacking on $70 in Next payments for 2 phones is no big deal. :)
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Yes, it all depends on what plan you have. In this case you get zero interest with NEXT and not paying finance charges from a CC purchase as the poster above advised. Plus, you are now off contract and can upgrade every year
 
pdxmatts said:
Yes, it all depends on what plan you have. In this case you get zero interest with NEXT and not paying finance charges from a CC purchase as the poster above advised. Plus, you are now off contract and can upgrade every year
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Plus I'm thinking I can take my mom's annual check for their 2 lines and just pay off my phone allows me to buy a new phone every year. :)
 
randy98mtu said:
Plus I'm thinking I can take my mom's annual check for their 2 lines and just pay off my phone allows me to buy a new phone every year. :)
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I guess that would depend on if you chose Next 12 or Next 18? The 12 is every year and the 18 is every 18mo's. You don't need to pay them off, you can upgrade after the 12 or the 18 on Next again, turn in your phones and start another next plan with the new phones. If you do pay them off early, the phones are yours to sell if you want to help with the cost of the new phones.
 
Last time I had an iPhone was the 4S and then I had the 32 GB. Kind of disappointed that Apple dropped the 32 GB for the 6/6+. But I plan on getting the 128 GB 6+. I plan on using AT&T Next. But I plan on paying it off eventually so I can actually keep the device.

Plus I hate being locked into a contract.
 
What kind of answer can you expect from a question like that? People can afford it because they have money... there are many ways to get money. I studied, got a a degree in a field that's in high demand and good really good at it after 10+ years. I don't work crazy hours; I work smart for 35-40 hours a week. But I made sure I'm pretty hard to replace :)

After paying the bills and funding the retirement savings, I usually have $1000/month for personal, non-essential stuff. This month, it's an iPhone. I'm buying an unlocked one directly from Apple, so I can use my T-Mobile SIM when I travel to the US from Canada. I also works out better unlocked, because I can keep my cheap plan I've had for a long time.
 
I sold my iPhone 5S and also will be selling two iPhone Plus so that I can get an unlocked iPhone 6 Plus for free basically.
 
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