iPhone upgrade program and lame duck iPhone 7

[nrvna76]

Did anyone at the store say to you that you were eligible to upgrade after 6 months? That's what the guy told me on launch day at the Apple Store and I thought it sounded odd....until the iPhone SE

Didn't hear from the store but in another thread somebody said you can upgrade at 6 months but you have to pay the difference from 6 to 12 months at the time of upgrade.

 

[Pbrutto]

Didn't hear from the store but in another thread somebody said you can upgrade at 6 months but you have to pay the difference from 6 to 12 months at the time of upgrade.

That makes sense

I think if Apple releases oled phones it will be when some of the issues people have mentioned are either eliminated or issues that take more than 2 years to show up...

 

[DMVillain]

I see some in the Upgrade Program saying they'd skip the 7 if it's not great. What's the point of that, to protest? You'd still be paying the same amount but still have an older phone.

I was starting to believe there was no clear downside to this program (for me at least), but now I see it. It can encourage stagnation because regardless, I'm upgrading.

 

[bufffilm]

I was starting to believe there was no clear downside to this program (for me at least), but now I see it. It can encourage stagnation because regardless, I'm upgrading.

So you're going to continue buying a new phone every year because to do otherwise, would mean Apple won't innovate (as much) any longer?

Wow...that's putting the cart before the horse!

 

[Channan]

I see some in the Upgrade Program saying they'd skip the 7 if it's not great. What's the point of that, to protest? You'd still be paying the same amount but still have an older phone.

I was starting to believe there was no clear downside to this program (for me at least), but now I see it. It can encourage stagnation because regardless, I'm upgrading.

The point is by keeping the phone for two years, you'd own it at that point and can sell it instead of trading it in, then start over with the payments and get a new phone.

 

[DMVillain]

So you're going to continue buying a new phone every year because to do otherwise, would mean Apple won't innovate (as much) any longer?

Wow...that's putting the cart before the horse!

I don't think you actually read what I said.
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The point is by keeping the phone for two years, you'd own it at that point and can sell it instead of trading it in, then start over with the payments and get a new phone.

That's a good point. I've never kept a phone for that long to appreciate that benefit.