I’m eligible for an upgrade on my iPhone 11 but no sign of a 12. I assume several of you are also eligible so what are you planning to do? The longer it takes the closer you are to having paid the whole damn thing off.. (and in the UK it’s only 20 payments, not 24 so that’s even sooner)
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Other IUP - eligible to upgrade but no phones?
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Even though I go on the upgrade program on the off chance I might want to upgrade early, I always end up just completing the full term and keeping my iPhones for 2+ years.
I've done two subscriptions before (myself and my wife) - as long as your credit is good, they let you. (My credit is Ok).
This is our plan. To keep the thing and actually own the phone outright. We'll be getting our upgrade possible email this month (later). I wish we had the discipline to do what you're doing!
While it sucks many of us are in the same boat. You can use your upgrade now for another 11 series, pay more for your current phone than you planned or just keep it and pay if off. Enjoy some time without a payment.
I’m in the US so it doesn’t sting as bad at the UK. So i’ll just be ordering it whenever it’s announce. Its not ideal mostly cause I’m excited and not so much the money. Bit my guess is most people will just eat the extra cost and upgrade whenever we can. Apple knows that not like they will lose a noticeable amount of money.
Also maybe all the rumors are wrong and it comes out sooner than we think.
I’m in the US so it doesn’t sting as bad at the UK. So i’ll just be ordering it whenever it’s announce. Its not ideal mostly cause I’m excited and not so much the money. Bit my guess is most people will just eat the extra cost and upgrade whenever we can. Apple knows that not like they will lose a noticeable amount of money.
Also maybe all the rumors are wrong and it comes out sooner than we think.
Not discipline at all. Simply a case of Apple not releasing an iPhone I want to upgrade to before now. 😅
This year, I've already bought a couple of SE2s for me and my mom but I'm likely going to get the 5.4" iPhone 12 whenever that's released. The SE2 is my insurance in case I can't tolerate OLED. My mom doesn't like FaceID so I expect she'll keep her SE2 for a long, long time (I put it on monthly AC+ for I think $3.99/mo).
If features such as PWM/flicker-free and smaller/no notch are added in succeeding consecutive years, I can actually see myself upgrading annually.
P.S. My dad does have an iPhone 11 purchased last December on IUP. He's been complaining about the size so I'll probably switch him to the iPhone 12. First time we'd actually make use of the trade to upgrade option on IUP. 
Same boat here. If there is no new iPhone 12 Pro Max to upgrade to this month (which there won't be) Im canceling this and getting a Note 20 Ultra. Already have my color picked out! The least they can do is offer us credits for any payments made past Sept, but of course they won't. Apple really screwed this up.
I’m as excited and frustrated as the next person. But I don’t think Apple really screwed up. We didn’t know we were going to have a global pandemic on our hands. I know in the US a lot of stuff is open and trying to run a normal as before. But other areas aren’t running the same way or were close for a while.
What I personally would like is some kind of official announcement soon as to when we might really see a launch. Rumors are all over the place right now. We all know its delayed, I’ll just be happy when we know by how much. Maybe we get lucky at hear something by next Tuesday.
What I personally would like is some kind of official announcement soon as to when we might really see a launch. Rumors are all over the place right now. We all know its delayed, I’ll just be happy when we know by how much. Maybe we get lucky at hear something by next Tuesday.
This has happened before with the iPhone X, which had a delay and launched in November in the US. I upgrade every year and what they did with the IUP that year is only charge me around $50 for the first payment when usually the first payment is over $100.
It can't be the pandemic. Every other smart phone maker has managed to release phones as usual
Apart from say Google’s Pixel 4a that was due in May but eventually debuted in August?
And that was just the first I came across...
Haha Google is always like that. Samsung however just released the Note series on time. They sell more than Apple world wide
So in the US, IUP is 24 months as previously stated. The 12 will most likely be not more than 2-3 months late. I don't consider than anywhere close to 'paying the darn thing off.' Even if it's 3 months late, which I doubt, that's still 9 more months.
Needless to say, I will be getting the 12 Pro Max 6.7 when it is released.
Needless to say, I will be getting the 12 Pro Max 6.7 when it is released.
Yep, doesn't bother me. I mean... doing iUP in the first place .... is more expensive than just buying the phone outright but we do it because of convenience and because it's so frigging easy to click: "Upgrade" on that nice email that comes in saying you can upgrade. That convenience factor saves me months in iUP payments with time saved alone.
I've recently had the privilege of seeing relatives upgrade their iPhones with a carrier in the carrier store. They spent over 4 hours in store trying to get a phone that they were told was in stock (it wasn't). Come first month, the billing was messed up resulting in countless hours after the in-store hours to try to fix it.
We'll be doing the same. I don't think the average iUP'er even thinks about stuff like this. I sure don't because, as an actual iUP'er... the convenience vastly outweighs the difference - that's why we do it.
I got both my AW5 and 11 Pro Max in store on Launch Day. I didn't spend four hours, but it sure wasn't quick and I was the first one they let in the store as they know me. Due to COVID BS, I doubt anyone will be allowed to keep people in the store more than an hour at most.
Do you mean buying it outright without Applecare? Because I thought it you bought a phone outright with Applecare it was the same cost as to what the upgrade program would cost.
Yep, that's what I mean.
It's the same cost initially. The cost difference comes when I upgrade a year later. Those that paid outright get to sell the phone back at a much higher cost than myself - where I just send the phone back to Apple, and pay tax/AppleCare+ on the next year's iPhone.
I have a dumb question. I've been on the iUP for a few years now but this year I'm considering just buying the new phone outright. I completely forgot what that portion of the purchase process is like since it's been awhile. I select my carrier and I can just pay full price, right? But the phone is still unlocked to any carrier, it just arrives with my carrier selection's SIM card? Also if I remember, the unlocked iPhones without needing to pick a carrier don't show up to buy outright until sometime later?
Yeah they make it just too convenient to drop the old phone in the mail after your shiny new one arrives. I'm so glad they don't make IUP members physically go to the Apple Store for that any more.
SAME. That was the big change for me
. I love getting everything in the mail and not having to wait in a line or have someone else set up my phone for me even though I ask them not to, LOL.
SAME. That was the big change for me
The times I had to go to the store I was in line for HOURS even though I had an "appointment". They tried that but I would tell them not to open the box because I was not staying there another second.