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Apple is planning a hardware subscription service for iPhones and more

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Apple is reportedly working on a new subscription service like nothing else it has done before. This subscription isn't about services or software — it's about hardware and you could get a future iPhone via a monthly subscription instead of buying it outright.

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If I am reading this right, it’s like the iPhone upgrade program except it applies to other Apple products. Plus you’re leasing the product(s) with the option to buy(after a certain period), turn it back in and stop paying or trade it in on a new product lease. I assume that is unlike the upgrade program?

For someone like me, my wishlist would be a lease on an Apple eco bundle offering. iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, watch, AirPods Pro(though unlikely they can lease AIrpods). That’s around 3000$ bought individually (for my specific models which are typically base models). Over 3 years that’s around 85 a month. Add AppleOne and it’s 100$. Bundle pricing with a lease should brings it down a bit. Add in decent trade in options/terms and It’d be a buy for me(or I should say lease).
 

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So long as it does not become mandatory, I am happy to buy outright and avoid credit costs. I don’t use Apple Music or News,or anything else really. I was going to buy a new phone this autumn, but because of a lack of interesting/useful new features I am going to wait until my XS becomes “obsolete”. Point being that I, and no doubt others, am not going to join a scheme whose only function is to increase the size of my bill for no reason.
 

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