MSE News: Apple's new way to spread the cost of an iPhone 7 for zero interest
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I saw this on the Apple website & thought it looked good, new iPhone on 0% finance over 20 months, that would be great.
Then I saw the catch, AppleCare insurance at £119 pa is included in the cost, fine if you want it, but the 0% isn't available without it as far as I can see.0 -
It makes more sense to get it on "interest free" with Apple and keep the money in the bank earning interest. That's MSE.0
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Was your 5s second hand ? Or where did u get it ?0
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So this is almost like PCP for an iPhone, where you can either trade in to start a new plan part-way through or see it out and own it at the end (though there's no bubble payment).
Reading through the deal, you get AppleCare included in the 0% interest, so that makes it an attractive option.
It'll be interesting to see how this pans out; my current 24-month deal runs to next March or so, so I'll be keeping an eye out.
(However whether the iPhone 7 is a goer for me depends upon it taking a wired headset, because (a) I have some very good earplugs, (b) I don't want rechargeables conking out part way through a call because I've been listening to music or I forgot to charge them and (c) not being attached to anything makes the earplugs very easy to lose.)0 -
Does that mean you have to pay an additional £119 ?
I was confused by your words "included in the cost"0 -
I had a quick look at the MSE description of the deal and it's confusing. Perhaps ianscomputer can explain. Anyway I see the deal's being picked to pieces in the comments below the MSE article.
I hope people never assume, 'because it's on MSE, it's a deal'.0 -
Yes the upgrade program doesn't sound good.
But if the other program is simply interest free, then I'm sure some people will find it useful.0
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