MSE News: Buying a new iPhone, iPad or Mac? Apple deal lets you spread the cost 7 March 2017 at 11:07PM in Mobiles 4 replies 2.4K views

Former_MSE_Nick

Apple's running a deal which allows those buying a new iPhone, iPad, Mac or other pricey device to pay for it in 12 monthly instalments, interest-free...

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'Buying a new iPhone, iPad or Mac? Apple deal lets you spread the cost over a year INTEREST-FREE'

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ididntgetwhereiamtoday

This is old news ain't it?

redux

ididntgetwhereiamtoday wrote: »

This is old news ain't it?

Apparently so.

A brief search finds a site called Moneysavingexpert, which said this in September 2016:

The new 'iPhone Payments' scheme is the first time we've seen a mobile manufacturer offer an interest-free loan so users can pay for the handset in installments, and it's a move which has the potential to significantly disrupt the mobile phone market.

And there are results on other websites from December 2013 and 2014

Anthorn

Most likely posted because the offer is coming to an en on 14th March 2017 and is saying hurry up if you want it.
http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/browse/finance/loan

I'm an Apple user but I don't see the advantage of the offer. To get the 0% APR deal the 12 months repayment period has to be chosen. But there are purchase credit cards offering 0% APR for longer, for example Tesco Bank 28 months.
http://www.tescobank.com/credit-cards/purchases/index.html?atlassource=paid&cmpid=ppc/acq/cc/g/g/na

boatman

Anthorn wrote: »

Most likely posted because the offer is coming to an en on 14th March 2017 and is saying hurry up if you want it.
http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/browse/finance/loan

I'm an Apple user but I don't see the advantage of the offer. To get the 0% APR deal the 12 months repayment period has to be chosen. But there are purchase credit cards offering 0% APR for longer, for example Tesco Bank 28 months.
http://www.tescobank.com/credit-cards/purchases/index.html?atlassource=paid&cmpid=ppc/acq/cc/g/g/na

But this is Apple credit, obviously it must be better ;-)