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apple financing

  1. imrazor

    Using Apple Financing/Monthly Installments with returns and upgrades

    I recently purchased a mid-range M4 Mac mini with Apple Monthly Installments. I'm still within the extended holiday return period, and was pondering returning the device and using the money recouped to buy an upgraded mini (probably M4 Pro.) Graphics performance isn't quite where I want it to...
  2. F

    Vision Pro Financing?

    One important question is whether Apple is trying to make money off this product or if they are trying to become leaders in a space that is poised for huge growth if done correctly. To get people into the headset, I could see a long term 0% financing option (through the Apple card of course)...
  3. tekfranz

    Other Carrier Pricing vs Apple Pricing for Yearly Upgrades. What is the Math long term?

    So in 2021 the carriers gave customers $1000 or so off of an iPhone Pro. It is in monthly installments so about half of the iPhones are paid for by the time a new iPhone comes out. At that point a customer could switch carriers and get the next iPhone for free, presumably. Meanwhile Apple has a...
  4. Z3roFlaw

    Barclaycard 0% Interest financing for Apple Watch pre-order?

    I only recently decided to order the Series 4 Apple Watch and I only just realized that I had an email from Barclaycard indicating that I was eligible for some special 0% interest financing BUT you have to purchase by September 25th (tomorrow). The issue I think I'm in right now is that the...
  5. B

    Equifax hack & Apple Financing - New iPhones

    So if I freeze my credit and planned to finance the iPhone X purchase on October 27th with Apple, will the pre-ordering process do a credit check immediately? How much lead-time to unfreeze to avoid a denial during preorder? Should I just wait to freeze after my iPhone is preordered? Thanks a...