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Other UK iPhone (2017) X(Ten)/8/8+ Pre-Orders and Dispatch Thread
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That’s some discount you got in the 6! Did you mean the upfront price on contract?
Wasn't the cheapest iPhone 6 £549?
Cheapest iPhone 8 now £699.
That's still an increase of 27.3% in just 3 years!
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Yeah the iPhone 6 was definitely no less than that brand new... no idea where £249 is coming from.
£35 is about £15 too much for that amount of data.
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A lot of that is down to currency rates. Although it is annoying they seem to have adjusted again this time to £1=$1 just as rates are going up £1=$1.35ish
You can almost fly to New York and buy an X for the same price as the UK X.
Devaluation of pound since brexit. I bought my iMac in 2015 for about 1600 and last year the same model was just under 2k
thanks brexit.
I have an "excellent" credit rating on Experian but was turned down credit when I tried to buy on IUP last year so had to just pay full amount instead
Thanks for the heads up. Once I've paid my Series 1 Watch off to replace my Series 0 model I've had two years now and is ready for the scrap heap I'll be doing the same.
With iPhone payments you get interest free over 20 months and don't need to take the Apple Care.
As for an "Excellent" credit rating each lender uses their own scoring system when it comes to finance.
It is bonkers, I agree. A couple of years ago I tried to get finance on an iPad Air 2 w/Barclays and was declined.
Six months later I tried for a Mac Mini and they approved me....
The best of it? Nothing had change in terms of my credit history!
It is bonkers, I agree. A couple of years ago I tried to get finance on an iPad Air 2 w/Barclays and was declined.
Six months later I tried for a Mac Mini and they approved me....
The best of it? Nothing had change in terms of my credit history!
My wife works for Experian, she says that although theirs and Experian's data on you would play a part, Barclays make a lot of their own decisions, based on their data.
@hosberg do you have any credit cards? A simple reason why it might have declined you is because you've not had a revolving credit history :/
That said, the Experian score is what Experian uses, and Barclays almost certainly use a different set of rules.
Yes my credit card is with Barclays!!!! They keep increasing my limit on my credit card but have always turned me down when I've tried to buy Apple stuff on 0% with Barclays finance.
I'm actually in the US for work the weekend the phone comes out but I'm not entirely sure how reservations would work. Will definitely see what accessories I can get though!
It's called the iPhone Payment Plan.
It's basically a 20 months interest free loan, without Applecare.
It's not part of the Upgrade Program either.
That's weird, barclaycard is more stringent..
I wonder if they're more sensitive to some weird factors such as credit utilisation
It's called iPhone Payments and is slightly different from iUP in that you don't have to take the Apple Care but still get to spread the cost over the 20 months. I used it for my 7 on launch day last year, traded in my 6 and then used the money to reduce the term of the loan so my 7 will be paid of in January 18.
If I was doing the payment plan for the X and has to take it out in store. Is this something I would have to do the day the phone is released or could I go in prior to release, sort out the plan and then go in for pick up? How would this work out getting a phone on release day?
Easy to blame brexit but the pound has recovered somewhat since then and Apple prices are still going up!Devaluation of pound since brexit. I bought my iMac in 2015 for about 1600 and last year the same model was just under 2k