Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program is now online, so you can get your Apple fix at home
Apple
introduced its iPhone upgrade plan last year, a perfect way for you
iPhone fanatics out there to get the latest and greatest iPhone every
year. At the time, however, the plan was only available for purchase at the Apple retail store. Not anymore!
Starting
today Apple is offering the iPhone upgrade plan for online purchases,
so if you’re iPhone-obsessed but don’t live near an Apple Store, you can
still get your Apple fix every year.
Pricing
starts at $32.41 per month for the 16GB iPhone 6S, or the base model of
future iPhones when they arrive. Unfortunately the plan is not
available for the recently announced iPhone SE, however that’s likely
due to the fact that the iPhone SE probably won’t be upgraded every
year. Pricing for the larger iPhone 6S Plus starts at $36.58 per month.
While
plenty of carriers offer similar plans, Apple’s includes some nice
extras, such as AppleCare+ and the ability to be among the first to try
out the new iPhone each year. The upgrade plan is available for those
purchasing devices on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.
The
fact that the plan is now available online brings it to a huge range of
people — while Apple is expanding its brick-and-mortar stores extremely
quickly, the fact is that many in rural areas simply won’t have access
to an Apple Store anytime soon.
Initial data suggested that the upgrade plan helped push an additional 250,000 iPhone units
during the holiday quarter. Bringing the system online could do far
more than that — something that Apple is likely hoping for, especially
given that it has experienced a drop in iPhone sales of late. In fact,
the company is now expected to post its worst quarter in over a decade
as a result of this decline.
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