This is the math on this plan. You buy an iphone 6s on this. You pay $384. You trade in 12 months for an iphone 7. You pay $384. You trade in an iphone 7s. You pay $384. 3 Years of phone use = $1,152 in payments. BUT say you want to walk away for whatever reason and get off that plan you have to pay off that last 12 month commitment. So you pay $1,536 for using a phone for four years, but you get the "most recent model" (in that timespan you get an iphone 6s, 7 and 7s) except for the last year you want to commit. So you'll be using an iphone 7s for a year that the iphone 8 is out. and that will just eat you inside! :MARIS61: Also keep in mind you can buy 3 $500 android phones during that four year period. If you sell them after a year you can probably get $200 back for each one on ebay or something if you can sell them clean and unlocked. So 3 phones in 4 years with android will cost you in the end $900 net. Today's phones are very advanced, there is no reason a phone couldn't last 2+ years before upgrading.
I wonder if I could get a few kids to sign if I went around and told them they could have $100 if they signed a contract that said they will pay me .25 every day in perpetuity.
That's about how long I use my phone's for. 2 to 2 1/2 years, then they start crapping themselves. same thing with laptops, granted I buy the $250 laptops every couple years
Um yeah.... And??????? Electronics and automobiles depreciate as soon as they come off the shelf. Leasing the product actually is a good Thing.
As usual, Apple’s latest “S” iPhones offer little cosmetic variation compared to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. That said, there are some notable differences between the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus and the straight-sixes. For one, the 4.7-inch 6S and 5.5-inch 6S Plus are both available in a new rose-gold aluminum style. And to prevent Bendgate: Part II, the new iPhones feature 7000 series aluminum-zinc wrought alloy like the Apple Watch Sport. That’s an improvement from the anodized 6000 series aluminum of the 6 and 6 Plus. That makes the new phones a lot less bendy, and Apple says the latest iterations of its venerable smartphone have more durable glass than ever before. But as we’ve also come to expect in the inevitable “S” iterations, you’ll find the biggest changes under the hood. And you probably won’t notice them until you pick up a new iPhone and start using it. Then you’ll see—and feel—those changes right away: Both phones will ship with iOS 9, a significant operating system overhaul that promises deeper app integration with Siri and search, a time-sensitive recommendation engine, and (finally) Apple Maps that include mass transit info. But it’s not all software changes, as the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus have some sneaky-big hardware upgrades. Perhaps the biggest change is the addition of 3D Touch, a new pressure-sensitive interface that senses the difference between taps, normal presses, and firm presses. It’s essentially the iPhone version of a right-click. Screen sensors let you press just a bit harder on the screen to open sub-menus and quick contextual commands. Apple demoed it with Maps, Mail, the camera, Facebook, Instagram, and Dropbox. Forceful presses launch commonly used features and scan information without leaving an app. And Siri is always listening now; she’ll respond to you simply saying “Hey Siri.” But wait. There’s more! The new phones feature a camera with the highest resolution sensors of any iPhone in the history of forever, with a 12-megapixel main camera that records 4K video and a five-megapixel selfie camera that captures 1080p footage. Because selfies. There’s also a new Live Photos feature that uses 3D Touch to animate your still images. When you take a picture, the camera records a short burst of 12-megapixel images to create that clip; it also adds a bit of animation to the process of flipping through your Photo roll. Apple also announced that the phones offer new connectivity options, including LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) compatibility and Wi-Fi that’s twice as fast, according to Phil Schiller, Apple senior vp of worldwide marketing. Both iPhones are the first to pack the new A9 processor and M9 co-processor. According to Apple, the new A9 is 70 percent faster than the last-generation A8, and graphics performance has jumped 90 percent in the new iPhones. Apple also claims its Touch ID sensor, the fingerprint reader in the iPhone home button, is faster and more precise. The reader is an important piece of the verification puzzle for the company’s Apple Pay system. For all the change, one thing remains the same: the 16 gig storage on entry-level versions of the new S. That’s something to think about with these new phones, given that they shoot higher-resolution photos, 4K video, and do that new Live Photos trick. Storage is essential for those bigger files. Gotta have one? No sweat. You can preorder beginning Saturday, and Apple says they”ll ship September 25. They’ll have the same pricing structure as the last generation of iPhones, but there are also new upgrade programs available. On a two-year contract, the iPhone 6S will go for $199 (16GB), $299 (64GB), and $399 (128GB). The iPhone 6S Plus is priced at $299 (16GB), $399 (64GB), and $499 (128GB). http://www.wired.com/2015/09/iphone-6s-6s-plus-biggest-changes-invisible/?mbid=nl_9915
Always pay cash for everything, bro. Broke ass minorities and white trash are the first ones to put shit on payment plans.
I rarely use my phone to make phone calls. I don't need to use a phone for 3 years. I run lots of apps on my phone, and Safari a lot. I use chrome on my android devices, and it's a huge step down in user experience. Copy/paste is awkward and clumsy on the androids for me. The launchers are shit, even the replacement ones. The samsungs come loaded with bloat ware. The S6 suffers memory leaks and has other noticeable bugs. Getting to my bookmarks in chrome is several steps and not very friendly. If I pick up the android tablet, most of the time I'm accidentally launching some app or navigating to some other www page. When I tap the back button, there is no visible indication that it took, until the whole new www page is rendered. I'm far less a fan of Google as a company. I'd rather share my info with a company that doesn't spy on my www browsing and my search and show me ads and share my info with anyone they choose. I'd rather pay $200 more for a device that's way better and that I use for hours a day. I'm worth it. If you like android, more power to you. But there's a reason Samsung and other android manufacturers are losing money and market share. Quality. I am a big Linux fan. But I'd much rather use OSX and pay for it if I have to.
Use Nova launcher, its fucking great. http://novalauncher.com/ I have like 25 icons per screen. I just find it a little harder to do actual work on iOS than on android, like emailing attachments, faxing stuff, etc when I'm mobile. Its better at multi-tasking. I use my iPad mainly for iWork and Evernote because I use a bluetooth keyboard case, but even that's hard to use in a world of MS Word.
