Thanks for the tip, never thought to check comparison sites, best is sellmyphone offering £520, same as mazuma (didn't see them listed on the site I checked) was before the announcement (£500 now). I trust mazuma as have used them for years.
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Thanks for the tip, never thought to check comparison sites, best is sellmyphone offering £520, same as mazuma (didn't see them listed on the site I checked) was before the announcement (£500 now). I trust mazuma as have used them for years.
Good to know.
I assumed the proof of address was for people like me who have moved house recently — for credit checking purposes it may be useful to have a record of my previous address.
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is the iup worth it? are lots of people leaning towards that route now and swopping every year.
It's a lot of money. You are essentially renting the phone for £45+/month if you choose to upgrade each year. You are locked into a new 2 year agreement every time you upgrade, it is 0% finance if you don't but you have to buy Apple Care.
Edit: Apple Care is overpriced IMO.
£200 could ensure your entire house, its content, including personal possessions outside the home (which includes mobiles), the excess is likely to be slightly higher but not much. Adding personal possessions cover costs as little as £30 on a basic policy but covers much more than just a phone. Most people already have appropriate cover via a more comprehensive policy. The only advantage you have with Apple Care is that it is almost certainly easier to claim and get the problem fixed via Apple.
Edit: Apple Care is overpriced IMO.
£200 could ensure your entire house, its content, including personal possessions outside the home (which includes mobiles), the excess is likely to be slightly higher but not much. Adding personal possessions cover costs as little as £30 on a basic policy but covers much more than just a phone. Most people already have appropriate cover via a more comprehensive policy. The only advantage you have with Apple Care is that it is almost certainly easier to claim and get the problem fixed via Apple.
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You are not renting the phone on the iPhone Upgrade Programme as there is no finance linked to the phone in the way that there would be with a car for example - you do actually own the phone. The programme is effectively just an unsecured 0% finance agreement over 20 months - provided by Barclays. Granted, it does include the cost of 2yrs AppleCare+. You are not locked in either, you can pay off the agreement at any time with no fees, selling the iPhone beforehand if necessary. Also, if you settle the agreement within 20 months you will get a separate pro-rata refund on the un-used AppleCare+. It is completely flexible and you are not locked in at all.
I'm just about to do it for the third year running - it's a good way to 0% finance the iPhone and I think better than getting a 24 month mobile contract - where you really would be locked in.
I've not had to use AppleCare+ to date - but good to know it's there in addition to my regular mobile phone cover that comes with my current account - I would only use that as a last resort if I actually lost the phone.
IMHO - a definite yes
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Essentially being the key word. I know you are not actually renting it but it is effectively what happens when you upgrade each year as you have to give the old one back to get the new one.
It's only better than a 24 month contract if you want to upgrade every year, which is something you wouldn't do if you wanted to upgrade each year anyway. I agree it's a convenient way to finance the phone but there are cheaper ways of doing it if you don't need Apple Care. As I pointed out most people already have sufficient cover via home insurance.
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AppleCare+ is nice. Most phone insurance it won't be repaired by Apple, so the quality of the repair may not be as good as direct with Apple.
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If you use the code ‘tech10’ on musicmagpie, they give you an extra 10% of the sell price. May be of use to some.
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Legend, £555 for my iPhone X. Thanks.
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£650 for mine, that makes it tempting to move to iup,
Yours the 256gb version then?
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Thats what I did for my 8 plus, £71 a month for a year and it's worked well.
Although if I do decide to upgrade, I now have the hassle of selling/trading in my phone. Iup eliminates this so I'm tempted to go down this route.
That said I want to use dual sims and I'm still waiting for an answer from EE as to whether I have to get the phone from them in order to do this or whether they do an e-sim sim only package.
I'd prefer to keep my Virgin Mobile tariff, they have been brilliant since day one and cheap too.
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I ordered the xs in white now regretting not getting space grey!
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Space grey looks super slick.
I've got a 7 at the moment, so skipped the previous couple of updates, am tempted to get the XS, don't really fancy getting the super sized version.
Am actually quite tempted to look into their upgrade scheme, seemingly they'll only offer £170 for my current phone so that is a bit naff, but the monthly fee and regular upgrade option + apple care etc.. look like quite a reasonable offer.
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Am actually quite tempted to look into their upgrade scheme, seemingly they'll only offer £170 for my current phone so that is a bit naff, but the monthly fee and regular upgrade option + apple care etc.. look like quite a reasonable offer.
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Would rep if I this forum supported it, thanks. If I don't have any interest in my 7 Plus on AVF within the next couple of days that code gets me within £25 of my asking price so it's a no brainer and free postage/I don't have to pay for RMSD.