Poll: ** The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Thread **
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That's if you want to stick with Three. Many people like shopping around each year for the best SIM-only deals so obviously going with Apple makes this easier.
Given how many people are still too stupid to even realise that their contract is subsidising the handset and think they're genuinely being given a "free" upgrade every two years, I fail to see how such people are going to stand any chance wrapping their brains around this upgrade programme.
So you basically have no valid photo ID? I'd sort that out if I were you, either by getting a photocard driving licence or renewing your passport. Not having any form of photo ID will be a pain in some situations.
Apple's big mistake was calling it an upgrade program, kiss, they should have called it 0% interest with an 11 month buyback option.
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Looking at most SIM only deals, any ones with a decent amount of Data you're looking at paying £20-25 at a minimum.
Add in the cost of a 128GB iPhone 7 Plus at £45, you're now looking at paying £70 a month to essentially rent a phone. Whereas I'm now paying £56 and the phone will be mine at the end of it...
Now obviously no-one knows the prices of the new tariffs yet, but unless Three hike them up to the point of I'm like F this, then I can't see a reason why you'd want to do the upgrade system here in the UK.
When apple introduced the ugp did a lot of bombasts shout "that's like leasing a phone and throwing away the equity" and the idea stuck?
It totally isn't, the "scam" from apples point of view is that they sell phones at retail to customers who would normally have gone to network contracts who apple sold the phones to at a substantial discount and the networks got the dosh.
It is clearly the way to buy if you would likely buy ac+ and don't want to drop seven hundred to a thousand pounds in one go.
It totally isn't, the "scam" from apples point of view is that they sell phones at retail to customers who would normally have gone to network contracts who apple sold the phones to at a substantial discount and the networks got the dosh.
It is clearly the way to buy if you would likely buy ac+ and don't want to drop seven hundred to a thousand pounds in one go.
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£70 over 20 months and £56 over 24 months differ by only £56 in total.
Also I doubt your phone contract allows you to upgrade to the latest phone after one year.
does look really nice but i still dont think i can justify the price for the jet black which is what i would want
was a lot of technical nonsense in the presentation yesterday and when you take that away its just a new design and still doesnt offer anything different to the competitors
think i need a longer term review before committing.
or to atleast see what google offer later in the month
was a lot of technical nonsense in the presentation yesterday and when you take that away its just a new design and still doesnt offer anything different to the competitors
think i need a longer term review before committing.
or to atleast see what google offer later in the month
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Iphone 6s Space Grey 32GB @ £499 looks the best option and has a 3.5mm headphone jack 
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You can't look at it like that. You have to take 56*4 off. Unless you assume you'll be out of contract for 4 months.
My galaxy s7edge will cost me 400+11*24 over 24 months
I get it if you are Apple crazy, or money doesn't matter. That's fine. But no way could I justify 70 when I pay around 30
a lot of hype about how good their new bluetooth chip is but would have to see some good tests to believe after seeing how much they hyped the age old machining processes of anodizing and polishing
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It'd be nice if they let you dump down a larger deposit to reduce the monthly payments. It's almost £50 pcm for the 256GB 7+ and you'd still need to add the cost of your own sim plan.. that takes the true cost of ownership to over £65 pcm for even the best sim deals.