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Isnt Apple financing available for Macs?

tmpz22 7y ago
Yes. A lot of the diehards over at /r/apple let slip occasionally how they are always financing the latest and greatest. Which is absurd to me especially for the mac product lines where you are overpaying by thousands for an outdated machine [1]. And the estimate of 3 year lifecycle for wearables like the watch and airpods seems overly optimistic. My airpods are a year old and the battery dwindles in about an hour or two before needing charging, my watch is bricked after 7 months. When the current debt bubble pops it'll be interesting if it effects Apple revenue as hard as it will the college debt / car debt markets. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIB389tqzCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIB389tqzCI
- favorited 7y ago
  > watch is bricked after 7 months Don't they have a 1-year warrantee?
- realdlee 7y ago
  I still have a series 0 Apple watch that works fine and is used everyday. How is your watch not working?
  - athiercelin 7y ago
    Same but I stopped wearing mine. 7 months life is too short if it was new. Should take it to Apple. All for complaining on the bad stuff, but this is a free throw.
- scarface74 7y ago
  The iPod came out a month after 9/11. The iPhone took off during the height of the recession.
jsjohnst 7y ago
With interest, unlike the phones.
- george_perez 7y ago
  That's not entirely true. It's no interest for 18 months. https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/financing https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/financing
  - jsjohnst 7y ago
    Depends on your credit score if you get no interest on laptops, unlike with phones (where they approve you or don’t, but details remain the same). Also, there’s no trade up program on the laptop financing, so to go back to OP’s point, there isn’t an equivalent offering for laptops to what exists for phones.
noarchy 7y ago
I think that's US only, right? Same with the iPhone upgrade program, and I don't think exists in Canada.

Yes. A lot of the diehards over at /r/apple let slip occasionally how they are always financing the latest and greatest. Which is absurd to me especially for the mac product lines where you are overpaying by thousands for an outdated machine [1]. And the estimate of 3 year lifecycle for wearables like the watch and airpods seems overly optimistic. My airpods are a year old and the battery dwindles in about an hour or two before needing charging, my watch is bricked after 7 months. When the current debt bubble pops it'll be interesting if it effects Apple revenue as hard as it will the college debt / car debt markets. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIB389tqzCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIB389tqzCI

favorited 7y ago
> watch is bricked after 7 months Don't they have a 1-year warrantee?
realdlee 7y ago
I still have a series 0 Apple watch that works fine and is used everyday. How is your watch not working?
- athiercelin 7y ago
  Same but I stopped wearing mine. 7 months life is too short if it was new. Should take it to Apple. All for complaining on the bad stuff, but this is a free throw.
scarface74 7y ago
The iPod came out a month after 9/11. The iPhone took off during the height of the recession.

jsjohnst 7y ago

With interest, unlike the phones.

george_perez 7y ago
That's not entirely true. It's no interest for 18 months. https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/financing https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/financing
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  Depends on your credit score if you get no interest on laptops, unlike with phones (where they approve you or don’t, but details remain the same). Also, there’s no trade up program on the laptop financing, so to go back to OP’s point, there isn’t an equivalent offering for laptops to what exists for phones.

noarchy 7y ago

I think that's US only, right? Same with the iPhone upgrade program, and I don't think exists in Canada.