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/ Apple is nary longer processing nan activity owed to package issues and regulatory concerns, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.
By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes astir technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted respective accepted emoji proposals to nan Unicode Consortium.
Dec 18, 2024, 8:26 PM UTC
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Apple is nary longer processing a hardware subscription activity for iPhones that would fto subscribers get a caller iPhone each year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman initially reported successful 2022 that Apple was moving connected nan service, and while it was apparently expected to motorboat that year, nan task was delayed owed because of “software bugs and regulatory concerns,” Gurman says.
The extremity of nan hardware subscription activity follows Apple’s shutdown of Apple Pay Later conscionable months aft its afloat launch.
While nan hardware subscription activity apparently won’t spot nan ray of day, Apple offers installment plans you tin usage to net for an iPhone complete time. The iPhone Upgrade Program spreads nan payments of a indebtedness for a caller iPhone (and AppleCare Plus) complete 24 months, and you tin upgrade to a caller telephone aft you net nan balanced of 12 months. If you personification an Apple Card, you tin too net for a caller iPhone (and different Apple products) utilizing Apple Card Monthly Installments.