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  • IPhone hardware subscription program reportedly delayed again

    1 month ago - By BGR

    Apple has been working on an iPhone hardware subscription program for a while now. As the company plans to have a bigger role in consumers' financial lives, Bloomberg ‘s Mark Gurman, in his Power On newsletter , says that Apple is facing “engineering and technical seatbacks to launch this offering.”
    According to him, launching this program has proven more difficult than expected. Currently, Apple is working on four financial offerings: Apple Pay Later , a saving accounts, an iPhone hardware subscription, and Apple Pay Monthly.
    Although Apple Pay Later is now beta testing by the company's...
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  • Apple's new financial services have hit more delays

    Apple's new financial services have hit more delays

    1 month ago - By Tech Radar

    Apple is reportedly facing “engineering and technical setbacks” that are pushing the company's financial service plans further behind schedule. According to a recent report by Mark Gurman , this includes Apple Pay Later, a Buy Now, Pay Later service first announced at Apple's June 2022 WWDC event. Initially due for a September 2022 launch, Gurman puts the delay down to the challenges of creating a “next-generation financial system” to support the platform. Apple Pay Later is designed to offer “qualifying applicants in the United States” the option to spread the cost of a purchase interest...
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  • Apple hardware subscription would be a big step - raising big questions

    Apple hardware subscription would be a big step - raising big questions

    1 month ago - By 9to5Mac

    We first heard reports of an upcoming Apple hardware subscription back in March of last year, with two subsequent reports - the most recent one yesterday - stating that it's been delayed, but the company still plans to launch it.
    Details are sparse, but it does appear that it will differ from the existing iPhone Upgrade Program in at least two ways - and likely a third...
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  • Apple's delayed iPhone subscription service is still coming to fix a big problem

    Apple's delayed iPhone subscription service is still coming to fix a big problem

    1 month ago - By Tech Radar

    A new iPhone subscription service is still in the pipeline, despite some delays - according to fresh rumors - and the service could help to ease a growing issue for both Apple and phone buyers. According to Bloomberg's reliable analyst Mark Gurman, Apple's iPhone subscription service "should still arrive eventually", despite the fact that it was expected to launch as early as last year. The service - which could see new iPhones added to app-based subscriptions like Apple One - apparently remained in development alongside the iPhone 14 family. But according to Gurman, it was delayed by...
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