Waiting longer between phone upgrades? A lot of users are, and installment plans may be to blame

What’s it take to get you shopping for a new smartphone? If you break or lose your existing one, sure: it’s time to get a new phone. But what about if your old phone is still perfectly functional? It may have a few scuffs and scrapes, and software updates may not be guaranteed for much longer, but when do you decide to take that step and go out and get a new phone? Time was that users were on service contracts that dictated update schedules, and we’d regularly find ourselves ...

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AT&T upgrade fees get a hike, but avoid a Verizon move

You’ll need another fiver for this upgrade.AT&T has just raised its activation fees for AT&T Next plans as well as brought-in devices up to $20. Upgrade fees for the Next Plans are also $20. All these fees are up from $15 and now match Verizon’s costs.Unlike Verizon, while the upgrade fee for two-year contracts hasn’t changed, AT&T charges $5 more than its main competitor with the fee at $45. And as far as we know, third-party upgrade programs like the

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Indian manufacturers coalition hitting against Apple’s plan to sell used iPhones in country

While Apple sells relatively expensive smartphones, it does want to pry open another avenue of sales growth: India, a country with low per capita income. With the iPhone SE selling for more than a third of an Indian’s average annual income and total market share at two percent, the company is asking the government for permission to import and export used products for sale in the ...

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Verizon adds on $20 fee to upgrades, even from the iPhone Upgrade Program

It’s said that Verizon has the most cellular subscribers in the country because of its astounding performance and coverage. Barring the marketing wars between the tier-one carriers, the ‘ol checkmark would always want a little more money beyond the filled treasure chest it has — $131.6 ...

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Apple introduces Trade Up With Installments, its iPhone trade-in program

Apple is offering more people another way to pay for that new iPhone that they’ve been thinking about getting, but can’t afford to tank their bank accounts to attain.In addition to the existing upgrade program the company currently offers, it is now also accepting trade-ins of Android, Windows or older Apple ...

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Verizon now offers iPhone users yearly upgrades

Starting tomorrow, Verizon will jump into the pool fight for iPhone carrier discount supremacy. It has T-Mobile to battle off in the first place with Sprint counter-offering a $1/month trade-in lease for a new iPhone 6s. Everyone’s fending off somebody else and in this case, it’s MVNOs and Apple itself. So, what does the ...

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