Less Choice for iPhone and Apple Card - MOSK: 08.16.2023

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Ken Ray

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4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

- Apple Card Monthly Financing for iPhone Now Requires Carrier Contract - Setapp Plans Third-Party iOS App Store for EU - New Round of OS Betas Out to Developers and Public Testers - Apple Releases watchOS 9.6.1 with Medical API Fix - YouTuber Nabs Vid of Studio Construction at Apple Park - Apple Watch Activity Challenge Celebrating National Parks Set for 26 August - pCAM Pro: iPhone App Nabs Technical Emmy Honors - Documentary "Love Notes to Newton" Hits YouTube for 30th Anniversary - Sponsored by SimpliSafe: Get 20% off any SimpliSafe system when you sign up for a free month trial of Fast Protect Monitoring at Simplisafe.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN. A lane change for Apple card holders.
0:11.8	Set-app wants to be the EU's other App Store and the next Apple
0:16.2	Watch Activity Challenge is set. It is Wednesday, the 16th of August, 2023. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Macco West Ken
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1:01.0	Just in time for new iPhones, less convenience and less choice. Earlier
1:09.7	this year we heard word that Apple was changing the Apple Card monthly financing offer for iPhone.
1:16.2	Until yesterday, a piece from Mac rumor says Apple Card installments could be used to purchase
1:21.1	an iPhone online with the option to connect to a carrier at a later date,
1:26.0	which allowed customers to buy an iPhone and then link it to any carrier of their choosing.
1:32.0	That meant the ability to spread payments over a 24 month
1:36.2	period with 0% APR and 3% daily cashback on payments plus being able to save on service by using a budget-friendly carrier.
1:47.2	Those days are gone.
1:51.0	Now the piece says phones purchased using the Apple card monthly financing have to have a contract with AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon.
2:00.0	The report explains all iPhones purchase through the Apple card monthly installment plan are unlocked so carrier switching is available at any point
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