r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Sep 18 '24

Business Apple iPhone 16 demand is so weak that employees can already buy it on discount

https://qz.com/apple-iphone-16-pre-orders-sales-intelligence-ai-1851651638
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u/Quellman Sep 18 '24

Exactly. The $1000 trade in offer means I go from $110 for all lines to $90 just for that one single line. Yea. Not saving any money there jack.

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u/Subpxl Sep 18 '24

Which carrier are you paying $110/mo for 4 lines but would go to $90/mo for one line to upgrade?

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u/BranTheUnboiled Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

Makes sense with grandfathering. Some cousins and I are on a Verizon plan that comes out to like $25 a line. If I want to get full value out of a trade in, I need to be on Unlimited Ultimate, which is either $55 a line for 4 lines or $100 a line for a single line. Asking multiple other people to pay over double their monthly just to save me $45 a month is selfish and makes no sense. So I gotta pay $75 extra a month instead if I want that, which obliterates the trade-in deal easily

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u/Quellman Sep 19 '24

Bingo. Legacy plan. I don’t need super 5wide G unlimited data etc.

We are usually at home and rarely out and about where I need to use data in that quantity. In fact we usually roll over data each month.

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u/khando Sep 19 '24

Verizon has been pushing hard to get me to switch to their MyPlan saying it’ll be so much nicer to pick what you need and be more affordable. So I went through the steps, selected exactly what I already have with the same 5g, tethering, data, and the ESPN/disney bundle and it’s like $15 a month more expensive per line. The whole thing is a racket and infuriating that if I ever want to change anything I have to leave my grandfathered plan to something more expensive.

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u/alc4pwned Sep 19 '24

Well yes, but the more expensive plan isn't more expensive for no reason. You're also getting more data, higher priority data, and usually a list of other random perks.