{"id":5488,"date":"2026-07-29T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/whats-the-catch-with-the-apple-upgrade-program\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:40:06","slug":"whats-the-catch-with-the-apple-upgrade-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/whats-the-catch-with-the-apple-upgrade-program\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the catch with the Apple Upgrade program?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image showing various Apple devices\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Apple\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/apple-upgrade.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,60.988602528446\"><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple&#8217;s new Upgrade program is here, allowing you to lease select models of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches with a relatively low monthly payment. The company promises you won&#8217;t pay more than the full price of the device over the course of the one- to three-year lease, and in some cases, you&#8217;ll pay hundreds of dollars less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basics of the program make it sound like an amazing deal\u2026 so surely there must be a catch, right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer basically depends on how you use the Upgrade Program. At least with current pricing, a diligent user really should be able to make a monthly payment, swap in their phone a year or more later, and move along \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/972583\/apple-upgrade-program-deal\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s new Upgrade program is here, allowing you to lease select models of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches with a relatively low monthly payment. The company promises you won&#8217;t pay more than the full price of the device over the course of the one- to three-year lease, and in some cases, you&#8217;ll pay hundreds of &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gundem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}