Apple’s iPhone 7 & 7 Plus preorders officially kick off tonight at 12:01AM PT/3AM ET through the company’s online store and carriers.
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Reuters reported that Apple chose not release first-weekend sales figures because in those early days supply has more influence than demand. These are all contract-free prices.
Apple has made changes to its iPad lineup, lowering the price on some models and moving to a minimum storage option of 32GB across the board, according to new details in the US Apple Store (Australian prices are here). Through that plan, subscribers pay a monthly fee and lease their iPhone, which is upgraded each year. When can I get one? Counterpoint data has shown iPhone 5s remains one of the top-selling Apple phones in India, given it is being sold between Rs 20,000-Rs 23,000 in the market.
AT&T & T-Mobile models don’t support CDMA networks: Unlike last year’s iPhones, T-Mobile and AT&T models won’t support CDMA networks, but Verizon and Sprint models support both GSM and CDMA networks.
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It’s nearly iPhone 7 pre-order day, meaning tonight will be your first chance to get in line for deliveries of the device starting later this month on September 16.
“The IP67 rating on the iPhone 7 will be welcome news for careless owners and will doubtless hurt some of the numerous fix shops that have appeared on every high street”.
Compounding matters is that Apple’s iPhone Lightning Dock has a 2-star rating on Apple’s website, with 26 1-star reviews and 6 2-star reviews.
The good news is that if you like what you see but don’t own an Apple product, you’ll be pleased to learn that the AirPods will work with non-Apple products as well. Yet Sprint will also accept a Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge.
You’re probably thinking this myriad collection of purchase options is mind-numbing and perplexing. Phone contracts, installment plans, and upgrade eligibility requirements create a thorny mess for buyers, and making sense of it all can feel like doing your taxes.
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The decision will make it more hard for the market to gauge the early success of the company’s new flagship device, launched at a time when the emergence of ‘peak smartphone’ is being debated.
