An old Apple Watch is worth between $30 and $430 in Apple credit depending on the model, based on the values recorded for individual models when Apple changed them on September 9. Best Buy’s listing takes a different approach: up to $325 off an Apple Watch Series 12 pre-order for an eligible Apple Watch trade-in,…
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AirPods 5 at $129 or $149: No One Has Published a Discount, So the $20 Is the Only Lever
Neither version of AirPods 5 has a published launch discount anywhere. Apple’s prices are $129 and $149, Amazon, Walmart, Costco and Target have published no AirPods 5 offer, and the one confirmed retailer promotion of this launch is Best Buy’s Apple Watch Series 12 trade-in deal, which expires 9/18/2026 and has nothing to do with…
Five US States Charge No Sales Tax on an iPhone, and Only Three Are Tax-Free Everywhere
Five American states charge no statewide sales tax: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon. On a $1,199 iPhone 18 Pro, an 8 percent rate comes to $95.92, so where no sales tax is charged the saving is roughly the same size as the $100 Apple added to its older iPhones this month. iPhone 18…
Apple Trade In, Carrier Credit or Selling It Yourself: What Your Old iPhone Is Really Worth Now
Your old iPhone is worth three different numbers this week, and only one of them is money that comes off the price of an iPhone 18 Pro on the day you buy it. Apple credits $175 to $885 instantly, a US carrier advertises up to $1,200 but pays it as bill credits over 24 to…
What iPhone Duo Really Costs Over Three Years: $1,999 Is Where the Bill Starts
iPhone Duo starts at $1,999, and that is the smallest number in this article. Add the case Apple sells for it and three years of the only Apple coverage carrying a published price, and a 256GB Duo reaches about $2,798 before any sales tax, by our arithmetic on Apple’s published figures. iPhone Duo starts at…
iPhone 18 Pro Carrier Credits: What You Forfeit If You Leave Before 36 Months
A carrier credit on an iPhone 18 Pro is not a discount you receive at checkout. It is a queue of monthly bill credits, and the ones that have not arrived yet are exactly what you leave behind if you switch carrier, change to a plan that no longer qualifies, or settle the phone early.…
0% Finance on a $1,999 iPhone: When It Really Is Free, and Where the Cost Hides
When Apple quotes $83.29 a month for a $1,999 iPhone Duo at 0 percent APR, the finance charge really is zero. Twenty-four of those payments come to $1,998.96, which is the list price to within a rounding error, and nothing is added for the privilege of paying later. iPhone Duo at $1,999, or $83.29 a…
Apple Killed the iPhone Upgrade Program: What the $34.99 Apple Upgrade Lease Drops
The iPhone Upgrade Program does not exist any more. Apple retired it on July 28, 2026, telling customers in its own announcement that it “will no longer offer the iPhone Upgrade Program and iPhone Payments in the United States”, and replaced it with Apple Upgrade, a lease provided by Klarna Inc. that starts at $17.99…
Trading In a Cracked iPhone: What Apple Publishes, and When Free Recycling Is the Only Route
Apple publishes no payout for a cracked iPhone. There is no figure for a broken screen, a swollen battery or a failed diagnostic anywhere in what Apple states about Apple Trade In, and anyone quoting you one is not quoting Apple. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the phones a damaged trade-in would go toward.…
Apple Trade In Explained: How the Estimate Is Produced and Why the Final Credit Can Differ
Apple Trade In does not start with a price list. It starts with a short set of questions about the device you are handing over, and the figure it returns is an estimate that Apple confirms only once it has the phone and has checked it. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, the…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 at $799: Every Published Way to Pay Less, and Why Best Buy's $325 Is Not One of Them
No retailer has published a discount on Apple Watch Ultra 4. The one confirmed launch promotion in this category is Best Buy’s, and its listing applies it to Apple Watch Series 12 pre-orders, not Ultra 4: up to $325 off with an eligible Apple Watch trade-in, expiring 9/18/2026. Amazon lists Ultra 4 at $799 with…
The Cheapest Way to Buy Apple Watch Series 12: Best Buy's $325 Trade-In, and When SE 3 Saves More
The largest published saving on an Apple Watch Series 12 does not come from Apple. Best Buy’s listing takes up to $325 off a Series 12 pre-order when you trade in an eligible Apple Watch, and that offer expires 9/18/2026. Apple’s own price is From $399, and Apple is not discounting it. Series 12 in…
Three Years With an iPhone 18 Pro: The $2,063 Total That Is Not on the Price Tag
An iPhone 18 Pro is $1,199. Add 8 percent sales tax, one $49 case and three years of AppleCare One at $19.99 a month, and our arithmetic on Apple’s published figures puts the three-year total at $2,063.56 before anything comes back at trade-in. iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 for 256GB in four finishes. Image:…
Apple Refurbished iPhones: Up to 15 Percent Off, and Still No iPhone 17 in Stock
Apple Certified Refurbished promises savings of up to 15 percent, a one-year limited warranty, and on iPhone a new battery and a new outer shell. What it does not have, as of September 10, 2026, is a single iPhone 17 generation model. iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 new, and will not appear refurbished for…
iPhone 18 Pro for Students: Apple's Education Store Charges the Same $1,199
Apple’s Education Store lists iPhone 18 Pro at $1,199, which is exactly what everybody else pays. There is no student discount on any iPhone, and there never has been one at Apple. iPhone 18 Pro costs $1,199 in Apple's Education Store, the same as the consumer store. Image: Apple What the Education Store does discount…
AppleCare One on iPhone 18 Pro: The $19.99 Maths, and the Price Apple Has Not Published
AppleCare One costs $19.99 a month for up to three products, which is $479.76 over two years on our arithmetic. That is the only coverage price Apple has published for this launch, because the per-device AppleCare+ figures for iPhone 18 Pro and everything else announced in September 2026 are not published at all. A $1,199…
Apple No Longer Sells the iPhone 17 Pro: What to Buy Instead Now Older iPhones Cost $100 More
The oldest trick in iPhone buying, waiting for the new Pro so you can pick up last year’s Pro cheaply, does not work in 2026. Apple has stopped selling iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, and the four older iPhones it kept are each listed $100 higher on its store than they were…
iPhone 18 Pro Monthly: What 24 Months at Apple and 36 Months at a Carrier Commit You To
There are four published ways to pay for a $1,199 iPhone 18 Pro in the United States, and the figure that separates them is not the monthly payment. It is the term: nothing, 24 months at Apple, 24 or 12 months on a lease, or 36 months of bill credits at a carrier. iPhone 18…
iPhone 18 Pro or Pro Max: What the $100 Gap Buys, and When to Spend It on Storage
At matching storage, iPhone 18 Pro Max costs exactly $100 more than iPhone 18 Pro, and that $100 buys two things: six more hours of rated use and 0.6 inch of screen. Nothing else on the spec sheet changes, so if neither of those is what you want, the same $100 is better spent on…
iPhone 15, 16 and 17 Trade-In Values Fell on September 9: What Yours Is Worth Now
If you were holding your iPhone 15, 16 or 17 back until launch week to get the best trade-in figure, the timing worked against you. Apple’s trade-in values changed on September 9, the day iPhone 18 Pro was announced, and the iPhone values moved down, by as much as $120 on an iPhone 16 Pro.…
The iPhone Duo Accessory Budget: A $79 Case, a $129 Folio and a Charger Apple Has Not Priced
iPhone Duo comes with a phone, iOS 27.1 and a one metre USB-C cable, and nothing else. The two accessories Apple has priced are the iPhone Duo Case at $79 and the iPhone Duo Folio with Kickstand at $129, and the accessory that actually changes how the phone behaves day to day, a power adapter,…
iPhone Duo for Business: Apple Publishes No Volume Price, and Here Is What It Does Publish
Apple publishes no business price and no volume discount for iPhone Duo. There is no schedule on apple.com tied to unit counts, no published business price list for iPhone of any kind, and no percentage anyone can quote you. A company ordering Duos on October 16 pays the same $1,999 to $3,199 a consumer pays.…
iPhone Duo on an Apple Card: $59.97 in Daily Cash, $83.29 a Month, and the Carrier Rule
Two published Apple Card numbers do the work on iPhone Duo: 3 percent Daily Cash back on purchases at Apple, paid up front, and 24 monthly installments at 0 percent APR. On the $1,999 model that is $59.97 back and $83.29 a month, which is Apple’s own figure. iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 for 256GB…
iPhone Duo in the UK at 0% Over 30 Months: What That Changes About Buying on Day One
Apple’s UK store finances iPhone Duo over 30 months at 0 percent APR, from £66.63 a month against a £1,999 list price. The 30 payments add up to £1,998.90, which is the whole point: the term changes your cash flow on day one and changes nothing at all about what the phone costs. iPhone Duo…