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Three Years With an iPhone 18 Pro: The $2,063 Total That Is Not on the Price Tag
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Three Years With an iPhone 18 Pro: The $2,063 Total That Is Not on the Price Tag

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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Apple Refurbished iPhones: Up to 15 Percent Off, and Still No iPhone 17 in Stock

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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iPhone 18 Pro for Students: Apple's Education Store Charges the Same $1,199

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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AppleCare One on iPhone 18 Pro: The $19.99 Maths, and the Price Apple Has Not Published

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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Apple No Longer Sells the iPhone 17 Pro: What to Buy Instead Now Older iPhones Cost $100 More

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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iPhone 18 Pro Monthly: What 24 Months at Apple and 36 Months at a Carrier Commit You To

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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iPhone 18 Pro or Pro Max: What the $100 Gap Buys, and When to Spend It on Storage

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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iPhone 15, 16 and 17 Trade-In Values Fell on September 9: What Yours Is Worth Now

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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The iPhone Duo Accessory Budget: A $79 Case, a $129 Folio and a Charger Apple Has Not Priced

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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
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iPhone Duo for Business: Apple Publishes No Volume Price, and Here Is What It Does Publish

Mike Peterson · September 10, 2026

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.…

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