APPLE

Time for a New iPhone or Whatever?

While price increases are expected, discounts are available

Heading for a new owner — photo by author

New Apple phones and other things will be announced on September 9th. Because of extreme demand for memory from the AI people, memory costs have gone up by tremendous amounts. Fortunately, memory costs are only part of the cost of any Apple device. The pundits expect that Apple will absorb some of those costs and only raise selling prices about 10%. That’s not a terrific amount but there are ways you can cut into that.

Currently or ex-military?

You’ll need an ID.me account so take care of that first.

https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/veterans_military

Teachers, school staff, and college students

Many people don’t realize that school employees, teachers or not, get discounts.

https://www.apple.com/us-edu/store

Refurbished

Often, current models are discounted because someone bought them and didn’t like the color, or realized they needed more memory. Same warranty as buying new and eligible for AppleCare. Refurbished models are only available online, not in Apple stores.