{"id":834565,"date":"2026-07-29T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834565\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:09:08","slug":"daring-fireball-apple-upgrade-new-program-with-klarna-for-leasing-iphones-macs-ipads-and-more-for-near-zero-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834565\/","title":{"rendered":"Daring Fireball: Apple Upgrade &#8212; New Program With Klarna for Leasing iPhones, Macs, iPads, and More for Near-Zero Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/apple-upgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Upgrade<\/a>, a new product leasing<br \/>\nprogram provided by Klarna for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad<br \/>\navailable on the Apple Store online, in the Apple Store app, and<br \/>\nat Apple Store locations in the United States. Apple Upgrade makes<br \/>\nit even easier for customers to get the Apple products they love<br \/>\nwith a leasing plan that is right for them. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple Upgrade offers 12- and 24-month leasing options for iPhone<br \/>\nand Apple Watch, and 24- and 36-month leasing options for Mac and<br \/>\niPad. Leasing prices start as low as $17.99 per month for iPhone,<br \/>\n$11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad. When<br \/>\ncustomers first enroll in Apple Upgrade, they can further lower<br \/>\ntheir monthly lease payments by trading in their currently owned<br \/>\ndevice through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/trade-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Trade In<\/a>. Customers can also earn 3 percent<br \/>\nDaily Cash back when making their lease payments with Apple Card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/07\/28\/apple-upgrade-program-klarna\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The payoff amount is the difference between what was paid during<br \/>\nthe leasing period and the retail price of the device, minus any<br \/>\nremaining trade-in credits. Klarna is not charging a fee for the<br \/>\nleasing program, so an iPhone that\u2019s $1,099 can be leased and<br \/>\nthen purchased for $1,099 with no extra cost beyond taxes.<\/p>\n<p>I guess this means that, for a bit of hassle, you can essentially<br \/>\nbuy the device for the list price at 0% interest.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d rather lease or buy over time, this seems like as good a deal as you could hope for, without any catches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple today announced Apple Upgrade, a new product leasing program provided by Klarna for iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-834565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}