{"id":399077,"date":"2017-09-13T22:43:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/09\/13\/iphone-8-upgrade-program-preapproval\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T22:43:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:43:34","slug":"apple-offering-pre-approvals-to-iphone-upgrade-program-customers-ahead-of-iphone-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-offering-pre-approvals-to-iphone-upgrade-program-customers-ahead-of-iphone-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Offering Pre-Approvals to iPhone Upgrade Program Customers Ahead of iPhone 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has emailed customers enrolled in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/iphone\/iphone-upgrade-program\">iPhone Upgrade Program<\/a> with instructions on how to get a head start on the iPhone 8 pre-order process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/09\/iphone-upgrade-program-iphone-8-800x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-588445\"\/><br \/>Apple advises customers to open the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/apple-store\/id375380948?mt=8\">Apple Store app<\/a> on their current iPhone, choose their preferred iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus model, and get pre-approved for an iPhone Upgrade Program loan. The window to get pre-approved ends tomorrow, Thursday, September 14, at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-approved customers can then return to the Apple Store app when iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin on Friday, September 15 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time to complete the process.<\/p>\n<p>This year, it appears that iPhone Upgrade Program members will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/09\/11\/iphone-upgrade-program-trade-in-by-mail\/\">able to use a Trade-in Kit<\/a> with a prepaid shipping label to return their old iPhone to Apple, rather than being forced to visit an Apple Store to complete the upgrade process. The mail-in option should make this year&#8217;s launch a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/09\/09\/iphone-upgrade-program-iphone-7-headaches\/\">less frustrating experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the iPhone X is Apple&#8217;s new flagship smartphone, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus shipping estimates could become lengthy soon after pre-orders begin, so getting pre-approved is highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s iPhone Upgrade Program lets customers upgrade to a new iPhone after they have made at least 12 payments towards their current iPhone and trade it in upon upgrading. The full cost of the iPhone and included AppleCare+ coverage is spread out over 24 months with zero percent interest.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the monthly cost breakdown for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X in the United States. The program is also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/shop\/iphone\/iphone-upgrade-program\">in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/09\/iphone-upgrade-program-x-8-8-plus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-588441\"\/><br \/>At this time, the pre-approval process doesn&#8217;t appear to apply to the iPhone X, which can&#8217;t be ordered until Friday, October 27.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Thanks, Timothy!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has emailed customers enrolled in its iPhone Upgrade Program with instructions on how to get a head start on the iPhone 8 pre-order process. Apple advises customers to open the Apple Store app on their current iPhone, choose their preferred iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus model, and get pre-approved for an iPhone Upgrade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":399078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-399077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}