Gadgetory

buying a new iPhone now involves some number crunching I'm Bridget Carey this is your C net update folks I don't know about you but there was so much Apple news poured down our throats so I'm feeling a bit of an apple hangover today with two new iPhone success models a giant iPad pro a new Apple TV new Apple watch colors and bands we're now digesting it all and I'm getting a little heartburn over the fact that the iPad pro keyboard costs more than the Apple TV excuse me mmm tastes like pink iPhone well there's some news that was buried under the shiny new gadgets like how Apple now has its own iPhone upgrade program with apples program you can get a new iPhone every year and it comes with Apple Care Plus protection which is an insurance program and that covers repairs the iPhone is unlocked you just choose among one of the top four US carriers but you're not stuck with that carrier when you get a new phone you can switch it up you have to make payments for a year that's 12 months before you can trade it in for it the next model now depending on the model of iPhone you pick you'll pay anywhere between 32 and 45 dollars a month and this is only available inside of an Apple Store so if you really want the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus on day one with this upgrade plan you'll have to make a reservation at Apple's website first thing on Saturday to pick it up and buy it in store on the 25th of September now the era of the two-year contract is coming to an end some carriers don't even offer to your contracts anymore with monthly payment plans many people rather just trade it in for a new phone every year or you know you can hang on to your phone until you pay it off and then save money with a lower service bill t-mobile is undercutting Apple on a similar upgrade deal instead of Apple's $32 a month plan t-mobile's jump upgrade program starts at $20 a month and t-mobile let you swap out a phone up to three times a year if your gadget thirst cannot be quenched with just one phone a year t-mobile promises that if you don't like the coverage they'll refund your first month of use or you could just keep paying for the phone and take it to another carrier so if you're planning on getting iPhone 6s do your homework on service plans before pre-orders begin at midnight Pacific time Saturday September 12th and don't forget you have to get some money by trading in your old phone for an iPhone 5s in good condition the online site next worth is giving about one hundred and seventy dollars Apple is quoting about the same and AT&T says he'll give one hundred and thirty five dollars that's it for this tech news update you can keep up with all the latest at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey