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I agree completely. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I really cannot imagine Apple doing this under Steve Jobs' management. He would have rejected it simply for s

• DavidPeiffer 4y ago
  I was thinking the same thing. My understanding was prior to iPhone, phones were purchased outright, typically costing a couple hundred dollars, and there wasn't such a thing as paying off the phone as part of your monthly cell phone bill. I have always purchased my phones outright, but am curious if there are fees, interest, or a higher total cost of payments via financing (fees and interest on missed payments). That's the only justification I could use to say "maybe Steve would be good with it".
  • babypuncher 4y ago
    > I was thinking the same thing. My understanding was prior to iPhone, phones were purchased outright, typically costing a couple hundred dollars, and there wasn't such a thing as paying off the phone as part of your monthly cell phone bill. This was absolutely a thing before the iPhone. Many carriers offered Blackberries, Palm Treos, and even higher end dumbphones and featurephones at discounts when you signed a service contract.
• gumby 4y ago
  The original Mac, in 1984, was offered with a financing package because it was so expensive. And yes, that was when Steve Jobs worked for apple.
  • keiferski 4y ago
    That was a completely different era when personal computers were just becoming a thing. I don’t consider it comparable to cell phones today.