{"id":108119,"date":"2016-01-11T09:03:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T07:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=108119"},"modified":"2016-01-11T11:13:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T09:13:18","slug":"get-a-new-iphone-every-year-easily-and-affordably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/108119\/get-a-new-iphone-every-year-easily-and-affordably\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a new iPhone every year, easily and affordably"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forget your 24-month mobile upgrade \u2013 iStore has launched a programme to help you get a new iPhone every year.<\/p>\n<p>Contracts offered for handsets from providers span two years, but Apple introduces a new iPhone on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<p>This means that you often spend a year missing out on the latest mobile technology available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how frustrating it is when you have to wait to get your hands on something you want,\u201d iStore said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we know how nationwide FOMO sets it when the latest iPhone is being paraded around by other people whose contracts have luckily coincided with the time of the new product launch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through iStore\u2019s brand new iStore Card, you can now get the latest iPhone every year through a monthly payment plan separate from your cellular network.<\/p>\n<p>This is how it works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply for\u00a0iStore Card <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istorecard.co.za\/?utm_source=Business-Tech&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=iStore-card-campaign-2015\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.istorecard.co.za\/?utm_source=Business-Tech&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=iStore-card-campaign-2015\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.istorecard.co.za\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Once you have it, walk into any iStore, and take out a 24-month payment plan for your brand-new iPhone<\/li>\n<li>Get your SIM-only contract separately on any network, or use prepaid voice &amp; data, and enjoy<\/li>\n<li>Come back in a year and trade in your old iPhone for the latest one*, or at least have the freedom to choose what you want when you want it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below outlines\u00a0some monthly payment plan examples (available across all iPhone models):<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>iPhone model<\/th>\n<th>On a 24-month payment plan<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">iPhone 6s 16GB<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">R549\u00a0pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">iPhone 6s 64GB<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">R633\u00a0pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">iPhone 6s 128GB<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">R722\u00a0pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">iPhone\u00a06s Plus 16GB<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">R634\u00a0pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">iPhone 6s Plus 64GB<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">R722\u00a0pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">iPhone 6s Plus 128GB<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">R815\u00a0pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>This is the qualifying criteria for an iStore Card:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>18 years and older<\/li>\n<li>R4 000 minimum salary<\/li>\n<li>South African citizen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a full set of terms and conditions, please click here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myistore.co.za\/help-center\/iphone-upgrade-program\">http:\/\/www.myistore.co.za\/help-center\/iphone-upgrade-program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget your 24-month mobile upgrade \u2013 iStore has launched a programme to help you get a new iPhone every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":108519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[8073,26,5089],"class_list":["post-108119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-apple-iphone","tag-headline","tag-istore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108119"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108569,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108119\/revisions\/108569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}