Sources: Apple halts work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, which had been in development since 2022 and was set to launch then
what we know James Rogerson / TechRadar : Apple's long-rumored iPhone subscription service has reportedly been scrapped Jon Mundy / Trusted Reviews : Anyone waiting on an iPhone subscription service should probable give up Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Stops Plans to Introduce iPhone Hardware Subscription Service Omar Sohail / Wccftech : Apple Has Reportedly Cancelled Its Hardware Subscription Service Where Customers Could Own An iPhone By Paying A Monthly Fee; Regulatory Concerns Was One Issue Amanda Yeo / Mashable : Apple reportedly cancels plans for iPhone subscription service Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority : Apple probably realized an iPhone subscription service is a bad idea Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Apple abandons plan to implement iPhone hardware subscription service Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : Apple kills its plans for an iPhone subscription program Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Apple scraps plans for iPhone subscription program PYMNTS.com : Report: Apple Stops Development of iPhone Hardware Subscription Program Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Apple decides to scrap iPhone subscription plan before it ever launched Akash Pandey / NewsBytes : Apple cancels plan to sell iPhone as a subscription service Nadeem Sarwar / SlashGear : Apple's Long-Rumored iPhone Subscription Service Seemingly Scrapped Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Bloomberg: Apple scraps plans to offer iPhone hardware subscription service Simon Batt / XDA Developers : Apple is killing off one of its subscription services before it was even launched Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget : Apple is reportedly giving up on plans to turn the iPhone into a subscription AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo : Apple Reportedly Abandons Plan for iPhone-as-a-Subscription Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Mark Gurman: Apple shutters iPhone subscription project Bluesky: Christina Warren / @filmgirl : Damn. I realize I already basically do this with the Apple Upgrade Plan but I'd have loved something even simpler. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/ articles/2024-12-18/apple-halts-long- running-effort-to-build-iphone-hardware - subscription-service (gift link) Threads: Michael Brown / @michaelbtech : I guess this is Apple's version of killedbyapple lol first AirPower, the car, them pay later, now this Mark Gurman / @markgurman : The idea was to make owning an iPhone like subscribing to an app — with consumers paying monthly fees and getting new phones each year — but Apple recently wound down the effort. The team was disbanded and reassigned to other projects. The move is part of a broader shift in how Apple approaches payment services. The subscription effort was overseen by the company's Apple Pay group, which also shuttered a “buy now, pay later” program earlier this year. X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : NEW: Apple has canceled a long in the works project within Apple Pay to build an iPhone hardware subscription service. This comes after it shut down Apple Pay Later earlier this year. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Forums: r/apple : Apple Halts Effort to Build iPhone Hardware Subscription Service BeauHD / Slashdot : Apple Reportedly Won't Launch an iPhone Subscription Service MacRumors Forums : Apple Drops Plans for iPhone Hardware Subscription Service