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Sprint announces ‘iPad for Life’ 24-month lease for iPad Air 2 & iPad mini 3

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Sprint today announced it’s now offering an ‘iPad for Life Plan’, much like its similar offering for the iPhone, that allows customers to get an iPad for $0 down and monthly payments over the course of a 24 month lease. The deal is available for the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 with monthly payments varying depending on the storage capacity.

Monthly payments for the 16GB models start at $20/month for the iPad Air 2 and $17/month for the iPad mini 3 and go up from there. “With our announcement of the iPad for Life Plan, Sprint is the only wireless carrier giving customers the ability to acquire an iPad Air 2 for only $20 per month or the iPad Mini 3 for only $17 per month with no out-of-pocket costs,” said Tom Roberts, senior vice president Marketing, Sprint. “And, with the iPad for Life Plan, customers can easily upgrade their tablet every two years.”

A breakdown of pricing for the various storage capacities is pictured in the graph above. For the 16GB model, a 24-month lease would work out to $480 before taxes and fees compared to the $629 the device retails for.

Like Sprint’s iPhone for Life plan, when the lease is up iPad users have the option of bringing the device back and leasing another, purchasing it outright, continuing to lease the device month-to-month, or cancelling service. Sprint notes that the iPads can be added to a Sprint Family Share Pack for $10/month per line, but the carrier is waiving that fee for iPads activated as a new line for plans 20GB or higher through December 2015. It’s also offering a new tablet plan for a limited time with 100MB for $10/month.

Sprint recently announced an updated ‘iPhone for Life’ leasing program with a new 12-month lease option that kicks in tomorrow.

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Comments

  1. Not something that interests me personally but its always good to have another option in the market

  2. Sellena Riske - 9 years ago

    I love love this ideas ..Now. i definitely want to get back with SPRINT ANT THIS IS A FABALOUS WAYS FOR ME TO FINALLY GET A I-PAD BACK AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS PAYING CASH UP FRONT. BUT YOU GET TO PAY IG IN LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND GET A BRAND NEW UP GRADE EVERY 2 YEARS. IF YA want it YEA!!! YEA,!!!! SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN TO ME!!!!!!

  3. thejuanald - 9 years ago

    Is this for the LTE version? If so, that’s a pretty nice deal (unless you need to add like $30 additionally for LTE service).

  4. giskardian - 9 years ago

    Same price as buying, except at the end of the lease you have no iPad!

    Are people really this stupid?

    • All depends on whether you have disposable cash to drop $500+ on a new iPad and whether this is in reference to the LTE version or not.

      • MikuMarmalade - 9 years ago

        Precisely. As much as Apple comes out with a new device I’ve found many people (especially those on fixed incomes) cannot drop $500 for a luxury device. Some can barely afford to feed a family. From my understanding if you put money down and actually take care of your device it’s more cost efficient. I’ve been using Apple devices since ’10 and this has definitely caught my attention in a good way. Being informed helps though. :)

  5. MikuMarmalade - 9 years ago

    Awesome. Jumping on the bandwagon. :)

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