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Apple is reportedly giving up on plans to turn the iPhone into a subscription

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Apple is shelving its plans to offer the iPhone for a monthly subscription.

The company was first said to be exploring a hardware subscription.

Apple 's hardware subscription was never officially announced, but it reflects what could be a larger retreat from financial services.

Apple Pay Later was and replaced with access to Affirm loans in Apple Pay as part of iOS 18 .

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