Apple Plans Hardware Subscription Service for iPhones
Vocabulary & Expressions
carrier: 통신사
split (something) over installments: ~을 할부로 나누다
You can buy an iPhone through your carrier or through Apple and split it over installments, whether that’s 12 months or 24 months.
recurring revenue: 반복하여 발생하는 수익
And what this will do is it’ll generate more recurring revenue for Apple…
demote: 강등시키다
It’s demoting the carriers to the point that these carrier subsidies, these carrier monthly plans, these installment plans, that are generating tons of money for carriers…
proprietary: 전매, 전용
This is a new proprietary monthly fee, just like you pay $10 a month for Apple music, or $5 a month for TV Plus or Apple Arcade…
be prone to: ~하기 쉽다
When I get a new computer though, I always get the Apple Care because I’m prone to spilling coffee on my keyboard.