[tushonka]

This is one of the comments from the article, though I have no data to support this claim. Might be interesting if that's the case.

>The people likely to buy and iphone and sign up for an apple card are not carrying balances and racking up interest.

[Detrytus]

Do people really do that? I mean use their credit card as an actual bank loan, paying off their credit cards in installments, with interests?

I've been using credit cards for the past 15 years, and never paid a single cent of interests. In fact, in my Central European country it is quite common to own a credit card simply for added convenience and safety, but I do not know anyone who does not pay their debt on time. In fact banks here even offer you the "autopay" option, so at the end of the month the balance gets paid off automatically, so you can avoid any charges easily.

[akhosravian]

For context apple offers 0% apr financing on many of their products with the Apple Card. If one has the means to buy a new iPhone with cash, why not take the free ~40 bucks you can get by using Apple Card financing and keeping the cash in some other extremely low risk place (eg an FDIC insured high interest savings account like the one Apple Card offers)

[jjeaff]

most people intend to pay off their card every month. but people who run into financial problems or just have a tight month financially will often pay less on their card. and there are a lot of those people.