Non-MBA related: planning to buy the latest iPhone but don’t want to pay $1000 upfront (even though I have 10k+ in savings). Given the finance savvy people in this bowl, wanted to see if there’s a downside to going by the monthly payment plan?

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If it’s 0% then I see no downside, you can always pay it off earlier if you want

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