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一 | IT之家 7 月 22 日消息，彭博社马克 · 古尔曼昨日报道称，苹果公司预计于 2026 年 7 月 28 日（下周二）在美国市场推出名为“Apple Upgrade”的全新设备租赁计划。 Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond's warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions.Drummond filed the lawsuit with the Oklahoma Supreme Court against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board after three of the board's members this week signed a contract for the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, which is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.“Make no mistake, if the Catholic Church were permitted to have a public virtual charter school, a reckoning will follow in which this state will be faced with the unprecedented quandary of processing requests to directly fund all petitioning sectarian groups,” the lawsuit states.The school board voted 3-2 in June to approve the Catholic Archdiocese's application to establish the online public charter school, which would be open to students across the state in kindergarten through grade 12. In its application, the Archdiocese said its vision is that the school “participates in the evangelizing mission of the Church and is the privileged environment in which Christian education is carried out.”The approval of a publicly funded religious school is the latest in a series of actions taken by conservative-led states that include efforts to teach the Bible in public schools, and to ban books and lessons about race, sexual orientation and gender identity.Oklahoma's Constitution specifically prohibits the use of public money or property from being used, directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any church or system of religion. Nearly 60% of Oklahoma voters rejected a proposal in 2016 to remove that language from the Constitution.A message left Friday with Rebecca Wilkinson, the executive director of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, was not immediately returned, although Wilkinson has said previously she wouldn't comment on pending litigation.A group of Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and a public education nonprofit already filed a lawsuit in district court in July seeking to stop St. Isidore from operating as a charter school in Oklahoma. That case is pending.Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who earlier this year signed a bill that would give parents public funds to send their children to private schools, including religious schools, criticized Drummond's lawsuit as a “political stunt.”“AG Drummond seems to lack any firm grasp on the constitutional principle of religious freedom and masks his disdain for the Catholics’ pursuit by obsessing over non-existent schools that don’t neatly align with his religious preference," Stitt said in a statement.Drummond defeated Stitt's hand-picked attorney general in last year's GOP primary and the two Republicans have clashed over Stitt's hostile position toward many Native American tribes in the state.The AG's lawsuit also suggests that the board's vote could put at risk more than $1 billion in federal education dollars that Oklahoma receives that require the state to comply with federal laws that prohibit a publicly funded religious school.“Not only is this an irreparable violation of our individual religious liberty, but it is an unthinkable waste of our tax dollars,” Drummond said in a statement.The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit organization that supports the public charter school movement, released a statement Friday in support of Drummond's challenge.。 这项服务将覆盖 iPhone、Mac、iPad 及 Apple Watch 的大部分机型，是苹果在硬件销售模式上的一次重要调整。 据介绍，苹果将与金融科技公司 Klarna 合作，由后者为该租赁项目提供资金支持。受此消息影响，Klarna 股价一度上涨 11% 至 20.78 美元。 古尔曼透露，Apple Upgrade 的运作模式类似于订阅服务。用户可以根据自身需求，在租赁期间提前付清设备款项、提前升级至新款机型，或在租期结束后选择保留或归还设备。其中，iPhone 和 Apple Watch 的租赁周期为 24 个月，而 Mac 和 iPad 则为 36 个月。
二 | 在部分情况下，提前终止或升级交易可能会产生额外费用。 在美国地区，用户需要通过 Klarna 的软性信用审查（Soft Credit Check）以获得资格，该审查不会影响个人信用评分。 苹果计划将“Apple Upgrade”宣传为一种相较于现有分期融资方案月付款更低的选择。为推广该计划，苹果将停止接受其原有的 iPhone 升级计划（iPhone Upgrade Program）及标准分期付款的新用户注册。 值得注意的是，与现行的 iPhone 升级计划不同，“Apple Upgrade”并不包含 AppleCare+ 保修服务。同时，并非所有设备都支持该租赁方案，Apple Watch SE、入门级 iPad、iPhone 16 以及 MacBook Neo 等机型均被排除在外。此外，企业和教育采购也不适用此计划。 在此之前，苹果已对 Mac、iPad 及其他设备进行了数百美元的价格上调。市场也普遍预期，苹果可能在 9 月发布新款 iPhone 时再次提价。 值得一提的是，苹果曾在 2024 年放弃了自行推出 iPhone 硬件订阅服务的计划。通过此次与 Klarna 的外部合作，苹果得以提供硬件租赁的购买模式，而无需自行承担相关的财务与融资风险。
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