Sprint's new iPhone Forever plan will ensure you're always rocking the current-gen iPhone for $22/m

Earlier today, Sprint announced a 22-month lease plan that allows customers to keep updated to the latest smartphone, but only as long as it's an iPhone. Called iPhone Forever, the new plan will guarantee that the customer is always using the latest iPhone model for $22 a month. Obviously, that's on top of your current plan. For Sprint subscribers on the $60 individual plan with unlimited data, talk, and text, the deal is available for $82 a month.

Sprint - now the fourth largest carrier in the US by subscriber count - will allow customers on the new iPhone for Life plan to upgrade to a new version of the Apple iPhone as long as they're rocking an older version. If you're highly efficient with the plan and upgrade yearly, Sprint's will basically offer a new iPhone for $264 a year, assuming that Apple continues to launch new iPhone models about once a year. However, one caveat is that customers will never actually own the device, will have to pay for broken handsets, and will have to give their current device back or pay it off when/if canceling their Sprint agreement.