So about Apple leasing...
If you are going to use the device for 24 months, you pay $31.99 per month whose total comes out to $767.76 for the iPhone 17 Pro vs $1099 buying it outright but after that period you can either
1) Hand it back
2) Swap it for a newer model
3) Or keep paying it off which would be $331.24 more in this case which comes out to $1099
So it doesn't actually cost more, which is what I had expected.