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Apple Changes Trade-In Values for iPhones, Macs, and More

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Apple today updated its trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models. Trade-ins can be completed on Apple's website, or at an Apple Store.

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The charts below provide an overview of Apple's current and previous trade-in values in the United States, according to the company's website. Some of the estimated values increased slightly, while others decreased slightly.

iPhone

iPhone ModelNew ValuesOld Values
iPhone 16 Pro MaxUp to $685Up to $670
iPhone 16 ProUp to $550Up to $550
iPhone 16 PlusUp to $455Up to $450
iPhone 16Up to $435Up to $420
iPhone 16eUp to $310Not accepted
iPhone 15 Pro MaxUp to $465Up to $470
iPhone 15 ProUp to $375Up to $400
iPhone 15 PlusUp to $320Up to $330
iPhone 15Up to $310Up to $310
iPhone 14 Pro MaxUp to $350Up to $370
iPhone 14 ProUp to $295Up to $300
iPhone 14 PlusUp to $235Up to $240
iPhone 14Up to $225Up to $220
iPhone SE (3rd generation)Up to $75Up to $80
iPhone 13 Pro MaxUp to $305Up to $300
iPhone 13 ProUp to $240Up to $230
iPhone 13Up to $195Up to $180
iPhone 13 miniUp to $145Up to $150
iPhone 12 Pro MaxUp to $220Up to $220
iPhone 12 ProUp to $180Up to $160
iPhone 12Up to $125Up to $130
iPhone 12 miniUp to $85Up to $90
iPhone SE (2nd generation)Up to $50Up to $50
iPhone 11 Pro MaxUp to $145Up to $150
iPhone 11 ProUp to $130Up to $130
iPhone 11Up to $100Up to $100
iPhone XS MaxUp to $90Up to $100
iPhone XSUp to $65Up to $70
iPhone XRUp to $80Up to $80
iPhone XUp to $60Up to $60
iPhone 8 PlusUp to $40Up to $50
iPhone 8Up to $35Up to $40


iPad

iPad ModelNew ValuesOld Values
iPad ProUp to $670Up to $685
iPad AirUp to $445Up to $400
iPadUp to $220Up to $170
iPad miniUp to $250Up to $255


Mac

Mac ModelNew ValuesOld Values
MacBook ProUp to $685Up to $710
MacBook AirUp to $485Up to $470
iMacUp to $355Up to $375
iMac ProUp to $325Up to $325
Mac miniUp to $340Up to $340
Mac StudioUp to $975Up to $1,030
Mac ProUp to $2,090Up to $2,520


Apple Watch

Apple Watch ModelNew ValuesOld Values
Apple Watch Series 10Up to $150Up to $160
Apple Watch Ultra 2Up to $295Up to $335
Apple Watch Series 9Up to $120Up to $125
Apple Watch UltraUp to $215Up to $245
Apple Watch Series 8Up to $90Up to $95
Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)Up to $55Up to $60
Apple Watch Series 7Up to $65Up to $65
Apple Watch Series 6Up to $45Up to $50
Apple Watch SE (1st generation)Up to $30Up to $30
Apple Watch Series 5Not acceptedUp to $25


Article Link: Apple Changes Trade-In Values for iPhones, Macs, and More
 
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There are the letters L and W used for people but anyone financially constrained who trades in their device to Apple is suporting R used as notification
 
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ignatius345 said:
Truly unhinged. This is why I sold my M1 iMac on eBay and got like 3x what Apple was going to pay me. Yeesh.

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Oddly I got like $475 for my M1 MacBook Air because they were running some kind of promo. But yeah, it’s almost always a super raw deal.
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Every once in a while, Apple will offer a good trade-in deal, but it's rare.

I sold my 2012 (non-Retina) MBP for a bit over $300 on Ebay, at near 10 years old. Apple was offering zero.
 
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I used to sell my old devices (phones mostly) on eBay. I know there are many options for doing this and Apple trade in is the last resort as far as $$$ is concerned. But when I sold my iPhone 6 there was some kind of scam going on where ppl would bail on paying saying that they accidentally initiated the sale. This happened 5 or six times. A few of them were timed auctions and the last few were buy it now. By the time I realized that my options were to either force somebody to pay up and endure whatever headaches bay would require or just take a quick (and lower) sale, I wished I had just traded in the phone with apple. It sure would have been a lot easier and quicker. I haven't tried to sell a device on eBay since.
 
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letsGoOn2 said:
I used to sell my old devices (phones mostly) on eBay. I know there are many options for doing this and Apple trade in is the last resort as far as $$$ is concerned. But when I sold my iPhone 6 there was some kind of scam going on where ppl would bail on paying saying that they accidentally initiated the sale. This happened 5 or six times. A few of them were times auctions and the last few were buy it now. By the time I realized that my options were to either force somebody to pay up and go endure whatever headaches bay would require, I wished I had just traded in the phone with apple. It sure would have been a lot easier and quicker. I haven't tried to sell a device on eBay since.
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I generally try to avoid eBay these days, but it's 100% a no-go for phones and watches. I sell them on Swappa, or via Marketplace.
 
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My SE 3rd gen is acting up -- every now and then the screen goes blank when playing a video in safari, sometimes touch doesn't work correctly and I have to reboot. Unfortunately Apple doesn't sell them. I'll have to see if they will do a service replacement.
 
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Interesting that some trade-in values have gone UP. Normally, they go down, which we don't like but is understandable given that the price they can get for a refurbished device goes down as the device ages.

Trade-in values of most of the iPhone 16 series went up a bit, while most of the 15's went down. iPad Pros & Minis went down, Airs and the base iPad went up.

I'm sure this isn't arbitrary. Apple must have analysts looking at supply & demand for individual devices, supply & demand for the various refurbished devices Apple sells, recent prices on completed eBay sales, what Gazelle is offering, etc. Even a small change in the right direction, whether up or down, could be very profitable given the volume of trade-in and refurbished business Apple does.
 
Fascinating that Apple are really not encouraging people to trade in their older devices and it would be easy to get upset at the very low trade in values for our premium priced machines. However let's do the maths.

My 2021 16" M1 Max with 64GB memory and 4TB SSD was just under $5K (total acquisition cost was $5700 including tax and Applecare+, but I will ignore that for the moment) when new and is now worth just under $700. So $4300 depreciation in approx. 4.5 years ( I bought it 18 October 2021). That is approx. $955 a year, $80 a month for the pleasure of owning this machine. I suppose in the scheme of things that is not too bad.

But I am not sure eveyone realizes just how much owning one of these machines costs. Me, I run will it into the ground, so assuming it will last another 2.5 years then the cost per month would be (assuming zero value at the end of 7 years) $60. Still not cheap but acceptable. But I will be living with an effectively obsolete machine which may or may not support all the c**p that is expected to run on it. In the end keeping up with technology is not cheap and we need to factor this into our living costs these days. Apple do not really help and it would be interesting to compare it to the much lower acquisition costs of equivalent Windows machines, knowing they have no value the day after the machine is delivered.
 
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I used to sell my old devices (phones mostly) on eBay. I know there are many options for doing this and Apple trade in is the last resort as far as $$$ is concerned. But when I sold my iPhone 6 there was some kind of scam going on where ppl would bail on paying saying that they accidentally initiated the sale. This happened 5 or six times. A few of them were timed auctions and the last few were buy it now. By the time I realized that my options were to either force somebody to pay up and endure whatever headaches bay would require or just take a quick (and lower) sale, I wished I had just traded in the phone with apple. It sure would have been a lot easier and quicker. I haven't tried to sell a device on eBay since.
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I had similar but different experiences with the same bottom line. I now give my old devices to friends/family or trade in to Apple.
 
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