Apple has never done these things and they’re doing it all of a sudden when sales are slow?
Man some of you need a reality check. Apple doesn’t give a damn about you (or me) so why defend them so bad?
I defend Apple when I feel that certain news articles about them are blatantly untrue. I know that Apple doesn't care about me beyond a company-customer relationship, and frankly, that's irrelevant.
You don't know how sales are doing. All we have are accounts from individual component suppliers, which by themselves don't really say much. For instance, Apple could have shifted orders from Company A to Company B, but if we only hear from A, you would think that Apple was producing fewer iPhones due to declining orders.
Likewise, I can think of a few other reasons, which aren't that out there, just that once again, people would rather just assume the worst of Apple than even consider alternative possibilities.
For one, we know that Apple has always offered their own trade-in programs but the take-up rate has been low because of the poor rates offered. Apple could be trying to drive more traffic to their own stores, and if you want more customers to trade in their phones directly to Apple rather than to third-party resellers, it makes sense to increase the trade-in amounts, doesn't it?
As for what Apple wants to do with the second hand phones, they could sell them in the grey market, or simply be trying to reduce the number of older iPhones in circulation to reduce support costs.
Lastly, let me turn your question around. Are you all so eager to hate on Apple that you would blindly believe any negative news article about them, even if it turns out to not be true? What does that say about the people who knowingly choose to do this, moreso than us who are trying to set the record straight?
Makes you wonder who the real sheep here are, doesn't it?
