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Apple Promo Offers Up to $100 in Extra Trade-In Credit Toward New iPhone XR or XS
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I believe when you trade it in, they either scrap it for parts, or refurbish it. Refurbish includes a new shell, new screen, and new battery.
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$50 more for an iPhone XR is hardly over inflated. Almost every other iPhone started at $699 at release besides the X, XS. And these prices go all the way back to iPhone 6.
Apple is supporting more older devices longer with better speed thru iOS 12. This and the fact you can replace a battery for $29 is probably keeping most people from upgrading.
The problem is that $700 used to get you the top of the line (non-plus) iPhone. Now $750 gets you one playing second fiddle. The 5c wasn’t popular either.
[doublepost=1543442037][/doublepost]I tried it yesterday and today.. I only get $150 for an iPhone 6s Plus.. Whatever happened to the extra $100?
Apple is offering a limited time promotion that provides up to $100 in additional credit when trading in an iPhone, according to Apple's dedicated trade-in site.
When trading in an iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, or 8 towards the purchase of an iPhone XR or iPhone XS, customers can get between $25 and $100 extra.
With an iPhone 6 Plus, for example, the normal trade-in value is $100, but with the current promotion, customers will get $200 in credit towards the purchase of a new iPhone.
It appears the trade-in bonus credit is only available when trading in an eligible older iPhone towards the purchase of the iPhone XR and iPhone XS, with extra credit not available for purchases of the iPhone 7 or iPhone 8.
When you go through the normal trade-in process on the trade-in site, Apple offers $150, but if you use the trade-in option during the checkout process of purchasing a new iPhone XR or XS, the bonus trade-in credit is displayed.
As with all trade-ins, to get the full trade-in value, your iPhone must turn on, it must be in good shape with working buttons, and it can't have a broken display. A broken iPhone that does not turn on or has broken buttons earns no trade-in value, though Apple offers to recycle it. An iPhone with a broken display earns a lesser trade-in amount.
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Right. So $750 for an XR. Plus models started at $799. So the price is justified, I think. The whole market is maturing. People are holding onto their phones longer and longer. Apple also supports older devices with iOS 12, and the battery replacement program, people who just use their phone for texting, calling, social media, etc. don’t need a brand new iPhone. Apple realizes this and I think all these “rumors” about lack of sales is rubbish. They’re rumors. The same junk was written about iPhone X sales last year too.
This "offer" isn´t available in Sweden, where Apple prices are already priced way higher than the US.
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Not in Sweden, sadly. Apple offers roughly $75, with no special deal in sight. They should at least have the decency of letting customers in other countries benefit from trading in their phone as well,
especially since it´s already hundreds of dollars more expensive here.
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Not in Sweden, sadly. Apple offers roughly $75, with no special deal in sight. They should at least have the decency of letting customers in other countries benefit from trading in their phone as well,
especially since it´s already hundreds of dollars more expensive here.
So I looked into trading in two devices (iPhone 6) to get $300 in credit, and got mixed answers. I called the customer support hotline and the first person I spoke to said it was up to the individual stores. She put me on hold to call the store to verify and we got disconnected. The second person I spoke to said yes, definitely, you can trade in up to two devices. So I called again yesterday before I made the 45 minute drive, and was told, no, you can only trade in one device to get the credit. On top of that, I was told I could trade in my other device for the $75 and get a gift card, but I couldn't use it towards the device purchase (WTF?).
So I figure I'll go in and ask an associate. Worst case I trade in 1 device for $75, leave the store with a gift card, come back and trade in my other device for $150 with the purchase of a phone, and use the gift card towards the purchase. Best case I get lucky and get $300 credit.
I'm convinced that Apple's "specialists" don't have a clue about what they're talking about though. Very aggravating.
So I figure I'll go in and ask an associate. Worst case I trade in 1 device for $75, leave the store with a gift card, come back and trade in my other device for $150 with the purchase of a phone, and use the gift card towards the purchase. Best case I get lucky and get $300 credit.
I'm convinced that Apple's "specialists" don't have a clue about what they're talking about though. Very aggravating.
My understanding is that only one device is eligible for the bonus credit, but you can trade in as many more as you want at their normal value. But there's also nothing stopping you from trading one in with the bonus, then returning the device (getting the trade value back as a gift card) and buying another with another trade in bonus and the gift card.
That thought crossed my mind, but I wasn't sure how they'd handle the bonus credit. It also would probably seem pretty douchey to do it in the same day. I don't feel like spending close to an hour each way driving there and back plus waiting time twice within a week or two, then spending additional time setting up and restoring the phone. Not for $75 at least...
Just to further on this, I am being offered £410.10 today. So it is increasing each day, and that can only be due to demand for iPhone 8 Plus from various retailers. Why there would be increased demand for an "old", iPhone 8 Plus when there are supposedly amazing new models selling better than expected? I can either trust the reports that they are selling amazing, but Apple doesn't want to report the numbers, or I can look at the facts of supply and demand, and that I am being offered more and more each day for a 1 year old phone.
Underhanded? No, I think they are being very obvious about it.
Kind of like going to your boss and asking for more money. Would you rather have a $1000 one time bonus or a $1000 annual raise?
Smart money says the raise.
And this might be enough for someone to decide to upgrade that would wait another year.
Just a follow up on this. I went to the Apple store today and I was able to get $150 each for my 2 old iPhone 6 handsets. Didn’t even have to ask. And i didn’t even have to buy a phone. They took the 2 phones and gave me 2 $150 gift cards. Which I then took and bought my new XR. I could have had 10 old phones and gotten gift cards for each.
wow, really?? i think i better head down there with my phones then. they didn't actually require the purchase of the XR in order to issue the gift cards?
Nope. I told the guy I wanted to buy one, and that I had two phones to trade in. He said ok, let’s get your gift cards first. Then he proceeded to go through the process and gave me a $150 for each phone. At that point I could have just left. After I had the two cards he then rung up the phone on a completely separate transaction. I was pleasantly surprised.
ok, i guess they took you at your word when you said you wanted to buy an XR though... if you had left i'm sure there's little they could actually do about it but i'm sure at least they would have gotten upset.
i wonder if they'd let you buy a macbook or something else instead.
i wonder if they'd let you buy a macbook or something else instead.
No need having to buy a new XR or XS to get the higher trade in amount.
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So I went to my Apple store yesterday and asked about turning in my iPhone 6s for a gift card and if I would get more if I traded it in for a XR The girl said it's the same amount so she scanned my iPhone serial # and gave me a $200 gift card. I just purchase the 6s from AT&T prepaid on Black Friday for $99.
No need having to buy a new XR or XS to get the higher trade in amount.
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FYI
So I went to my Apple store yesterday and asked about turning in my iPhone 6s for a gift card and if I would get more if I traded it in for a XR The girl said it's the same amount so she scanned my iPhone serial # and gave me a $200 gift card. I just purchase the 6s from AT&T prepaid on Black Friday for $99.
No need having to buy a new XR or XS to get the higher trade in amount.
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No. You take the Bonus money now. Ask for a raise next year.
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This is good to know I was under the impression they would only double if you bought a new phone. How long did the process take?
Only took about 10 minutes to do both of my phones, once I finally was able to get an associate. That took another 30 minutes or so.
Just back from the Apple Store and I got $200 for my 6+ and $250 for a 6S+. I was expecting $250 trade in and got $450. Maybe it helped that I told the guy helping that I was buying some AirPods with the gift cards. Anywho, very happy.
It is no doubt due to the exhorbitantly expensive new XS phones, but also because most iPhone 6S and 7 models still run nearly the same speed in daily usage as the new phones, thanks to iOS 12 optimization of the 64 bit chip iPhones. Gesture based controls make the new phones feel faster because iOS 12 still doesn’t tax the A9 in the 6S models, let alone the A10 in the 7 models. Apple’s problem is the days of yearly upgrades are over for many of their users. Phones are fast for years, and the cost is too high now.
still haven't done this... now sitting on 4 iphone6 of various capacities. wonder if i should do 2 one time and go back later for the other two so as not to seem like an outlier, since it sounds like you don't actually have to buy a phone when you turn in the old phone.