Here's Everything Apple Announced Today

[Weaselboy]

The fact that Apple isn’t allowing trade ins for M2 AVP really is concerning.

Someone posted in another thread that Apple has never taken trade ins on things like headphones or earbuds, presumably because people would not want to buy these used items all sweaty and nasty from the original owner. So I'm guessing Apple does not want to take in used AVPs for the same reason.

Apple Trade In

Trade in your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch or any other device for credit towards a new one, or recycle it responsibly for free with Apple Trade In.

www.apple.com

The Apple trade in page does not have a category for headphones or earbuds, so that would seem to support this claim.

 

[Gusts]

wait, so no HomePods? Apple TV?

Too many expectations based on unfounded rumors. Nothing will be released.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Someone posted in another thread that Apple has never taken trade ins on things like headphones or earbuds, presumably because people would not want to buy these used items all sweaty and nasty from the original owner. So I'm guessing Apple does not want to take in used AVPs for the same reason.

Apple Trade In

Trade in your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch or any other device for credit towards a new one, or recycle it responsibly for free with Apple Trade In.

www.apple.com

The Apple trade in page does not have a category for headphones or earbuds, so that would seem to support this claim.

I think it's more about margins and making it pencil on trade-ins (paying out) vs reusing returned merchandise (see below)

They sell refurbished AirPods (many variants), so they are dealing with "sweaty and nasty from the original owner" somehow.

 

[Weaselboy]

I think it's more about margins and making it pencil on trade-ins (paying out) vs reusing returned merchandise (see below)

They sell refurbished AirPods (many variants), so they are dealing with "sweaty and nasty from the original owner" somehow.

Could be... seems likely those are returns and not some sort of trade in. I guess you could clean up AirPods and pop on new cushions and be close to like new.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Could be... seems likely those are returns and not some sort of trade in. I guess you could clean up AirPods and pop on new cushions and be close to like new.

Yeah, returns for sure.

It sounds like people are being told Trade-Ins for AVP are coming in the weeks ahead, which would make sense.

 

[Innovati0n]

It sounds like people are being told Trade-Ins for AVP are coming in the weeks ahead, which would make sense.

I am betting they offer $1000 at most for it. Could still do better privately, I know there are risks there but it'd likely be substantially more valuable than whatever Apple will offer for it.

 

[Dead0k]

No new Apple TV though, or HomePod… Maybe these are for tomorrow?

yeah Apple TV for Friday sounds good

 

[Fortimir]

so much potential but hard to use effectively without decent access to the filesystem.

Haven't they been making huge leaps forward in that department with OS26? I think they've demonstrated the future they are trying to build for the iPad and finally the software is catching up.

 

[rehkram]

I had to recalibrate my brain's "value proposition analyzer" after seeing the specs and pricing of the new M5 MacBook Pros.

So I looked up what I had paid for a base spec retina MacbookPro10,1 15" in 2012 on everymac.com. It would have been US$2199. BTW it's still working, sitting on my desk and running Sequoia latest release candidate 15.7.2 thanks to OCLP

A roughly equivalent sales tier 2025 14" M5 is said to be priced at $1599, so $600 less than what I paid in 2012

This fact thoroughly blows my mind.