Then Apple turns around and sells the devices for three times the trade in value to Third World Countries.
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Tim Cook Says One-Third or More of Apple Store Visitors Now Using Trade-In Program
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Timmy is spinning this an an environmental thing? Like somehow trading an iPhone in to Apple is good for the environment but selling it on craigslist or passing it on to your parents isn't?
It amazes me that anyone still gives this bozo any credibility. How little ability for critical thinking do his fanatics have?
It amazes me that anyone still gives this bozo any credibility. How little ability for critical thinking do his fanatics have?
That's why you write down your IMEI number and report it stolen to the carrier if they do that. Then they have a phone they'll have to flash a new one to.
$785 after ebay, paypal and shipping/insurance fees? That's a sizeable cut right there.
Tim doesn't care about the environment, it's all about the Benjamin's. Careful with what you say here though, got a warning for insulting little Timmy yesterday outside of the politics forum.
"free disposal" means one less perfectly good working iPhone out there competing with a brand new iPhone. Every phone taken out of circulation is a win for Apple.
It's mind boggling that he can also claim that scrapping a working phone to sell a newly made one is Apple doing its bit for the environment, and people here line up to defend him and say he's right. The power people have to delude themselves and twist their own brains to hold onto a demonstrably wrong belief is staggering.
I can ship through UPS for free. After fees I netted $762, which is over $200 more than I would have received from Apple.
One Third or More ...Morons trade their phone in for less than it's worth to get the '' latest phone '' to show off to friends...
IKR, kinda like people who eat out in restaurants.. in the same plates and silver that's been in 1000s of mouths.. yuk! 🤓 😉
I don't understand why my trade-in last year on my series 3 cellular aluminum watch was $225 and this year for my series 4 cellular aluminum watch was only $100.
Plates and silverware can get effectively cleaned.
Good luck actually sanitizing all the little bits of an AirPod you will be jamming in your ear
Gross
APPLE 🍏 = CHICKENS 🐥
So, when finally will we Apple dare (as first large manufacturer) focus on the EMF-radiation from mobile phones, antennas, wi-fi, Bluetooth (etc.) resp. SAR-levels of iPhones (etc.) trying to create smartphones (etc.) with the lowest radiation/SAR-levels.
I dare Apple to do this (being an Apple share-holder) knowing that they at Apple are too afraid to go down that road and risking it to back-fire when themselves drawing their customers attention to this potential health-risk!
CHICKENS 🐥 !!!
So, when finally will we Apple dare (as first large manufacturer) focus on the EMF-radiation from mobile phones, antennas, wi-fi, Bluetooth (etc.) resp. SAR-levels of iPhones (etc.) trying to create smartphones (etc.) with the lowest radiation/SAR-levels.
I dare Apple to do this (being an Apple share-holder) knowing that they at Apple are too afraid to go down that road and risking it to back-fire when themselves drawing their customers attention to this potential health-risk!
CHICKENS 🐥 !!!
I think I'll still wait and see what the iPhone 12 Pro brings. If there's no 5G I can get a mint used 11 Pro for a good price.
lol.. I'll go on a limb and assume you've never worked in the food industry, or seen how silver is handled/cleaned (or utter lack thereof ) in the kitchen, esp during peak business hrs
I'll just leave it at that... Not endorsing, but you're galaxies better off cleaning and dis-infecting earpods that go in your ears, vs utensils off of which you ingest.. *stuff* from.. umm.... it's microscopic crevices 🧐
What a Hypocrite !
Presenting innovative knowledge of such is one of the reasons Apple pulled our "Timmy" app on Sept 9th, the day BEFORE their BIG iPhone 11 event on Sept 10th.
Specifically, Timmy, as the planet's ONLY per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone "Unit Sales" Estimator app, included support that enabled Users to fine-tune their estimates by parsing-off some % of Reported iPhone Revenue that was due to Sales of Used iPhones (i.e., via the Trade-In program).
Presenting innovative knowledge of such is one of the reasons Apple pulled our "Timmy" app on Sept 9th, the day BEFORE their BIG iPhone 11 event on Sept 10th.
Specifically, Timmy, as the planet's ONLY per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone "Unit Sales" Estimator app, included support that enabled Users to fine-tune their estimates by parsing-off some % of Reported iPhone Revenue that was due to Sales of Used iPhones (i.e., via the Trade-In program).
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The same trade-in program that offers 0 € for my 7 with 128 GB but at least doesn't charge me for recycling my "old" device for me. What a joke.
If Apple would have a minimum trade-in price like say $25-50, I would happily trade in some old devices on something new. As it is, the small amount of use I get out of the devices is better than the nothing Apple would give me. They could get a lot of material to recycle.
Fully closed loop supply chain, that will be something to see, even if its only for the iphone. I believe in the Team!