That’s true, but on two separate occasions I took my old phone to an Apple Store and asked if I could trade it in instead of shipping and they said yes. This was during the iPhone 11 and 12 launches, so fairly recent but things could have changed.
If you do this, do they put your trade in back on your credit card, or issue store credit? This will be important for some folks.
Ahhh, so it has to go to a store that day instead of home delivery for a later return?
Well, as far as i inferred, receiving at home delivery and later trading in in store is a privilege of certain stores and managers - so there is no set on a stone rule re this thus you are at the mercy of your local shop.
I've bought the phone full price for the past few years and done trade in. They've credited the trade in value back to my credit card.
You can do the trade at the same time, but I prefer to take both phones home first. Then I unbox, swap my data over and make sure everything works before taking my old phone back to to trade in.
Yes. One can do a trade through Apple or through reputable third-party entities. The process works fine but mostly I just do what you have done and give it to a relative.
When I did it I included notification of intended trade from the beginning of the purchase process. Then the trade credit came after I sent the old phone in after transferring data. But it might be even easier now with the data in the Cloud anyway.
This. My monthly installment for my 14 Pro is $20 based on the reduced total from my 13 Pro trade in.
This is incorrect. You have 14 days after the purchase or receiving date to bring your device in to an Apple Store for an after-purchase trade-in. It’s not up to the whims of a manager. They have no incentive to deny you this option within the 14 days, Apple wants to encourage trade-ins.
They put it back on the card. I had a failed trade in (device wouldn't turn in) and they made me buy the device first, then do the trade in aspect. When the device wouldn't turn on, I then returned the initial purchase.
Doesn't matter if you mention the trade at the time of preorder or not. I've done it both ways. Seemed easier for the associate when I started the trade in process when preordering though.
Okay now here is something I am confused about. When I upgraded to the 14 pro last year, I only made 12 out of the 24 of the payments on my 13 pro. However it did not show any remaining balance and shows the installments are complete when I upgraded to the 14 pro. I assume this is because I was trading the 13 pro back in and therefore the trade in value canceled out the remaining payments (essentially like it does on iUP). But if that was the case why was the 14 pro's total financed amount only $499 (13 pro credit applied here too).
Very interesting. I’m in a similar situation for the first time and been trying to see how the calculation would be. I also figured I’d have to pay off my remaining 12 months first before the trade-in applies.
