Apple Just Added These New Android Devices to Its Trade-In List

Aug 08, 2026 03:00 AM - 4 hours ago 5

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It's a weird clip to beryllium shopping for caller tech. On the 1 hand, "RAMageddon" is making devices much costly and harder to find; connected the other, companies are trying caller strategies to get you to bargain caller worldly much frequently. Take Apple: While it mightiness beryllium much difficult than ever to buy a MacBook Air from the company, Apple will now fto you "lease" caller products for one-, two-, aliases three-year agreements. Sure, Macs and iPads mightiness costs much than ever, but you mightiness find it easier to salary those prices complete 24 aliases 36 months, interest-free.

Each device's costs scheme is presented without a trade-in successful mind, but you tin use a trade-in if you take to lease. Apple will little your payments based connected the worth of the instrumentality you manus complete astatine the clip of signing. The amended the worth of your device, the little your payments will be. What's particularly absorbing fixed the existent tech marketplace is that Apple seems to beryllium sweetening the cookware for customers pinch trade-ins, which will apt only push much towards this "Apple Upgrade" program.

Apple accrued the trade-in values for galore of its products

As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple conscionable accrued its trade-in values for a number of products. Most of these are Apple's ain devices. The institution bumped up the trade-in values of galore iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads, and Macs, immoderate much than others. You tin now get up to $70 much for your iPhone 16 Pro than you could before, aliases up to $20 much for your iPhone 13 Pro Max. The existent magnitude depends connected the instrumentality successful question, and the information you bring it to Apple in.

If you're trading successful a Mac, the numbers are decidedly much significant. Apple bumped immoderate models' trade-in values up complete $100, and accrued Mac Studio values by $260. That said, different values were overmuch smaller: You tin only get different $25 for your iMacs, and Apple didn't alteration the $315 maximum for your iMac Pro.

Here's a afloat database of Apple's maximum trade-in values, assuming your instrumentality meets each qualifications:

What do you deliberation truthful far?

iPhone trade-in values

iPhone 16 Pro Max: Up to $720
iPhone 16 Pro: Up to $630
iPhone 16 Plus: Up to $485
iPhone 16: Up to $480
iPhone 16e: Up to $310
iPhone 15 Pro Max: Up to $530
iPhone 15 Pro: Up to $420
iPhone 15 Plus: Up to $340
iPhone 15: Up to $335
iPhone 14 Pro Max: Up to $405
iPhone 14 Pro: Up to $335
iPhone 14 Plus: Up to $235
iPhone 14: Up to $235
iPhone SE (3rd generation): Up to $85
iPhone 13 Pro Max: Up to $340
iPhone 13 Pro: Up to $285
iPhone 13: Up to $205
iPhone 13 mini: Up to $155
iPhone 12 Pro Max: Up to $240
iPhone 12 Pro: Up to $195
iPhone 12: Up to $135
iPhone 12 mini: Up to $90
iPhone SE (2nd generation): Up to $45
iPhone 11 Pro Max: Up to $160
iPhone 11 Pro: Up to $145
iPhone 11: Up to $110
iPhone XS Max: Up to $95
iPhone XS: Up to $70
iPhone XR: Up to $90
iPhone X: Up to $60
iPhone 8 Plus: Up to $40
iPhone 8: Up to $40

Apple Watch trade-in values

Apple Watch Series 10: Up to $165
Apple Watch Ultra 2: Up to $305
Apple Watch Series 9: Up to $135
Apple Watch Ultra: Up to $205
Apple Watch Series 8: Up to $95
Apple Watch SE (2nd generation): Up to $60
Apple Watch Series 7: Up to $70
Apple Watch Series 6: Up to $45
Apple Watch SE (1st generation): Up to $30

iPad trade-in values

iPad Pro: Up to $720
iPad: Up to $260
iPad Air: Up to $490
iPad mini: Up to $300

Mac trade-in values

MacBook Pro: Up to $855
MacBook Air: Up to $580
iMac: Up to $380
iMac Pro: Up to $315
Mac mini: Up to $480
Mac Studio: Up to $1305
Mac Pro: Up to $2195

More Android devices suffice for Apple's trade-in programme too

Equally noteworthy, however, is that Apple has expanded the database of Android devices eligible for trade-in values too. If you're looking to move from Android to iPhone, there's a bully chance Apple will springiness you immoderate money towards a caller acquisition aliases lease.

New this week are the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, Google Pixel 9 Pro, Google Pixel 9, OnePlus 13, and OnePlus 13R. While that's bully news for these devices owners looking to upgrade, immoderate Android users person immoderate bad news: Apple lowered trade-in values for the following: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G, Google Pixel 8 Pro, Google Pixel 7 Pro, and Google Pixel 7. Apple only reduced these values by $5 aliases $10, truthful it isn't major, but it's absorbing to spot which devices the institution feels aren't worthy rather arsenic much.

Here's the afloat database of Android devices and their trade-in values pinch Apple: