{"id":473997,"date":"2026-05-30T01:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/473997\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:42:09","slug":"apple-boosts-trade-in-prices-for-iphones-ipads-apple-watches-and-macbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/473997\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Boosts Trade-In Prices for iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and MacBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple stealthily rolled out changes to its trade-in<\/a> payout ranges this week, resulting in some net gains — or losses — for people seeking to upgrade to the latest iPhones<\/a>, iPads<\/a>, Macs<\/a> and Apple\u00a0Watches<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Any figures you see are the maximum payout you could receive for a used device. The actual trade-in value depends not only on the model but also on the configuration (such as the amount of memory or storage), the condition of the tech and other factors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s no change to the overall pattern of the trade-ins.<\/a> Newer products still have a higher overall estimated trade-in value than older models.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some phones didn’t receive any price tweaks at all. And while all the iPads are showing a higher payout, some products — including the second-gen iPhone SE, the original Watch Ultra, the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro — are seeing a lower trade-in value.<\/p>\n

Some of the largest percentage bumps for iPhones include:<\/p>\n

iPhone 15 Pro Max: up to $490 (increase of $25)iPhone 16: up to $460 (increase of $25)iPhone SE 3rd generation: up to $80 (increase of $5)iPhone 14 Pro Max: up to $375 (increase of $25)iPhone 13 Pro: up to $260 (increase of $20)iPhone 14 Pro: up to $320 (increase of $25)iPhone 15 Pro: up to $410 (increase of $35)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Select other devices:<\/p>\n

MacBook Air: up to $520 (increase of $35)Mac Mini: up to $375 (increase of $35)Mac Studio: up to $1045 (increase of $70)iPad: up to $235 (increase of $15)iPad Mini: up to $265 (increase of $15)Watch SE 2nd generation: up to $60 (increase of $5)Watch Ultra 2: up to $305 (increase of $10)Watch Series 9: up to $130 (increase of $10)<\/p>\n

The changes are all within 10% of the original maximum values. The Pro models of the iPhone 13, 14 and 15 received the largest percentage adjustments of all the phones: $20 (8.3%), $25 (8.5%) and $35 (9.3%), respectively. Of all the affected products, the Mac Mini received the biggest windfall: 10.3%, or an increase from $340 to $375.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Apple <\/p>\n

The Mac Mini received the largest percentage increase of trade-in value.<\/p>\n

Josh Goldman\/CNET<\/p>\n

I was somewhat surprised the company’s still taking trade-ins for Intel-based systems rather than recycling them, given that Apple switched to its own silicon with the launch of its M series processors<\/a> in 2020, which it’s\u00a0used exclusively<\/a> since 2023. But there still seems to be a market for used models with Intel architecture, or at least sites like BackMarket still offer them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple’s Mac operating system will stop supporting Intel processors natively<\/a> with the next version, MacOS 27, and then only through its Rosetta emulation software through MacOS 28. (If you’re still using an almost 10-year-old iMac Pro<\/a>, as a computer reviewer, I urge you to trade it in before Apple drops it entirely.)<\/p>\n

But more interesting, and possibly depressing for some, is that Apple has also reduced what it’s willing to pay for Android trade-ins. The most recent Samsung Galaxy phones, the S23 and S24 lines, have been dropped entirely from Apple’s trade-in program. None of the remaining Samsung phones received an increase, and several even dropped by $5. I’ve reached out to Apple for clarification on some of the decisions.<\/p>\n

Apple periodically reassesses trade-in estimates for used devices. In this case, however, the payout adjustments are occurring before the tech giant’s annual developer conference,\u00a0WWDC<\/a>, on June 8, so the timing could be strategic. At those major events, Apple debuted new hardware to showcase updated capabilities of its operating systems. It’s been a while since Apple’s done that, though — not since 2023, when it rolled out multiple devices<\/a>, including the Vision Pro headset and 15-inch MacBook Air.<\/p>\n

Price volatility for consumers could be another factor. AI’s ravenous demand for components<\/a>\u00a0— and the resources needed to make them — has created severe shortages of memory, processors and SSD storage,\u00a0driving computer and phone prices higher<\/a> and even affecting available\u00a0configuration options<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps Apple’s updates to trade-in estimates are intended to distract budget-conscious buyers (a little) from the sticker shock of upgrading our hardware.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple stealthily rolled out changes to its trade-in payout ranges this week, resulting in some net gains —…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-473997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}