{"id":30997,"date":"2015-06-01T15:45:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T20:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=30997"},"modified":"2015-06-01T15:46:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T20:46:45","slug":"theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-trade-in-your-old-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/30997-theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-trade-in-your-old-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s Never Been A Better Time To Trade In Your Old iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29480\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol.jpg\" alt=\"green-recycling-symbol\" width=\"350\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol-284x227.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol-190x152.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/green-recycling-symbol-150x120@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about trading in your iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, or iPhone 5S for a new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, drop everything and head on over to your local Apple Store.\u00a0Apple is raising the trade-in price on the three older models in order to boost sales of the newest models.<\/p>\n<p>For the month of June, trading in an iPhone 4S will get you $50 of gift card credit (up from $35), an iPhone 5 captures $100 of credit (up from $85), and that nice iPhone 5S you have? You&#8217;ll get $200 of credit for trading it in (up from $175). These deals are only available in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if you&#8217;ve thought about finally trading in that Samsung smartphone for an iPhone 6 Plus, <a href=\"http:\/\/store.apple.com\/us\/browse\/reuse_and_recycle\" target=\"_blank\">Apple has a trade-in program for folks who don&#8217;t currently own iPhones<\/a>. Remember, there are also a number of third-party trade-in programs from other companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/gazelle.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gazelle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextworth.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nextworth<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=sr_in_-2_p_89_1?srs=9187220011&amp;fst=as%3Aoff&amp;rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A%21493964%2Cn%3A2811119011%2Cp_89%3AApple&amp;bbn=2811119011&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1433188246&amp;rnid=2528832011\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, the last of which offers some of the more impressive trade-in values for your consumer electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about trading in your iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, or iPhone 5S for a new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, drop everything and head on over to your local Apple Store.\u00a0Apple is raising the trade-in price on the three older models in order to boost sales of the newest models. 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