DON'T permission your aged iPhone sitting successful a drawer – it could beryllium worthy hundreds astatine your section Apple Store.
You request to cheque Apple's authoritative database of trade-in prices that uncover precisely however overmuch your aged iPhone could beryllium worth.
If you've got a precise premium model, it could spell for arsenic precocious arsenic £655.
You tin adjacent commercialized successful precise aged models, close backmost to 2017's now-ancient iPhone 8. Theresa May had lone been Prime Minister for conscionable implicit a twelvemonth erstwhile that came out.
When you bash a trade-in astatine the Apple Store, you'll beryllium capable to slash the worth disconnected the terms of a caller exemplary (read our iPhone 16 review).
But you don't really request to spell in: Apple besides offers trade-ins from location if you prefer.
HOW TO TRADE-IN AT APPLE STORE
Before we get to the worth of your aged iPhone, it's worthy knowing however trade-ins work.
The simplest mode is to conscionable spell to an Apple Store.
You'll privation to backmost up your iPhone first. You don't request to afloat reset it – Apple volition assistance you bash that. But you should unpair your Apple Watch if you person one.
Then conscionable spell to the Apple Store and talk to a Specialist volition inspect it past springiness you a valuation connected the spot.
If Apple says that it's not worthy anything, they'll connection to recycle it for parts for free. You tin cull this if you prefer.
When you spell done with the trade-in, you tin enactment that worth towards different item.
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But if you're not acceptable to bargain something, the worth tin beryllium placed connected an Apple Gift Card instead.
If you privation to commercialized your aged iPhone successful online, it's a somewhat antithetic process.
For online trade-ins, you'll privation to get a trade-in estimate.
Then take a caller product, adhd your trade-in instrumentality during the process, and past cheque out.
You'll get a confirmation email that volition explicate however to backmost up your iPhone and hole it for trade-in.
This volition besides explicate however to instrumentality the instrumentality erstwhile you person your mail-in kit from Apple.
The full process usually takes astir 2 to 3 weeks erstwhile you've mailed successful oregon dropped disconnected your aged iPhone.
Your archetypal outgo method for your caller iPhone volition beryllium credited erstwhile your aged instrumentality is received – and its information is verified.
RECYCLING INSTEAD? WHAT TO DO
If you privation to get your aged iPhone recycled due to the fact that it's not worthy anything, you'll request to get it acceptable first
You'll privation to backmost up your information by going into Settings > [Name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup.
Then wholly hitch your instrumentality by going to Settings > General > Transfer oregon Reset iPhone > Erase All Content and Settings.
If you're sending it successful by post, Apple says you indispensable travel these rules for safety:
- Do not nonstop escaped batteries.
- Discharge the portion to little than 30%.
- Do not nonstop electronics that are disassembled into parts.
- Do not nonstop electronics with swollen, damaged oregon defective batteries.
- For full units, situation the merchandise with astatine slightest 6 centimetres of suitable filler material, specified arsenic recycled oregon reused packaging, earlier placing it wrong a corrugated box.
- Send lone 1 instrumentality per box.
That's due to the fact that your iPhone contains a lithium-ion battery, which tin airs information risks if they're not stored oregon transported properly.
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If the information of your iPhone isn't precisely however you described it, you mightiness get a revised value.
This could beryllium little than the archetypal estimate. If that's the case, you tin either accidental yes oregon no.
If you cull the caller offer, the trade-in volition beryllium cancelled and you'll get your aged iPhone back.
It's besides imaginable that your revised worth is much than the archetypal estimation – truthful you'll extremity up with bonus credit.
HOW MUCH IS MY OLD IPHONE WORTH?
If you're reasoning astir trading successful your aged iPhone, Apple has a acceptable database of trade-in values for 27 eligible models.
Here's the afloat list:
- iPhone 15 Pro Max – Up to £655
- iPhone 15 Pro – Up to £555
- iPhone 15 Plus – Up to £420
- iPhone 15 – Up to £395
- iPhone 14 Pro Max – Up to £470
- iPhone 14 Pro – Up to £425
- iPhone 14 Plus – Up to £330
- iPhone 14 – Up to £310
- iPhone SE (3rd generation) – Up to £120
- iPhone 13 Pro Max – Up to £345
- iPhone 13 Pro – Up to £295
- iPhone 13 – Up to £260
- iPhone 13 mini – Up to £205
- iPhone 12 Pro Max – Up to £255
- iPhone 12 Pro – Up to £205
- iPhone 12 – Up to £160
- iPhone 12 mini – Up to £125
- iPhone SE (2nd generation) – Up to £55
- iPhone 11 Pro Max – Up to £160
- iPhone 11 Pro – Up to £135
- iPhone 11 – Up to £110
- iPhone XS Max – Up to £100
- iPhone XS – Up to £70
- iPhone XR – Up to £85
- iPhone X – Up to £50
- iPhone 8 Plus – Up to £50
- iPhone 8 – Up to £40
It's important to retrieve that these are "up to" figures, truthful you mightiness not get the apical values.
If your iPhone is successful large information past you could get the afloat sum – but immoderate harm volition apt bring the valuation down.