iPhone trade-in values get a lift from now by June 18 whenever you flip over your outdated iPhone on-line or in an Apple Retailer, the Cupertino tech big mentioned Friday. The financial will increase are modest, however hey, each greenback counts. So now, or anytime Apple raises iPhone trade-in values, is the time to refresh your handset with a shiny new one from the iPhone 16 lineup.
Apple boosts iPhone trade-in values for a restricted time
Apple’s limited-time promotion elevating iPhone trade-in values runs by June 18, based on the Apple web site’s iPhone trade-in webpage. Maybe it’s an effort to jack up gross sales in these unsure occasions, as President Trump threatened Apple Friday with a further 25% tariff on iPhones if Cupertino doesn’t shift manufacturing to the USA.
Apple elevated the trade-in values, however not by an enormous quantity. For instance, for those who commerce in an iPhone 15 Professional Max, you stand up to $650. The same old most worth is $630. The will increase span anyplace from $5 to $30 going again to iPhone 8, with the bulk within the $10 to $20 vary.
On the excessive finish, you possibly can stand up to $30 extra in your iPhone 12 (iPhone 12 beforehand as much as $170, now as much as $200; iPhone 12 Professional was as much as $220, now as much as $250).
So, say you’re at the moment rocking an iPhone 11. Now you possibly can stand up to $150 for it in commerce (beforehand as much as $130). So now’s the proper time to improve to an iPhone Collection 16 cellphone — possibly Telephone 16e, Apple’s most-recent handset launch. Cult of Mac’s reviewer, D. Griffin Jones, beloved it. “The cellphone’s gentle weight and clear rear design made me completely satisfied each time I picked it up, in a manner I haven’t felt since my iPhone 5s,” he mentioned.
And for those who do go the iPhone 16e route, after all you’ll wish to defend it with an superior case. Alternatively, an Apple-certified refurbished iPhone 15 may hit the spot.
To seek out you handset’s present trade-in worth, see the chart on Apple’s website. There you too can discover a “Discover your trade-in worth” interactive software that allows you to enter your smartphone info to reach at a greenback determine Apple says it’s price in a commerce.
Present values on current iPhones:

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