After the release of the iPhone 15 series this year, everyone said that squeezing out toothpaste is more obvious, but for an iPhone 13 user like me, the titanium frame, A17Pro chip, and smart island design are enough to impress me to switch. So, while I was waiting to receive the goods, I began to research the best way to exchange my old Apple mobile phone for money. Unexpectedly, this year, the official exchange offer was the most.
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Apple’s official price is higher than last year
According to past experience, official recycling mobile phone prices are generally the lowest. If your product is older and not included in Apple’s recycling list, they will not even give you a penny.
Apple helps you recycle it for free. Therefore, official replacement channels are generally not everyone’s mainstream choice. However, this situation has changed this year.
The replacement price for my iPhone 13 Pro Max 256GB on the official website is 4,800 yuan. In my impression, this price is more than last year when the iPhone 14 series was first released.
After using it for an extra year, the value of Apple’s official website has been even better maintained, which I didn’t expect.4,800 yuan is also the highest price among mainstream platforms.Let’s take a look at how much money Aihuishou and Zhuanzhuan can give.
The price of Aihuishou is 4,450 yuan. This price includes a 350 yuan coupon. If you don’t have this coupon, you can only get 4,100 yuan.
Turning around, the iPhone 13 Pro Max can be purchased for 4,872 yuan, but it also includes a coupon of 744 yuan. The basic price of the phone is only about 4,100 yuan, the same as Aihuishou. Note: Both recycling platforms choose new condition and no scratches.
Friends who have used offline second-hand recycling platforms will basically encounter situations where the actual amount received does not match the estimate. The money may be reduced due to various quality or other problems. However, Apple’s official recycling is much more generous and will not care about some scratches or quality problems. If you are not confident in your own quality, you should not go for second-hand recycling.
However, the advantage of the second-hand recycling platform is that it is convenient. It provides door-to-door recycling or offline recycling, and the money is deposited in seconds. If you choose to send Apple for recycling, the money will take up to half a month to arrive, which is suitable for friends who are not in a hurry to use money. Of course, you can also take your old phone and go directly to the Apple flagship store to exchange it for a new one.
The waiting time for online replacement is long. It is recommended to go offline.
So, having said all that, how do you choose an official replacement? You can refer to the following two points:
If there is no official Apple flagship store in your city, you can choose to mail your old phone. Select the old phone on the order page of Apple's official website and fill in some basic information about the phone's status to get the valuation of the phone. The system will automatically identify the current phone model. Please note if you want to change it.
When making payment, you must first pay the full price to buy a new mobile phone. After receiving the goods, you can transfer the data in the mobile phone to the new mobile phone without worrying about the window period of not using the mobile phone.
After the data transfer is completed, erase the phone and restore it to factory settings. You can then make an appointment with SF Express to send the old phone to a recycling agency designated by Apple. You can track this process in real time in your order.
After Apple gets your old phone, it will pay you if there are no problems, which may take about two or three days.
It is worth mentioning that even if all the steps go smoothly and the phone is fine, the money you deduct will not be credited to your account until 14 days after the new phone is delivered. Overall, this process is very long.
Therefore, if there happens to be an Apple flagship store in your city, it will definitely be a lot less troublesome than sending it by mail next time. You only need to take your old phone to an offline store, and they will directly help you get a new phone at a discounted price, without any ink.
You can also choose to transfer your data in the flagship store, and if there is a problem, Apple store staff will help solve it. But I still recommend backing up the data in advance and erasing the data directly when you get to the store, so you don’t have to wait there for a long time.