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TL;DR
- Google has revealed trade-in affords for the Pixel 8 telephones.
- The Pixel 7 Professional will solely get you as much as $420 in credit score, lower than the iPhone 11.
- Nevertheless, Google is providing stable trade-in values for older Pixels and iPhones.
The Google Pixel 8 collection is right here, and each telephones have obtained a $100 worth hike. One technique to soften the blow is to utilize Google’s trade-in affords, however a few of these affords appear ridiculously unhealthy.
For starters, it looks as if the corporate is low-balling trade-in affords for its prime Pixel cellphone of 2022. Google says it’s ready to offer you as much as $420 credit score for the Pixel 7 Professional which launched at $899. Nevertheless, this determine is decrease than even 2019’s iPhone 11 (as much as $440 credit score) and 2021’s Galaxy S21 Extremely (as much as $430). The Pixel 7 fares slightly higher as you’re getting as much as $325 in credit score, however that’s really decrease than 2018’s iPhone XR ($350).
The corporate is allotting some fairly anemic trade-in values for foldables too. Count on to stand up to $364 in credit score for the top-end Galaxy Z Fold 4 (which launched at $1,799) and as much as $220 for the Galaxy Z Flip 4.
Issues don’t look higher should you’ve acquired a OnePlus handset. The corporate says you’ll stand up to $104 for the OnePlus 10 Professional (if it’s the 512GB mannequin), whereas the OnePlus 9 will solely internet you $72 in credit score. At the least the OnePlus 9 Professional will get you as much as $200. Why are you getting rather more credit score for the OnePlus 9 Professional in comparison with the OnePlus 10 Professional? Who is aware of.
Older Pixels and iPhones are price buying and selling in
It’s not all unhealthy, although, as 9to5Google rightfully notes that trade-in affords for older Pixels are respectable to beneficiant. Count on to stand up to $400 for the Pixel 6 Professional, $325 for the Pixel 6, and $300 for the Pixel 6a. Google can be allotting as much as $250 in credit score for the Pixel 4, $200 for the Pixel 4a, and as much as $300 for the Pixel 5.
You’re additionally getting some stable trade-in values should you’ve acquired an iPhone. Google gives you as much as $750 in credit score for an iPhone 14 Professional collection gadget, all the way in which all the way down to the iPhone XR’s aforementioned $350 credit score. In saying so, values take a steep drop from right here, whereas even final 12 months’s iPhone SE 2022 will solely internet you as much as $100.
It’s however clear that Google is concentrating on individuals with older iPhones and Pixels with its trade-in affords. It’s simply unlucky that homeowners of current Pixels and different Android telephones don’t get respectable trade-in values too.
