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Here’s why Apple really wants you to trade in your old iPhone
Customers aren’t the only ones who benefit from trade-ins.
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Most major smartphone brands offer some significant trade-in promotions for users looking to upgrade their phones.
Major players, like Apple, will give you a substantial amount of credit when you trade in your older device, but why is that promotion so beneficial to the company?
A new video from the YouTube channel Apple Explained sheds some light on the benefits of trade-in devices for Apple.
At the end of the day, this promotion, which benefits Apple’s customers immensely, serves a great deal for all parties involved.
Apple began offering trade-in values in 2013 after the company saw its first quarterly profit decline. They began heavily promoting the trade-in option in 2017, after the release of the $999 iPhone X.
The idea was that the market had become saturated, and people weren’t buying new phones as often.
By offering cell phone trade-in deals, Apple helped convince users to purchase new phones, even as prices began to increase. Watch the YouTube channel video below:
But the benefits don’t stop there. Apple would lose whatever trade-in credit they offered in profit if they couldn’t do anything with the devices they traded.
Here’s what Apple does with trade-in phones
For phones in good shape, the company can refurbish the devices and resell them for a more affordable price in emerging markets, but what about phones that the company can’t restore?
For damaged devices, Apple has built a robot capable of recovering any recyclable materials in a phone.
The robot, known as Daisy, can recycle 200 phones per hour, recovering precious materials that could otherwise end up in a landfill.
At the end of the day, Apple’s trade-in promotions are a win for everyone. Consumers can trade their old phones for a discount on upgrades, while the company can profit even more by selling some phones twice.
And the environment wins, as the company can reuse materials in older phones instead of sending them to their demise. So if you have ever wondered what phone companies do with trade-ins, we hoped this answered your questions.
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