Amazon promises pretty good money for your used iPhone -- except that you'll have to take it in gift card form.
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Planning to upgrade your iPhone to whatever model Apple announces next month? Amazon wants to make it worth your while.
As of today, the company is offering some of the highest trade-in values I've seen on used iPhones. The only catch? Your payout comes in the form of an Amazon gift card, not actual cash.
Amazon is accepting used, fully functional iPhones from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. As with most trade-in services, you must specify whether your model is in acceptable, good, or like-new condition. That dictates the amount you'll get in return.
For example, my AT&T iPhone 4S 32GB is in perfect working order, with no visible signs of use and all the original materials included (earbuds, sync cable, box, etc.). What's more, I haven't personalized it in any way (i.e. engraving). Assuming Amazon agrees with my assessment, I'll get a gift card worth $455. If the iPhone was merely in "good" shape, with normal signs of wear (including light scratches on the body), I'd get $386.75.
Another example: a Sprint iPhone 4 8GB fetches up to $230 if it's like new, $195.50 if it's good, and $69 if it's merely "acceptable."... [Read more]
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