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Google’s Trade-in Program Surprises People With More Money Than Estimated With Pixel 10 Orders

Kellen September 9, 2025 79

For many of the Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro pre-orders that arrived over the past week, new owners of those devices likely told Google that they had a device to trade-in to get a discount off new hardware. Some of those folks sent off that older hardware as...

Trading In Your Old Phone? Always Take a Video! (Updated)

Tim November 14, 2022 50

The unthinkable has happened, folks. After years of me saying that I have yet to have an issue with a trade-in process, it's Google that has broken the streak. Naturally. Let my suboptimal situation be a lesson to anyone planning to use their old phone as a...

DEAL: Samsung’s Instant $400-Off Trade-In Promo is Back and Better Than Ever for Note 8, Galaxy S8

Kellen December 8, 2017 38

If Samsung really wants to keep hacking $400 off the price of their phones with select trade-ins, we'll have to keep telling you about it. And that's what happened starting this morning - the $400-off with instant trade credit deal is back for the Galaxy S8,...

Pixel 2 and 2 XL Owners Who Used Google’s Trade-In Program, How’s That Process Going?

Kellen November 10, 2017 146

We're now a few weeks into your ownership of a Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL, which also means that your Google Store trade-in has likely processed if you sent that off. At this point, we'd love to know how that situation is shaking out, since a couple of our readers...

Google Store Trade-In Program Will Give You Up to $410 for a Pixel XL, $360 for Pixel

Kellen September 27, 2017 77

Shortly after Google launched their device trade-in program for Project Fi and the Google Store last week, we all noticed that the Pixel and Pixel XL were not listed as devices eligible to be traded in. This week, that changed and both are now listed, giving...

Google Launches Project Fi Device Trade-In Program, Will Likely do the Same for Google Store (Updated)

Kellen September 20, 2017 63

You may be Google'd out after we revealed a whole bunch of Google's upcoming devices yesterday, like the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google Home Mini, Google Pixelbook, and new Daydream View headset, but there is more to discuss. And for those of you who are...

Walmart Intros Nationwide Smartphone Trade-in Program, Get Instant Credit Towards a New Phone

Tim September 10, 2013 45

Today, Walmart launched a trade-in program for aged-smartphone owners hoping to get quick credit to put towards a new phone. Walmart gave some examples for what your old phones would be worth, so we can list those out and then you can compare to other services...

HTC’s Trade Up Program Will Get You Up to $300 for Trading in Old Phones After Buying a New HTC

Kellen September 18, 2012 77

HTC is so excited about their current and future lineup of phones that it wants to reward you for purchasing one of them. To do that, they have launched a new trade in program called "HTC Trade Up," which can land you up to $300 depending on what your old...