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Samsung significantly nerfs its Z Flip 3 trade-in deal for the Z Flip 4
Trading in your Z Flip 3 will now get you $200 less towards your new Samsung foldable
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 was an instant hit that amassed over 52% of the total foldable phone market share in 2021. The device's successor — the Galaxy Z Flip 4 — was released last week. To enable similar success for its new foldable, Samsung has been offering $900 of credit towards the purchase of the Z Flip 4 in exchange for a functioning model of its predecessor. This ensured that the cost of the Z Flip 4 after credit deductions came to a mere $99. However, it seems that the deal has now been modified, leaving those who bought the base model Z Flip 3 hundreds of dollars worse off.
I know you're reading an Android blog right now, but what if you wanted to walk on the wild side and get an iPhone? Well, you could trade in your Android phone to save a few bucks, but it'll be fewer bucks going forward. Apple has changed its trade-in values for Android phones, cutting as much as $110 from the phones it accepts.
Decluttr pays 33% more for iPhone trade-ins than carriers, plus AP readers get an extra 10% on top of that
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Trading in for a Z Fold3 or Z Flip3? What you need to know — and how to get the most for your phones
Samsung's trades system is weird. Knowing how to use it could save you hundreds.
Samsung's newest folding phones may not be quite as expensive as prior generations, but they're still very spendy, with the Z Flip3 starting at ,000 and the Z Fold3 at ,800. The company's been known to offer remarkably fair trade values in recent years, though, and for these phones in particular, you can send Samsung a staggering four trade-in devices, potentially driving the cost way down. But things can get a little complicated. Here, we get into the nitty-gritty of what every phone is worth to Samsung, and how to get the best value for your trades.
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Samsung did Pixel owners dirty on trade-in values for the Z Fold3 and Flip3
$100 for a Pixel 4 XL, and the company won't even take anything more recent than that
It's Samsung pre-order day for the new folding phones, and this time around, Samsung isn't subsidizing anyone with crazy trade-in values. In fact, outside being able to dump a whole pile of older devices that Samsung is graciously offering a minimum for, they're pretty middle-of-the-road-to-bad — but you can stack up to four trade-ins. That's more than the two we expected previously.