“If you’re itching to buy a brand new iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C the minute it hits store shelves but find yourself not eligible for an upgrade, or without enough cash to justify purchasing it without a subsidy, selling your old iPhone can help offset most, if not all of the cost,” Allyson Kazmucha writes for iMore. “But before you put it up for sale or trade it in, there are some steps you should take to make sure you get the most money for your old iPhone.”
“iPhones hold their value rather well as long as you take care of them. If you’ve taken excellent care of your iPhone you can probably get a little more for it than someone else who is trying to sell off a banged up old iPhone,” Kazmucha writes. “First of all, clean it up. Make sure you remove any surface dirt and get any gunk or lint out of the corners, crevices, and ports as you can. It doesn’t matter how great your iPhone works if it looks like crap, you won’t get the best price.”
Kazmucha writes, “If you’ve got the original cables and accessories that came with your iPhone, that’s a great selling point. If you have the original box it came in, that’s even better. For an even quicker sale, you can include some accessories or cases you’ve purchased for it over time. If you’re upgrading from an iPhone 4S or older, cases and chargers won’t be compatible so throw them in to sweeten the deal and sell your iPhone faster… If you’ve got an iPhone that’s unlocked, it will most likely sell a lot quicker. AT&T and some other carriers will unlock out of contract iPhones so if you’re out of contract you may be able to just call your carrier and request an unlock.”
Much more in the full article here.
[Attribution: iPhone Life. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]