“iPhone owners last month were more willing than ever to trade in their older devices for top value leading up to — and immediately following — the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s unveilings, according to Gazelle,” Kevin Bostic reports for AppleInsider.
“The nation’s top trade-in service told AppleInsider that iPhone trade-ins for cash payouts during September rose 53% compared to the same period during last September’s iPhone 5 launch,” Bostic reports for AppleInsider. “When compared to the same period in 2011, trade-ins rose nearly eighteenfold.”
Bostic reports, “It wasn’t just iPhones that Gazelle users were trading in, either: The company also reported a surge in non-iPhone device trades. ‘Our higher trade-in values show an increase of new devices like the… Samsung Galaxy S III and S4,’ said Gazelle’s Chief Gadget Officer Anthony Scarsella.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]