It is hardly a secret that tech’s value deteriorates from the moment you open the box, and Apple products – although generally less susceptible to sharp depreciation – are no exception.
Making that point is Apple itself, which has quietly lowered the trade-in prices it will offer on 25 of the 36 products it currently accepts as part exchange for new gear. Of the remaining 11, five have remained the same, while six have actually gone up in trade-in value.
First spotted by MacRumors, the price adjustments appear to be a global thing, rather than limited to the UK. You can see the new price list live on the Apple UK site, while the old prices were captured by the Internet Archive.
The biggest losers are owners of the iPhone 13 Pro, which dropped a massive £120 worth of trade-in value overnight, going from “up to £605” to “up to £485.” Oddly, the larger Pro Max only fell £60, dropping from £625 to £565, so there may be some form of supply and demand equation involved.
Pro handsets losing the most value was a theme, with the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max handsets dropping £55 each to £405 and £350 respectively, while the Pro iPhone 11 handsets fell £45 and £40 to £290 and £240.
Non-Pro models fell anywhere from £5 to £30, though some – like the iPhone 11 and iPhone XS – remained static. The iPhone 8 Plus, oddly, went up a fiver to £105.
Most of Apple’s iPads dropped between £5 and £25 in trade-in value, but only one Mac did – the iMac Pro. While the Mac Pro and MacBook remained the same, the MacBook Pro (+£5), Mac mini (+£20) and MacBook Pro (+£25) actually went up in value. As did the iPad Pro (up £5) and the Apple Watch Series 7, which went up a crisp tenner to £160.
We’ve compiled the full list of price changes below.
UK iPhone trade-in changes
Phone
Original trade-in price
New trade-in price
Difference
iPhone 13 Pro Max
Up to £625
Up to £565
-£60
iPhone 13 Pro
Up to £605
Up to £485
-£120
iPhone 13
Up to £420
Up to £390
-£30
iPhone 13 mini
Up to £335
Up to £325
-£10
iPhone 12 Pro Max
Up to £460
Up to £405
-£55
iPhone 12 Pro
Up to £405
Up to £350
-£55
iPhone 12
Up to £315
Up to £290
-£25
iPhone 12 mini
Up to £250
Up to £235
-£15
iPhone SE 2
Up to £125
Up to £110
-£15
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Up to £330
Up to £290
-£40
iPhone 11 Pro
Up to £285
Up to £240
-£45
iPhone 11
Up to £205
Up to 205
No change
iPhone XS Max
Up to £190
Up to £185
-£5
iPhone XS
Up to £140
Up to £140
No change
iPhone XR
Up to £150
Up to £140
-£10
iPhone X
Up to £115
Up to £110
-£5
iPhone 8 Plus
Up to £100
Up to £105
+£5
iPhone 8
Up to £85
Up to £80
-£5
iPhone 7 Plus
Up to £60
Up to £50
-£10
iPhone 7
Up to £45
Up to £40
-£5
UK iPad trade-in changes
Tablet
Original trade-in price
New trade-in price
Difference
iPad Pro
Up to £485
Up to £490
+£5
iPad Air
Up to £230
Up to £220
-£10
iPad
Up to £190
Up to £165
-£25
iPad mini
Up to £220
Up to £215
-£5
UK Macs trade-in changes
Computer
Original trade-in price
New trade-in price
Difference
MacBook Pro
Up to £590
Up to £595
+£5
MacBook Air
Up to £345
Up to £370
+£25
MacBook
Up to £90
Up to £90
No change
iMac Pro
Up to £640
Up to £575
-£65
iMac
Up to £440
Up to £395
-£45
Mac Pro
Up to £1,040
Up to £1,040
No change
Mac mini
Up to £180
Up to £200
+£20
UK Apple Watch trade-in changes
Wearable
Original trade-in price
New trade-in price
Difference
Apple Watch Series 7
Up to £155
Up to £160
+£5
Apple Watch Series 6
Up to £100
Up to £100
No change
Apple Watch SE
Up to £70
Up to £60
-£10
Apple Watch Series 5
Up to £85
Up to £75
-£10
Apple Watch Series 4
Up to £50
Up to £45
-£5
Of course, you will almost always be able to get a higher price if you sell your Apple gear on yourself privately via Ebay or Gumtree. But you do have to look out for scammers and potentially handle after-sale disputes should the buyer run into any problems.
Still, if you’re trying to shift an iPhone 13 Pro, you might consider that a price worth paying, given its sudden depreciation.