{"id":1364,"date":"2026-09-18T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/how-apples-iphone-18-price-increases-impact-your-trade-in-value-at-verizon-t-mobile-or-att\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:00:38","slug":"how-apples-iphone-18-price-increases-impact-your-trade-in-value-at-verizon-t-mobile-or-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/how-apples-iphone-18-price-increases-impact-your-trade-in-value-at-verizon-t-mobile-or-att\/","title":{"rendered":"How Apple’s iPhone 18 price increases impact your trade-in value at Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wall Street thinks sales of the pricier new Apple (AAPL) iPhone 18 lineup are off to a brisk start. That’s good news from an economic standpoint because it’s not cheap to buy one in-store, despite stepped-up carrier promotions. <\/p>\n

US wireless carriers Verizon (VZ), T-Mobile (TMUS), and AT&T (T) have increased incentives for iPhone purchases, according to analysis by Bank of America’s Michael Funk. The maximum trade-in credits for the iPhone 18 Pro Max increased to $1,200, up from $1,100 for the iPhone 17 Pro Max and $1,000 for the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The trade-in credit for the iPhone 18 Pro is also $1,200. <\/p>\n

But that’s where the savings end. <\/p>\n

As part of the financing, customers are required to pay an activation fee ($35-$40) and tax on the device’s full retail price. The cost increases by $150 with the addition of an AppleCare+ plan. <\/p>\n

Based on a scenario where a customer purchases the new iPhone by trading in a phone that qualifies for the highest credits, the initial cost, says Funk, is $291-$296 for the new iPhone 18 Pro and $400-$405 for iPhone 18 Pro Max. <\/p>\n

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Call it a sign of the times. <\/p>\n

Apple officially instituted a $100 price hike across its entire flagship smartphone lineup this year, raising the starting price for its latest hardware. The hikes reflect surging global memory-component costs and elevated chip manufacturing expenses. <\/p>\n

The new foldable iPhone Duo starts at a price of $1,999. <\/p>\n

Preorders for the phone began on Sept. 12, with the hardware officially hitting stores today. <\/p>\n

“We expect a strong iPhone cycle with the higher ASPs [average selling prices] and uptake of Duo. Siri AI should drive increased interest in upgrades,” Funk said. <\/p>\n

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Wall Street thinks sales of the pricier new Apple (AAPL) iPhone 18 lineup are off to a brisk start. That’s good news from an economic standpoint because it’s not cheap to buy one in-store, despite stepped-up carrier promotions. US wireless carriers Verizon (VZ), T-Mobile (TMUS), and AT&T (T) have increased incentives for iPhone purchases, according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-us-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}