How to Lock In a Trade-In Price For Your iPhone Before the iPhone 5 is Released

Apple’s next-gen iPhone is due to be announced on September 12, and anticipation couldn’t be higher! As the date draws closer, it will become increasingly difficult to sell your current iPhone for a reasonable price. But you don’t want to be without your iPhone for a month, right? So what’s to be done?


 Gazelle and NextWorth both have an offer they think you’re going to like – they’ll let you trade-in your iPhone now, but keep it until the next iPhone is released! The trade-in companies have agreed to lock in the trade-in price for current iPhones, and give users until October 1st to actually send them in!

The offers are pretty good, too, and it’s worth checking both sites to see who will offer you the most~ Those offers will drop as time passes, however, so hit this up sooner rather than later!

For other options, check out our post on when and where to sell your old iPhone, as well as our post on how to prepare your iPhone for sale!

J. Glenn Künzler

Glenn is Managing Editor at MacTrast, and has been using a Mac since he bought his first MacBook Pro in 2006. He lives in a small town in Utah, enjoys bacon more than you can possibly imagine, and is severely addicted to pie.