Trade-in offers, compared
| Who | What you get | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Trade In | Credit toward an Apple purchase, or an Apple Gift Card | Not money; a fixed grid |
| Carriers (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Vidéotron) | Bill or device credit | Tied to a plan, often spread over its term |
| A SubSell trade-in | A trade-in value above our cash price, taken off one of our phones | The bonus only lowers the phone you buy; it is never paid out in cash |
| Selling, then buying | Cash for your phone, then you buy wherever you like | No trade-in value: your phone is paid at the cash price |
How a SubSell trade-in works
- Pick your old phone and the one you want in the trade-in calculator.
- Your old phone’s trade-in value comes off the price of the new one: you pay only the difference.
- If your old phone is worth more than the one you take, we pay you the difference in cash, at the cash price.
- Every phone you get is checked, not tied to any carrier, with a 1-year warranty on any technical issue and a lifetime warranty on any network problem.
Student, newcomer, Montréal resident or Laval resident? On a trade-in, up to +15% on the cash price, confirmed in store; the bonus lowers the price of the phone you buy and is never paid out in cash (the terms).
Before you take a carrier trade-in
Read how the credit is paid: all at once or monthly, and what happens if you change plans. If the credit only arrives over a contract, compare it with money in hand today. And if you are buying at Apple, bring your Apple Trade In quote to SubSell: we try to beat it.