- Offer valid through 10/23 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
- The $100 gift card is included with the Pixel 7 in Lemongrass, which is available for pre-order now, as of October 12.
- The $100 gift card is now included with the Pixel 7 in Snow, as of October 11.
- The Pixel 7 Pro in Hazel seems to go in and out of availability for pre-order. Keep checking throughout each day.
Trade-in value notes:
- In states CA (please add more), tax is charged on (price - TIV_promo).
- In states NJ, NY, tax is charged on (price - TIV_promo - TIV_normal).
- NJ: When I did an in-store pickup of an online-order, tax was automatically calculated on (price - TIV_promo - TIV_normal). But when I did an in-store purchasing today, tax was calculated on (price - TIV_promo). According to the representative, this is because TIV_normal is processes as a GC and it has to be applied after the checkout, so the tax is charged on that part. Don't know if this is all true to CA or other states.
| Model | TIV listed on promo [bestbuy.com] | actual TIV [promo+normal] | worth attention | TIV in Fi-promo (for reference) |
| iPhone SE (3rd Gen) | $465 | $475 [300+175] | vv | $235 |
| iPhone XR | $415 | $420 [300+120] | v | $335 |
| iPhone XS | $420 | $425 | $330 | |
| iPhone 11 | $475 | $490 [300+190] | v | $330 |
| iPhone 12 mini | $510 | $510 [300+210] | $261 | |
| Pixel 4a 5g | $320 | $320 [250+70] | $100 | |
| Pixel 6 | $470 | $480 [250+230] | $240 | |
| Pixel 6 Pro | $500 | $545 [250+295] | $280 | |
| less interesting | ||||
| iPhone XS Max | $475 | |||
| iPhone 11 Pro | $530 | |||
| iPhone 11 Pro Max | $600 | |||
| iPhone 12 | $570 | |||
| iPhone 12 Pro | $650 | |||
| iPhone 12 Pro Max | $700 | |||
| Galaxy S20 5G | $360 | |||
| Galaxy S20+ 5G | $385 | |||
| Galaxy S22 Ultra | $610 | |||
| Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G | $435 | |||
| Galaxy S20 FE 5G | $380 | $380 | ||
| Galaxy S21 5G | $390 | |||
| Galaxy S21+ 5G | $425 | $450 | ||
| Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G | $545 | |||
| Galaxy S21 FE 5G | $435 | |||
| Galaxy S22 | $465 | $540 | ||
| Galaxy S22+ | $550 | $670 | ||
| Galaxy Note20 Ultra | $490 | |||
| Galaxy Note20 | $415 | |||
| Galaxy Note10+ 5G | $380 | |||
| Galaxy Note10+ | $370 | |||
| A71 5G (AT&T) | $70 | |||
| Pixel 4 | $300 | |||
| Pixel 4 XL | $320 | |||
| Pixel 4a | $315 | |||
| Pixel 5 | $370 |
- I've done in-store trade-ins a few times at Best Buy. They only do a cursory look at the phone, to make sure it matches the color and condition. They don't care if it is carrier locked or is still being financed. -RonaldM
- (anyone else?)
This post can be edited by most users to provide up-to-date information about developments of this thread based on user responses, and user findings. Feel free to add, change or remove information shown here as it becomes available. This includes new coupons, rebates, ideas, thread summary, and similar items.
Leave a Comment
Top Comments
1. Go to the "Order Details" page for your order on bestbuy.com. This page likely says "Shipping Kit on its way" for the trade in status.
2. Open Developer Console in Chrome. Navigate to the "Networks" tab and reload the page.
3. Search for "trade" in the search box.
4. You should see 3 results - the third begins with "2002..." for me. Click on this one.
5. Click on "tradeInStatusInfo" -> "fulfillment" -> "tracking".
You will see the tracking number of the return shipping UPS label. You should also see a "isBoxShipped" field that likely reflects if your trade-in kit has shipped yet.
General process
Trade-in tips
iPhone XR $415
iPhone XS $420
iPhone XS Max $475
iPhone 11 $475
iPhone 11 Pro $530
iPhone 11 Pro Max $600
iPhone 12 mini $510
iPhone 12 $570
iPhone 12 Pro $650
iPhone 12 Pro Max $700
iPhone SE (3rd Gen) $465
Galaxy S22 Ultra $610
Galaxy S22+ $550
Galaxy S22 $465
Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G $545
Galaxy S21+ 5G $425
Galaxy S21 5G $390
Galaxy S21 FE 5G $435
Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G $435
Galaxy S20+ 5G $385
Galaxy S20 5G $360
Galaxy Note20 Ultra $490
Galaxy Note20 $415
Galaxy Note10+ 5G $380
Galaxy Note10+ $370
Pixel 6 Pro $500
Pixel 6 $470
Pixel 5 $370
Pixel 4a $315
Pixel 4 $300
Pixel 4 XL $320
3,696 Comments
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
I didnt find major difference. is 7 pro work extra $200?
I would say yes if you like stock Android smothness and smart features (call screen, transcribe, photo unblur, magic pencil) from Pixel
I would say no if you like Samsung Deck feature to plug in monitor, mouse, keyboard.
So..I just traded in 2 iphone XRs for $420 each. You're telling me if I decided to return the Pixel 7s I'll receive a Best Buy gift for $840 and will be refunded the price of the Pixel 7s?
Hate to say it but that's way slicker than getting these phones.
Edit: Or is it that I'd receive $420 for each XR in BB gift cards, and the remainder of the Pixel 7 cost would have that deducted before refund (so roughly $260 only)? Anybody know?
I didnt find major difference. is 7 pro work extra $200?
If you don't care about display quality then the Pixel will be just fine. same camera, same capability.
Recap: so for $200 extra, you get
- bigger display ~12% more display area, less tall aspect ratio 19.5:9
- 1440p display with 120Hz variable refresh
- much bigger battery (5000 vs 4300)
- telephoto camera 5x
- 12GB ram vs 8GB ram
- better speakers (maybe?)
So the real question is, will this deal still be available on October 18th?
edit: Oops. that link was for October 2021. They haven't gone live with the Holiday return policy for 2022 yet, but live chat agent said they expect to very soon.
The speed definiately goes to the s22, google only upgraded the medium cores so its not getting any faster than the pixel 6, which I had along with the s22 and the s22 is a faster phone. At best it will be more efficient when stuff is put on the medium cores.
You can remove anything you think is bloat on the s22 so its a non issue.
The camera on the pixel 6 is super inconsistent and the selfie camera is just straight up garbage so unless they fixed all those issues i definitely wouldn't give it to google yet.
The new modem better be way better than the old one because the last one was garbage.
The pixel 6 was a bug ridden experience, doesn't matter if the camera is faster if you have to take 3 shots to get a good picture. Doesn't matter if it has less bloat if it can't hold a cell signal. The pixel 7 has a lot to prove before i'll buy one.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
If you don't care about display quality then the Pixel will be just fine. same camera, same capability.
Recap: so for $200 extra, you get
- bigger display ~12% more display area, less tall aspect ratio 19.5:9
- 1440p display with 120Hz variable refresh
- much bigger battery (5000 vs 4300)
- telephoto camera 5x
- 12GB ram vs 8GB ram
- better speakers (maybe?)
IMO, Pixel 7 Pro is much better deal here. Regular Pixel 7 lowers battery capacity, make screen smaller while doesn't reduce bezel that much and that 20:9 aspect ratio is painful tall for a phone. Also the 90Hz display doesn't have variable refresh rate so your battery will suffer.
65 dollars lesser trade in value from Google FWIW
$899 Pixel 7 Pro
- $200 GC
- $545 Pixel 6 Pro trade-in
- 5% cashback myBB card ~$20
= $134+tax
So basically I've been renting the P6 Pro for $12/month. Not too bad.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
That said, Google has their Pixel-exclusive features (I have really missed Call Screen switching to OnePlus), they allow you to unlock the bootloader and root/flash custom ROMs, their software is lighter and generally feels smoother (Android 12 was the exception but 13 looks to be fixing that) than OneUI's bloated mess does, and the cameras on Pixels take the best point and click pictures (but can be somewhat lacking in the pro side of things).
Another thing is Samsung does killer trade in deals for upgrading to new models. Google isn't as generous.
Leave a Comment