- 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?)
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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
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For the S22, the stylus is great if you use it, sure. It's hefty, but alright (this coming from a person who never thought they'd get a phone that big). Screen is great, but not a deal breaker difference for me. But the camera - oof. People go on and on about it and it's got the 100x zoom, but I've had 3 Pixel phones before this and the camera on the S22 (and the same for the Flip 3 and Flip 4, which I also had for a bit) just leaves a lot to be desired. It may be an amazing camera if you want to go through the settings and tweak them for whatever scene or situation you're in but for the average person who wants to just pull out the phone, start the camera, and snap a photo of anything that is not completely still and stationary, it is severely lacking.
All that is to say the only reason I'd hesitate to trade in for one of these Pixels is that the S22 Ultra will likely fetch an insane trade in value for the next Samsung models. That doesn't mean much if you care about the camera though, because it's unlikely to get better than a Pixel in the "simply point and shoot" department. I've already placed a pre-order her for the Pixel 7 Pro (TIV value for the Ultra is too high to purchase the regular P7) with the trade in locked in and was going to mull it over but I'm leaning heavily towards the Pixel right now.
Thanks buddy
S22 ultra is a better phone in every aspect, camera, display, spen, processor, storage and better trade in value in future.
Believe it or not, there are many people that *hate* their S22U.
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I tested out the transfer time from my current device (Pixel 4) to a newly factory reset (Pixel 6) using the OEM USB-C to USB-C cable.
My current device is Pixel 4 64 GB with 46 GB/64 GB used total (72%)
- Apps 27 GB
- System 15 GB
- Images 3.5 GB (yes, I don't take many pictures)
- Videos 487 MB
- Other stuff (negligible)
During "new device set up" I selected the option to copy my Pixel 4's data (selected everything) and it totaled 11 GB (why so low? see below for Apps). Total copying time was about 10-12 minutes.Pixel 6 screen shows that copying is done:
- Apps (not copied) - 109 apps to be installed - I am assuming apps do not transfer over directly and will need to be re-downloaded from the Google Play Store.
- Photos and Videos (successfully transferred)
- Music and other audio (successfully transferred)
- SMS messages (successfully transferred)
- MMS attachments (successfully transferred)
- Device Settings (successfully transferred)
- Call History (successfully transferred)
Once I got the "copying done" message, I can disconnect the cable but the new device still had the "Getting your phone ready" message for a few more minutes.For those of you who want to trade-in at the store and get the credit immediately, hopefully this helps estimate the time you need. For me, it took about 1 GB data per minute + additional 5 minutes or so for the new device to finish setting up (mainly downloading the apps).
Edit: Both devices were updated to Android 13 with Oct 5 security updates.
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