Apple: You can Buy an iPhone to change your Android Smartphone

Apple wants to encourage sales of iPhone more and therefore offers an exchange program in their stores with which you can give your Android smartphone to receive a discount on the purchase of an iPhone. We tell you all the details.

Take your Android smartphone to an Apple Store for a discount

The program not only works with the Android smartphone is also valid with other brands such as Windows Phone or BlackBerry. By submitting your smartphone with a discount on the purchase of an iPhone 5C , 6 or 6 Plus and this offer is not valid for the purchase of new Apple Watch, if was already entering your plans.

Apple has started a similar program in 2013 to get users to update their devices with new products, but only within its own range iPhone. Also this program was extended to the iPad range last year. The novelty now is that you can keep both Android device such as Windows Phone or BlackBerry.

Although sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus went quite well, with more than 74 million units sold and rising iPhone sales to 700 million units , it seems the apple company is not satisfied and wants further boost sales with this new movement.

The service is known in fact a few weeks ago, but now when the Cupertino have launched their Apple Store. The service is currently available in the US, France, UK, Germany, Canada and Italy. Spain not fit into the plans of Apple , but do not doubt that this service will be extended to our country in the coming weeks.

Apple will give you more money for your Android smartphone

Android phones do not maintain their market value as long as if it happens with Apple iPhone devices. But nevertheless it does make sense that accept the Apple Store Android smartphone, like Israel Ganot, former CEO of Gazelle says.

"Apple can afford to pay more than the actual market value of your smartphone to another brand if you just want to get you to change to iPhone."

It is also a good move to attract those users of Samsung, its biggest competitor today mark, getting before they launch the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge some users choose to switch to iPhone, delivering the Galaxy S5 in Apple Store and receive a discount on the purchase.

Perhaps you're reading this and are interested in renewing your smartphone for iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, giving your smartphone at an Apple Store. The only thing is that you still have to wait a few weeks and see if Apple decides to bring this service to Spain, which we have known thanks to 9to5Mac .

No doubt that is a great idea and a way to compete against other brands, including its largest competitor Samsung. Apple aims to encourage further sales of iPhone with this program of renewal and compete with Android.


Would you change your smartphone Android, Windows Phone or BlackBerry for iPhone? You can leave your opinion in the comments.