Apple has increased trade-in credit values for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and select Android phones, with some devices now fetching over $100 more than before The Verge. The Mac Studio saw the single largest bump, rising by $260.

Most Apple devices received modest increases in the $5-to-$20 range, while a handful exceeded $100. The update, reported on August 6, 2026, follows Apple's May 2026 trade-in revision, which raised values for some newer iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches by $5 to $35 PCMag. That May update also narrowed the Android trade-in offer range from $30–$370 to $30–$360 MacRumors.

On the Android side, Apple began accepting trade-in credit for a handful of new Android devices while simultaneously lowering trade-in values for a few existing Android models. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra dropped from $230 to $200, and the Google Pixel 8 Pro was reduced from $170 Mashable. The Apple Watch Series 9, by contrast, ticked up from $295 to $305 in the May update Tom's Guide.

The higher trade-in credits arrive on the heels of a wave of Apple price increases announced earlier in 2026, ranging from $30 to $4,200 across its product lines The Verge. Apple also launched its "Upgrade" leasing program in the United States in July 2026, designed to make its more expensive devices easier to afford through monthly payments Apple Newsroom. Under that program, a trade-in device may reduce monthly payments, though the advertised monthly payment amount may not include a trade-in device's estimated value.

This is the third trade-in value adjustment Apple has made in roughly three months, following the May 2026 update and the broader pricing changes earlier in the year. The cadence is unusually frequent for a program that, in prior years, typically saw adjustments on a quarterly or product-cycle basis. Apple's September 2025 announcements advertised $200 to $700 in credit for trading in an iPhone 13 or newer, with up to $1,100 available toward new products Apple Newsroom. A year earlier, in September 2024, the range stood at $180 to $650 for an iPhone 12 or higher, with up to $1,000 toward an iPhone 16 Pro Apple Newsroom.

The trajectory across those announcements is clear: headline credit figures have drifted upward even as Apple's retail prices have moved in the same direction. Whether the trade-in increases are calibrated to offset the perception of higher sticker prices, or to feed devices into the Upgrade program's monthly-payment math, is a question Apple has not addressed directly.

What is visible in the structure is that the Upgrade program and the trade-in adjustments are mechanically linked. A higher trade-in value reduces the financed balance on a leased device, lowering monthly payments without Apple cutting the retail price. The program's terms explicitly note that advertised monthly amounts may not reflect trade-in value, which means the trade-in credit functions as a post-hoc discount applied at the point of transaction rather than in the marketing copy. For Apple, this preserves headline pricing while giving the sales channel flexibility to close deals.

The Mac Studio's $260 increase stands out because it is disproportionately large relative to the device's typical trade-in value and to the $5-to-$20 adjustments applied to most other products. The Studio occupies a niche position in Apple's lineup as a high-end desktop for professional workflows, and its trade-in value likely reflects both the cost of its internal components and the relatively small pool of upgrade candidates moving between Studio generations.

For buyers weighing an upgrade in the coming weeks, the practical effect depends on which device they are trading in and which they are buying. The headline increases overstate the benefit for most iPhone and iPad owners, who will see single-digit-to-$20 improvements. The meaningful gains are concentrated at the high end of the Mac lineup and in newly added Android devices.

The broader pattern is one of Apple tightening the link between trade-in credit, device leasing, and retail pricing. The three levers now move in concert, and the August adjustments suggest Apple is prepared to tune trade-in values on a near-monthly basis if market conditions or program adoption rates warrant it.