Apple raised trade-in values across every category. Mac won, Android lost.

Apple raised its US trade-in estimates on August 6, 2026, and the increase was not evenly spread. Mac took almost all of it: the Mac mini rose 28 percent, the Mac Studio 25 percent, and the MacBook Pro jumped $165 to $855. iPad rose 4 to 13 percent. iPhone rose across 27 of 32 models but by a median of just 6 percent. Apple Watch barely moved, with 5 of 9 models flat. And Android, alone among the categories, went down.

We pulled the full picture from Apple's own published tables and its live estimator on the day of the change: 32 iPhone models, 163 Android configurations, and every Mac, iPad and Apple Watch tier Apple lists. Every before-and-after below is Apple's current page measured against a Wayback Machine capture of that same page from July, and each one is linked in the Sources section so you can check it yourself. MacRumors and 9to5Mac both reported the change the same morning, and their figures agree with ours.

Below is what each category actually did, and the things Apple's tables do not tell you.

Every number, by category

Android also had 6 models added to the published list and 9 removed from it, which is a bigger change than any of the price moves. More on that below.

That is the complete dataset behind this post: every model Apple lists in each category, plus the 54 Android devices its estimator prices without ever putting them in a table. Each tab downloads as a CSV with its sources and collection date written into the file. There is also a full condition-path export covering all 1,181 model-and-answer combinations we tested.

The rest of this post is what the numbers mean.

Mac is where the money actually moved

Every headline led with iPhone. The Mac table is the one that changed. Open the Mac tab above for all seven rows. Source: Apple's Mac trade-in values, against the July 1, 2026 capture of the same page.

Six of the seven went up, and the three largest percentage moves in the entire increase, across every category, are all desktop or laptop Macs. The Mac Pro's $2,195 is the highest number Apple will quote for any device it takes.

Read the ceiling correctly, though. Every one of these is an "up to" figure, and Apple says so itself in the footnote under the table:

Trade-in values will vary based on the condition, year, and configuration of your eligible trade-in device. Not all devices are eligible for credit.

Note "configuration" sitting alongside condition. A MacBook Pro is worth "up to $855," but that is a maxed-out machine in top condition. A base model in the same condition is worth considerably less, and Apple does not publish the tiers between. If you are weighing a Mac, our breakdown of where to sell your device, and when each route wins covers how to sanity-check an "up to" number, or you can see what vetted buyers are paying for a MacBook right now, ranked highest first.

iPad rose, and Apple never published a table for it

iPad values went up 4 to 13 percent, with the iPad mini gaining the most. See the iPad tab above. These four are the only iPad figures anyone has, and they come from 9to5Mac and MacRumors rather than from Apple, for a reason.

The odd part is that you cannot check these on Apple's own site. Apple publishes a "see all values" overlay table for iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch and Android. The matching iPad address, /shop/browse/overlay/tradein_landing/ipad_values, returns a 404. We checked all five on August 6: four resolve, iPad does not. Meanwhile the tiles on the trade-in landing page were still showing the old July numbers.

That is why the iPad figures above are sourced to the press coverage rather than to Apple directly. The estimator's own "Tablet, up to $720" does corroborate the iPad Pro line.

So for iPad specifically, there is currently no first-party page you can point at to confirm what Apple will pay. If a comparison site is quoting you iPad values, it is either reading the stale tiles or repeating the press coverage. Ranked buyer offers on your iPad at least give you a number to hold Apple's against.

Apple Watch barely moved, and three current models are not accepted at all

Four models rose, five did not, and three of the moves were $5. This was the least affected category. All nine rows are in the Apple Watch tab above. Source: Apple's Apple Watch trade-in values, against the July 28, 2026 capture.

The bigger finding is what is missing from the list. The Series 11, the Ultra 3 and the SE 3rd generation are not accepted for Apple trade-in at all. Not valued low, not listed at zero: absent. If you own the newest Apple Watch, Apple's own trade-in program has no path for it, so the buyers who do take smartwatches are the only way to find out what it is worth.

iPhone went up broadly, but modestly

Twenty-seven of the 32 priced iPhone models rose, five held flat, and none fell. The median increase was 5.9 percent, and the average was $13.80. The iPhone tab above lists all 32, with what each one drops to if Apple calls it Damaged. Source: Apple's iPhone trade-in values, against the July 25, 2026 capture.

The iPhone 16 Pro's $70 was the largest single gain, and older mid-range models saw the largest percentage moves. The iPhone 16e, 14 Plus, X, SE 2nd generation and 8 Plus did not move at all.

Two things the iPhone table hides. Storage is ignored entirely: Apple's estimator never asks your capacity, so a 1TB iPhone 16 Pro Max and a 256GB one are both $720. And the published figure is the Good-condition price only, which is the subject of the next section.

There is also a floor. Eleven older models, the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 6s Plus, 6s, 6, 6 Plus, SE 1st generation, 5s, 5c and 5, are worth $0 in any condition. Pick one and the estimator skips the condition questions entirely and offers free recycling instead. Mint, boxed, unused: still $0.

Good versus Damaged: the cliff behind every number above

Every published figure in this post is the Good price. Here is Apple's definition of Good, word for word from the estimator:

Every part is fully functional, but the body and display may have minimal wear, such as light surface scratches, chips, or dents.

Two phrases carry the weight. "Every part fully functional" is absolute. "Minimal wear" is the cosmetic ceiling. Apple confirms it with a checklist, and all four must be true: the body and back glass have very few scratches, any dents are under 0.25 inches, the camera works with no lens damage affecting photos, and it contains only genuine Apple parts. A third-party screen or battery, however well fitted, takes you out of Good.

The other tier is Damaged, which Apple defines as:

It has noticeable to severe wear. It may be missing parts, not working as expected, or not turn on.

There is nothing in between. That single category runs from "slightly deeper scratch than minimal" to "will not power on," and the payout is not a sliding scale. For most iPhones, Damaged pays almost exactly 25 percent of the Good price. The If Damaged column in the iPhone tab above shows it model by model: the iPhone 16 Pro Max falls from $720 to $180, the 15 Pro from $420 to $105. A handful (the 16, 14, 13, 13 mini, 12 mini and SE 3rd gen) do better at 35 to 40 percent. The iPhone XS, X and SE 2nd generation drop to $0.

Then there is a third outcome that is not a tier at all. Answer that the body has major damage, meaning big dents, a cracked back glass or a missing piece, and the offer does not shrink. It goes to zero, and Apple routes you to free recycling. Same if the device will not power on. A cracked back glass is common, repairable, and costs 100 percent of your Apple trade-in value.

One more thing worth knowing before you trust the questionnaire. Apple asks five condition questions, which makes the process feel precise. It is not. We ran every possible answer path for every model, 1,181 combinations in all, and two of the five change nothing. Tell Apple the display is shattered and detaching, or tell it the display is flawless, and a Damaged iPhone 15 pays $84 either way. Only three inputs move money: the model, Good versus Damaged, and whether the body has major damage, which is a $0 switch rather than a discount. The rest is the appearance of assessment.

Android is the only category that fell

Four of the eighteen listed Android models went down, two went up by $5, and six were flat. The Android tab above has all of them, including the nine Apple removed. Source: Apple's Android trade-in values, against the July 6, 2026 capture.

Apple also restructured the list. Six models were added (Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, OnePlus 13, OnePlus 13R) and nine were removed (Galaxy S20, S20+, Note 20, Note 20 Ultra, Note 10, Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 7a, OnePlus 11).

Worth being precise about that removal, because it is easy to misread: all nine dropped models are still priced by Apple's estimator. The OnePlus 11 still returns $100, the Note 20 Ultra 5G $95, the Pixel 6 Pro $55. They were dropped from the marketing table, not from the program. Apple simply stopped advertising them.

The published Android table shows about a quarter of what Apple takes

This is the largest gap between what Apple publishes and what Apple does.

The published Android table lists 18 products. The estimator behind it prices 72 distinct products across 163 storage configurations, spanning Samsung, Google, OnePlus and Huawei. Everything else is unlisted: every Samsung foldable, the entire Pixel 10 line, the Galaxy S25 FE and S25 Edge, all seventeen Huawei configurations, the Galaxy XCover. The Android not in the table tab above lists all 54 of them.

Some of the unlisted ones are worth real money. The Galaxy Z TriFold at 1TB is $880, which is more than Apple will pay for any iPhone it sells. The Z Fold7 is $400 at every capacity. The Pixel 10 Pro XL runs $300 to $330.

Apple all but admits the gap on the page itself. The line above the Android table reads "Get $20 to $880 when you trade in an Android device," yet the highest number in the table underneath it is the Pixel 9 Pro XL at $315. The $880 is the Z TriFold, a phone the table never mentions. In July that same line read "$30 to $360." The advertised ceiling nearly tripled without the table changing to show why.

Unlike iPhone, Android values do vary by capacity. A Pixel 9 Pro XL is $255 at 128GB and $315 at 1TB. Apple prices Android storage tiers separately while ignoring them completely on its own phones.

Damaged Android is worth exactly $0

Of the 163 Android configurations Apple's estimator prices, 162 pay nothing if you answer "Damaged." The single exception is the Galaxy Note10 Lite, which pays $5.

There is no 25 percent second tier the way there is on iPhone. For Android there is one paying condition, and it is Good. A scratched Galaxy Z Fold7 goes from $400 to zero on one question.

That is the sharpest number in this entire dataset. If you own an Android device with any real cosmetic wear, Apple Trade In is not a low offer, it is not an offer. Buyers who grade in more than two tiers will price that wear rather than zero it out, which is what the ranked offers on your phone show.

For Mac, iPad and Watch, Apple will not price your condition at all

Everything above for Mac, iPad and Apple Watch is a published ceiling, and that is not a gap in our data. It is a gap in Apple's flow.

For iPhone and Android, Apple's estimator lets you pick a model and answer condition questions to get a figure. For Mac, iPad and Apple Watch, it skips the model picker entirely and demands your device serial number before it will quote anything. There is no way to see what a scratched MacBook Air or a scuffed Series 9 is worth without identifying your specific machine to Apple first.

So the "up to $855" on a MacBook Pro is the only number available to you before you commit. The condition-adjusted figure exists, but you cannot see it while comparing.

Apple's own landing page is still quoting July

One practical warning. Hours after the change, the tiles on Apple's trade-in landing page were still showing the pre-increase numbers. The current values live behind the "see all values" links.

If a comparison site quotes you $690 for a MacBook Pro, it is scraping the stale tile and understating Apple by $165. Check the overlay table, not the tile.

What this means if you are selling

The increase is real and it makes Apple more competitive than it was in July, particularly on Mac. If you have a Mac in genuinely good condition and you are buying from Apple anyway, the August numbers are worth taking seriously in a way the July ones were not.

Be skeptical of the headline figure in four situations:

• You have an Android device with any wear. Apple pays $0 for damaged Android, with one $5 exception across 163 configurations. This is the widest gap between Apple and the rest of the market in the whole dataset.
• You have a Mac, iPad or Apple Watch that is not pristine. You cannot see your condition-adjusted price without surrendering a serial number, and the published number assumes both top condition and top configuration.
• You own an Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3 or SE 3. Apple does not accept them for trade-in at all, so any value you get has to come from somewhere else.
• You want money rather than credit. Apple's own footnote sets this out: trade-in value "may be applied toward qualifying new device purchase, or added to an Apple Gift Card." Those are the two options. Both spend only at Apple, and there is no path to your bank account.

Comparing costs nothing. MyDeviceValue does not buy your device: it compares what vetted buyers will pay, ranks them by payout with the highest first, and hands you to the buyer's own site to finish the sale. Put that number next to Apple's before you decide.

Find your device

Sources

Every figure in this post traces to one of these. Apple's live pages will keep changing, which is why each one is paired with a dated archive capture.

Apple, current pages (retrieved August 6, 2026)

• Apple Trade In, the landing page and its footnote
• iPhone trade-in values
• Mac trade-in values
• Apple Watch trade-in values
• Android trade-in values
• /shop/browse/overlay/tradein_landing/ipad_values, checked the same day, returns 404. There is no published iPad table.
• The condition questions and per-tier values come from the estimator that the landing page calls at /shop/tradein-module. It has no public URL of its own, so it cannot be linked, only described.

Wayback Machine, the July baselines

• iPhone, July 25, 2026
• Apple Watch, July 28, 2026
• Android, July 6, 2026
• Mac, July 1, 2026

Press coverage, August 6, 2026

• Hartley Charlton, "Apple Raises Trade-In Values for iPhone, Mac, and More", MacRumors
• Marcus Mendes, "Apple raises trade-in values for most iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models", 9to5Mac

Trade-in values, condition definitions and footnote text are Apple's. Apple, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Mac, Mac mini, Mac Studio and Apple Watch are trademarks of Apple Inc. Galaxy is a trademark of Samsung, Pixel of Google. MyDeviceValue is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of any of them, and this analysis is independent commentary on publicly published prices.

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Methodology: values were captured on August 6, 2026 from apple.com/shop/trade-in, its /shop/browse/overlay/tradein_landing/*_values published tables, and the live estimator API at /shop/tradein-module. Coverage: 32 priced iPhone models plus 11 that Apple takes only for free recycling, 163 Android configurations across 72 products, and every published Mac, iPad and Apple Watch tier. July baselines are Wayback Machine captures of the same Apple pages (iPhone July 25, Apple Watch July 28, Mac July 1, Android July 6), so the increase landed somewhere between those dates and August 6 and cannot be dated more tightly. iPad figures come from August 6 reporting by MacRumors and 9to5Mac, since Apple publishes no iPad values table. All figures are US dollars, are Apple's own estimates before inspection, and are payable as Apple credit rather than cash.