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Starting tomorrow you can save at least $100 off of your next smartphone from AT&T. The carrier is starting a new program that gives you credit for your old devices that you can apply towards your next purchase. It sounds like a good way to get into new Lumia 920 or HTC 8X. Details below.

To qualify for the deal, you need to bring in your old smartphone that isn’t older than three years. The phone should be in good, working condition. Take it into an AT&T company store and you’ll receive at least $100 for your account that you can apply towards a new smartphone, your phone bill, or new accessories in the store. Some trade-in devices may value higher than $100 and you’ll receive that higher value, but you can’t go below it.

A lot of trade-in programs usually have a max amount for what you can get for your old smartphone, so it’s nice to see AT&T offer a minimum instead. The company started the trade-in program to help customers support the company’s sustainability initiatives. Customers win by getting a little cash out of their older electronics.

You can get more details below in the press release or at the trade-in programs website. Anyone thinking of using this towards a potential Lumia ‘EOS’ in July?

Source: ATT Press Release

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Comments There are 47 comments. Sign in to comment lak611 says:

Sweet! I have an old BlackBerry that I can get rid of toward credit. :-)

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 3:56 pm - 14 hours ago Reply erzhik says:

I never do trade ins. They usually give you much less than you can get on CL or eBay.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 3:57 pm - 14 hours ago Reply mjfadaway says:

+1

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 3:59 pm - 14 hours ago Reply Sam Sabri says:

Of course. Trade-ins make sense for people that don't have the time to find a buyer or aren't too tech/business savvy. 

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:05 pm - 14 hours ago Reply Verkunder says:

Unless it's a Samsung Focus, so I'm gonna snap this up.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:05 pm - 14 hours ago Reply theefman says:

Not going to get much for a dell venue pro after eBay fees.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:10 pm - 14 hours ago Reply jfVigor says:

Awesome. At&t is honestly the best U.S. carrier. Lets Argue about it

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 3:58 pm - 14 hours ago Reply RyanAMG says:

How about tomorrow at lets say 4:05pm

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:00 pm - 14 hours ago Reply HYDR0SH0K says:

I've got your back

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:20 pm - 14 hours ago Reply carlosrdd says:

AT&T is the best! They get all the best phones before anyone and I've had no problems with their service. Just wish they were faster with updates.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:03 pm - 14 hours ago Reply baileystein says:

There is no "best carrier". It varies by location. I get LTE with Verizon at home, but I used to get 2G (yes, EDGE) with AT&T. They still only have edge, and they didn't work with me when I wanted to leave. Switching was the best phone related decision I've ever made.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:21 pm - 14 hours ago Reply Aaron M says:

I'll take you up on that. Im switching from at&T to T-Mobile. Why? Because for 5 lines at $110 total, I'll be paying $22 per line and get unlimited calls, text, and data. Yes I know im throttled after 500MB, but on at&T I would get penalized for going over my 200MB. So find me a plan for that same value on at&T. Honestly, I'll switch back if they release a plan similar to what T-Mobile has now.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:29 pm - 14 hours ago Reply lesd777 says:

That's 500Mb for the entire account I believe, so the 4 other lines will also help chew that up rather quickly. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 9:21 pm - 9 hours ago Reply Aaron M says:

Thats what I initially thought as well, that it was a shared data plan.  But nope, its 500MB per line.  Crazy good deal compared to AT&T.

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am - 6 hours ago Reply TonyDedrick says:

Wouldn't go as far as say they are the best. They're hit/miss, probably like any other carrier

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 9:27 pm - 9 hours ago Reply David Wilson3 says:

Sweet

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm - 14 hours ago Reply realwarder says:

They're the ones making money on this...
 
Any phone under 3 years old is likely to get more on ebay etc.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm - 14 hours ago Reply dalydose says:

Do you think AT&T has an eBay team sitting and waiting to sell your phone?  This is likely a partnership with someone like flipswap.com.  I'd rather have them deal with selling it, than getting 20 calls with people trying to trade me their old Galaxy for it or undercutting my price by half.  I've sold stuff that way and it's just plain annoying.

If that EOS comes out, I'm going to try to trade both my Lumia 900 and 920 to help pay for that sucker.  Well, only if MS fixes XBox Music, otherwise I'll have to keep the 900 to use Zune as my MP3 player.

 

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:23 pm - 14 hours ago Reply nicewabbit says:

Apparently my year-old Lumia 900 is worth $61. I don't know how to feel about that!

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:07 pm - 14 hours ago Reply erzhik says:

Sold mine on Amazon for $200.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:10 pm - 14 hours ago Reply dalydose says:

Well, that means you're getting $39 premium, since they will still give you the $100. I can see how our 900's have fallen in price. The market for a used phone drops significantly even when the phone is new. We got caught on the cusp of a generation change, so the 900 will be undervalued.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:25 pm - 14 hours ago Reply expectafight says:

where is it worth 61 bucks if AT&T is offering at least 100 for it?

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:27 pm - 14 hours ago Reply gtbuzz says:

I checked mine as well and it also says $61. According to the press release, it does say "Beginning May 1" and "at least $100 off", so perhaps the values will change tomorrow. It also says current smartphone though, and my L920 is technically my "current" smartphone. Who knows if that's a technicality.
 
I'd take $100 in store credit though. L900's look to sell for about $150 on eBay, so you'd net about $125. Not having any hassle seems worth $25.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:34 pm - 14 hours ago Reply StreetNerd says:

sold my old SE Arc S for 100 dollars at vodaphonelol :')

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:14 pm - 14 hours ago Reply HYDR0SH0K says:

16 dollars for my Samsung Flash, eh? No thanks, tired of being rape shredded by ATT. I'll keep my extra phone as a back up Mp3 player.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:19 pm - 14 hours ago Reply poddie says:

Uhhh... I thought the whole point of the article is that they will give you a MINIMUM of $100. So that would seem to be a great deal for you, right?

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:31 pm - 14 hours ago Reply expectafight says:

You can get more details below in the press release or at the trade-in programs website. Anyone thinking of using this towards a potential Lumia ‘EOS’ in July?

 
Youre working 920 is worth 120 bucks Sam.  just sayin...

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:31 pm - 14 hours ago Reply Squatting Hen says:

Man, you all really need to READ the article before posting.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:32 pm - 14 hours ago Reply Matthew Mazzenga says:

Isn't every windows phone less than 3 yrs old?

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:37 pm - 13 hours ago Reply krafty11 says:

No, I think my Audiovox SMT5600 is close to 10 years old

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:55 pm - 13 hours ago Reply Matthew Mazzenga says:

And that's running windows phone? Not windows mobile?

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 5:38 pm - 12 hours ago Reply jhoff80 says:

Wow, really tempting to trade in my HP Veer that I have lying around somewhere and barely ever used.  I think I got it for $50 off contract, so this would somehow end up being a profit, which would be awesome.
 
I'll have to check tomorrow, since today it says I'd get a total of $13 from it.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:44 pm - 13 hours ago Reply peterfares says:

The $100 minimum is only if you're buying a new phone on contract. If you're just trading in you'll get that quote.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 6:52 pm - 11 hours ago Reply Techblogger says:

They could have my Lumia 900. I won't be going back to it.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 4:55 pm - 13 hours ago Reply HeyCori says:

Yup, gonna have to trade-in that Samsung Focus.  I love you Focus but with a 920, Titan, and 900 in the house, there's just no room for you.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 5:16 pm - 13 hours ago Reply JoeStix1x says:

I'm excited to see that my Lumia 810 is coming up $201.00.

It may be time to say goodbye to T-Mobile completely!

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 5:28 pm - 13 hours ago Reply Shannen Norris says:

Think they'll my Focus Flash...?
(holding breath...lots of it)

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 7:15 pm - 11 hours ago Reply diplomat696 says:

Have kept my v1 focus this long, used it to mess with custom roms now etc being that I upgraded to the 920. Not sure if I am ready to upgrade yet so probably gonna hang on to my little piece of history

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 7:15 pm - 11 hours ago Reply rcx84 says:

Coming from Sprint, I have an old Evo 4G and Evo 3D, both of them being WiMAX. Thanks to Sprint flip flopping on WiMAX/LTE, my phones are next to worthless to anyone, even those on Sprint. This promotion is a huge break for me!

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 7:57 pm - 10 hours ago Reply sdreamer says:

Hmm... Wonder if my HTC Fuze qualifies... I didn't see anywhere in the PR about it being less than 3 years.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 8:50 pm - 9 hours ago Reply Sam Sabri says:

I think that bit was in the email they sent us. 

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 10:46 pm - 7 hours ago Reply stoneysilence says:

Sweet, I had been just recently trying to sell my Samsung Focus for $60 on CL.  Only got a serious offer of $35 which I was going to take but the guy lived an hour out of town.  Now I am going to trade it in toward credit on our bill.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 9:00 pm - 9 hours ago Reply AndyD33 says:

I just punched in my focus and it popped up that they'll give $100 for it.
 
Now the question is if i want to keep it for the game progress on it or not. :P

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 12:55 am - 5 hours ago Reply stoneysilence says:

Yeah, I finished all my WP7 only games I think. Not worth keeping for $100.

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 2:43 am - 3 hours ago Reply AndyD33 says:

That's not what I was referring to specifically. I meant games like Angry Birds and such where it takes a while to progress through levels and there is no way to transfer progress to WP8 afaik.

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 2:54 am - 3 hours ago Reply cannon#WP says:

I'd never get more than $45 for my LG Quantum so this is a pretty good deal.

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 at 9:36 pm - 8 hours ago Reply latempete says:

I have a working one too! Kept it as a backup but for $100... ;) That was a really good phone. I wonder if LG will ever try again.

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