{"id":783,"date":"2025-01-14T01:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2025-01-14T01:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:49:45","slug":"samsung-will-buy-your-old-phone-no-strings-attached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/01\/14\/samsung-will-buy-your-old-phone-no-strings-attached\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung will buy your old phone, no strings attached"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techprincess.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Samsung-Galaxy-Unpacked-luglio-2024.webp\" alt=\"Samsung, nuovo Galaxy Unpacked a luglio 2024: le novit\u00e0...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung wants to buy your old smartphone, but unlike its usual trade-in programs, its newly launched<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/kr\/%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90-%EA%B0%A4%EB%9F%AD%EC%8B%9C-%EA%B0%84%ED%8E%B8%EB%B3%B4%EC%83%81-%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%A8-%EC%8B%A4%EC%8B%9C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Galaxy Easy Reward<\/a>program doesn\u2019t require you to buy a new phone at all. With it, Samsung is taking on the various phone recycling and used device centers that purchase your old phone, saving you the effort of selling it privately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Galaxy Easy Reward goes online in Korea on January 14, and the range of phones Samsung will buy is extensive. Starting out with the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung will also buy back the S21, S22, and S23 series, along with the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Z Fold 4, and Galaxy Z Fold 5. It closes out the list with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Samsung-1741614-EB-BF712ABY\">Galaxy Z Flip 3<\/a>, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Samsung-1741159-EB-BF707ABY\">Galaxy Z Flip 5<\/a>. The latestGalaxy S24series,Galaxy Z Fold 6, andGalaxy Z Flip 6aren\u2019t included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Samsung-1739877-EB-BG998ABY\">EB-BG998ABY Battery for Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra S21Ultra<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much the phone is worth depends on the condition, and it appears the Galaxy Easy Reward system will initially provide an estimate, and will finalize the price once the device has been returned. It will grade phones in an unusual way too, with either \u201cExcellent\u201d or \u201cGood\u201d presumably meaning the phone can be resold, and the final \u201cRecycle\u201d grade meaning the phone will be broken down for parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also seems Samsung will buy non-Samsung devices, but the wording isn\u2019t clear in the translated Korean press release. Why has Samsung launched the Galaxy Easy Reward program? A quote from Samsung Electronics\u2019 Vice President Jung Ho-jin explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe expect this program to increase the long-term value of Galaxy products and contribute to the circular economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Apple iPhone is well-known for retaining its value on the used market compared to most other smartphones, and it appears Samsung wants to give its phones a boost. A top-spec, mint conditioniPhone 16 Plustrades for up to $763 according to used device buyerSellCell, while aSamsung Galaxy S24 Plusfetchesup to $613. By increasing the phone\u2019s used value, Samsung likely hopes to tempt more buyers to its brand-new phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Galaxy Easy Reward program will first launch in Korea, but the press release states it will expand to other regions in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung wants to buy your old smartphone, but unlike its usual trade-in programs, its newly launchedGalaxy Easy Rewardprogram doesn\u2019t require you to buy a new phone at all. With it, Samsung is taking on the various phone recycling and used device centers that purchase your old phone, saving you the effort of selling it privately. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2025\/01\/14\/samsung-will-buy-your-old-phone-no-strings-attached\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Samsung will buy your old phone, no strings attached<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}