Samsung will pay up to $300 for your old phone

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Suzanne Choney

Samsung, in a smart marketing move, has figured out how to tempt you even more into buying one of its new phones: It's offering to take your old phone,?no matter the make,?in trade, and pay up to $300 for it.??

The key wording is "up to" ? and a quick check shows a wide disparity in pricing. For example, a 16 GB iPhone 4 will net you $165; a Samsung Exhilarate, $175, but a Motorola Droid 2 will fetch only $20.

There are services?like Gazelle and NextWorth, of course, that will buy your old phone without making you get a new one. But the offer by?Samsung ? already the world leader in smartphone sales, according to IDC?Research?? is?unusual for a manufacturer.?

IDC?noted in a recent report?that?Samsung "topped the 50 million unit mark and reached a new quarterly smartphone shipment record in a single quarter ...?What remains to be seen is how the company?s smartphones will fare against Apple's next-generation iPhone expected later this year."

The trade-in offer, available only through Samsung's Facebook page, lets you choose from these new devices: Samsung's hot new Galaxy S III, Galaxy II or the hybrid smartphone/tablet Galaxy Note.

Samsung says on the Facebook page:

Upgrading is simple. You'll get a quote, purchase a new Samsung smartphone, and mail in your old phone within 30 days. Then you'll get a check mailed to you for your refund. If you've already purchased a new Samsung smartphone, have the proof of purchase handy.

Also note the fine-print wording: "Trade-in refunds are subject to change until the order is submitted."

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Source: http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/samsung-will-pay-you-300-your-old-phone-926854

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