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Playstationgamer2018

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I am considering selling my SE. I bought it in January of this year. I felt that it was too small for my big fingers. I stopped using it and bought the iPhone 6s+ (the phone I am using now). I have been reading that you cannot buy the iPhone SE anymore and I have been noticing that people want to buy the SE now because of its small size. Since you cannot buy the SE anymore and people want to buy the SE because of its small size now, do you think the SE will be worth more now?
 

Lioness~

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You can’t buy it at Apple anymore. Don’t mean you can sell it overpriced.
You can buy a SE in the market everywhere else, even at cheaper price then what Apple charged.

So, no.
 
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vmachiel

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At the very best it’ll hold its value for a little while, but in general: the older a device it the less it’s worth. The battery and A9 chip aren’t getting any younger.
 

lordofthereef

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ATT was liquidating their brand new stock for something like $100. There are plenty of these phones out there. I don't think there will be an overwhelming surge of interest regardless.
 

Tozovac

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ATT was liquidating their brand new stock for something like $100. There are plenty of these phones out there. I don't think there will be an overwhelming surge of interest regardless.
Online?? I called my local AT&T store a few days ago and they were still full price for remaining stock.
 

kevink2

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Online?? I called my local AT&T store a few days ago and they were still full price for remaining stock.

Not that long ago there were offers to buy the SE for $49 for PREPAID. Over the last year + there have been good prices for the SE on several prepaid carriers. For postpaid, the stores tend to sell newer phones for closer to the normal price (except when they have deals like BOGO) with DPPs.
 

karmatourer

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I am considering selling my SE. I bought it in January of this year. I felt that it was too small for my big fingers. I stopped using it and bought the iPhone 6s+ (the phone I am using now). I have been reading that you cannot buy the iPhone SE anymore and I have been noticing that people want to buy the SE now because of its small size. Since you cannot buy the SE anymore and people want to buy the SE because of its small size now, do you think the SE will be worth more now?

I sold my pristine SE on swappa a few weeks ago in 1 day with the Ottterbox Defender case for $145. 1st transaction there and it was painless.
 

JBGoode

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Cricket sells them for $159 but it's locked to Cricket for 6 months probably to prevent people from getting this deal and then not using Cricket. I use Cricket and picked up a new 6s for $299 six months ago which I though was a great deal. (They're still selling the 8 and X for full price though which is lame) I've heard that locked Cricket phone work on AT&T though since they are the parent company.
 

Lioness~

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I’ve put price-coverage on SE in Sweden. They have been lowering the prices here lately.

See how much down they push the prices, or if I take my chances it will come a X Mini?
As for now $300 for a 32GB, $440 for a 128GB, unlocked.
They gotta push it down more for me to buy an extra one, I think.
I have a 64GB wth pretty good battery, still.
 

BeeGood

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But Prepaid right?

They were Total Wireless bundles (came with a TW sim), but you didn’t have to activate the phone or buy a plan from them as far as I know.

Here’s the same deal from Best Buy for $139.99. Even if you do have to buy the plan (again, I’m almost certain you don’t), it’s $35/month for the cheapest plan, so you could buy one month of service and still get an SE for $174.99 total.

EDIT: Sorry, I was wrong. Total Wireless and other Tracfone carries lock their phones for one year. So, yes. You’re right. You’ll need prepaid service for this deal.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/total-...u0XP4sRBzwMlWwn7QaBoCWHgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
 
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Tozovac

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They were Total Wireless bundles (came with a TW sim), but you didn’t have to activate the phone or buy a plan from them as far as I know.

Here’s the same deal from Best Buy for $139.99. Even if you do have to buy the plan (again, I’m almost certain you don’t), it’s $35/month for the cheapest plan, so you could buy one month of service and still get an SE for $174.99 total.

EDIT: Sorry, I was wrong. Total Wireless and other Tracfone carries lock their phones for one year. So, yes. You’re right. You’ll need prepaid service for this deal.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/total-...u0XP4sRBzwMlWwn7QaBoCWHgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks! Anything that too good to be true couldn't be true.

Except: It's rather nice that those of us who would be happy with 2-year old performance in a right-sized phone will see a nice economic benefit by paying 1/6 the price of Jony's new fashion-model phones for a lightly-used pre-owned SE.
 
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