Question Disappointing U.S. trade-in offers for S22 Ultra to upgrade to S23 Ultra

[beeree7]

I always wait. Because there always seems to be better trade in a couple months after. I got my S22 ultra 512 gb for about $189 last year trading in note 20 ultra and note 9.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

I'm not upgrading. SD8G2 is based on promises. The front facing camera is downgraded. The 200mp is the standout but we have nothing but two camera samples. Which could be manipulated or taken to make the S23 U look more appealing.

I'm not convinced. Maybe next year. Too many what ifs this year.

 

[butchieboy]

First time in a long time that I am skipping a Sammy device. And to previous post, not everyone can afford to drop that much cash all at once.

 

[JodyBreeze901]

That price is a big no no for me. I can't see myself paying 700 bucks even after you take my device. Come on Samsung....you know those trade in values are horrible. Nah.....I'm good.

 

[dj24]

Google fi seems to have the best deal right now if you're willing to port your number for 4 months (120 days). Still a measly $280 for the S22 Ultra trade in but an automatic $600 discount and the cheapest monthly plan is $20 a month. My rough math for the 512gb S23 Ultra comes out to $460 or so after taxes for me out the door and one can go back to their old service provider once the 4 months are up.

Definitely not as efficient as Samsung's trade in process but then again this year's carrier branded deals even with them are not the usual one time discounts but bill credits on top of being forced to choose one of their higher end monthly plans.

 

[erik2041999]

What particularly irks me is that you get a higher trade-in discount for a previous-generation iPhone 13 Pro Max than their own Galaxy S22 Ultra. Awesome way to reward brand loyalty.

This is actually the biggest **** you from Samsung yet.

That's why, if it still works, and if the S23 does not have anything breath taking comepared to the S22. Then why in the world would people want to get a new phone.

See for the Europeans like myself, it's a different case, we want to bin that ****ing Exynos after they basically fraudulently sold it to us. So for us it makes sense in some way to get the s23 ultra and be done with Samsung after that. For us it's better than to lose more money on our variant to swap it for the SD variant, it's rather better to get some "Value", which like mentioned above, is next to nothing, as samsung laughs in everyone's faces, and trade the steaming pile of **** and get a phone that'll actually be usable and be a phone you can daily drive for more than a year, and actually satisfy most if not all my/our needs to a good level.

 

[KamfromCali]

So with Samsung direct, to get the best trade-in value on a good s22 ultra for the S23 ultra, you'll need to give up your phone and lock yourself to a 2 yr contract with a carrier. No thank you!

 

[V0latyle]

So with Samsung direct, to get the best trade-in value on a good s22 ultra for the S23 ultra, you'll need to give up your phone and lock yourself to a 2 yr contract with a carrier. No thank you!

Par for the course. If they're selling you the device at a discount, they want to ensure they're going to get revenue from you for a while.

 

[KamfromCali]

Par for the course. If they're selling you the device at a discount, they want to ensure they're going to get revenue from you for a while.

Yes, I understand that model if one is going thru the carrier. However, for at least the past 4 years, Samsung's trade-in process did not require the customer to subscribe to a carrier's contract and recieve credits thru termed billing payments in order to take advantage of a great trade-in value for their phone.

 

[wolfu11]

I think I'll wait and see what happens after they don't sell as many as they hoped. Even last year after the preorder they upped the trade in values once their lame 200 Samsung credit was over.

 

[Darktron13]

yeah I`m with GoogleFI and I preordered through there, 600.00 instant discount and free upgrade to 512gb storage for the same price as the 256gb just like what samsung doing on there webiste, all I have too do is keep it activate on GooglefF for 120 days, so it was $635.99 total for the 512gb green color.

Edit: also the samsung phones on google fi are the unlocked versions.

Not factory unlocked this is what the model number looks like for GoogleFi SM-S918UZKFGFI and this is a Samsung factory unlocked SM-S918UZKFXAA both Phantom Black 512GB. At the end of the day you can change the firmware to the one you prefer.

 

[2015Ducatimulti]

Not factory unlocked this is what the model number looks like for GoogleFi SM-S918UZKFGFI and this is a Samsung factory unlocked SM-S918UZKFXAA both Phantom Black 512GB. At the end of the day you can change the firmware to the one you prefer.

my S22 ultra bought directly from GoogleFi had the firmware SM-S908UZKFXAA/XAA in the phone info, I actually had to change it with SAMFW Tool to TMB, since it was taking forever to get Android 13 on my S22 ultra, then once was updated to Android 13 I changed it back to the original XAA/XAA CSC

 

[Darktron13]

I'm in the same wagon as OP Samsung only offers 375$ for my Galaxy S22+ while contract for 2-3 years they'd offer me 1,000$ on monthly credits not to mention that they'll have me pay their highest tier plans 80$+ a month. Nope just bought an unlocked S23 Ultra and I'll make up for the deals with selling my S22+ elsewhere for at least 500$ also with my low cost montly plan of only 40$ and able to change to lower tier plans if data is not used. Trade in offers are horrible at Samsung this year and I don't mix with contracts that force you to play by their rules...

 

[Darktron13]

my S22 ultra bought directly from GoogleFi had the firmware SM-S908UZKFXAA/XAA in the phone info, I actually had to change it with SAMFW Tool to TMB, since it was taking forever to get Android 13 on my S22 ultra, then once was updated to Android 13 I changed it back to the original XAA/XAA CSC

Nice I've looked up the models it seems that carrier devices will have their own model this year BST, CCT, CHA, GFI, ATT, XAU, USC, VZW. The only exception being Visible by Verizon SM-S918UZKPXAA, SM-S918UZKVXAA this will be factory unlocked.

 

[2015Ducatimulti]

Nice I've looked up the models it seems that carrier devices will have their own model this year BST, CCT, CHA, GFI, ATT, XAU, USC, VZW. The only exception being Visible by Verizon SM-S918UZKPXAA, SM-S918UZKVXAA this will be factory unlocked.

nice, yeah I`ll have see what mine shows on the box when I receive it from google, my order shows 16th-17th for delivery, then I can see what the firmware is and report back.

 

[KOLIOSIS]

Since all models are now Qualcomm-powered, just curious if the non-North American models will be able to be rooted & if so, how well the 5G bands will match up across all region variants.

 

[Sword Fish]

Very Strange how they decide the value. I also have a S22 Ultra and the trade in was $350. I typed in my S20 Ultra and was told trade in is now $800?? Where is the logic?

 

[Gareee]

I suspect the lower trade in value is to combat inflationary increases with raising the phone retail price too high.

We upgraded because it not only looks like significant hardware improvements on a design we really like, but also because our trade in value will be even less next year, and if that is coupled with an inflationary price hike, it might price us out of upgrades.

With any luck we can rock the s23us and hope for them to finally get a handle on inflation in a few years.

 

[hand-filer]

The trade in values are pathetic this year. I just came to my senses and cancelled my order.

 

[Gareee]

The trade in values are pathetic this year. I just came to my senses and cancelled my order.

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled with them this year either, but I know next year will be worse.

We also just dumped Verizon for spectrum mobile, and that savings pretty much pays for our upgrades, so there's that.