Samsung publicizes extra versatile trade-in program, no buy required

Samsung has introduced a change to its Galaxy Commerce-In program that permits customers to commerce in choose Galaxy smartphone fashions to the corporate year-round, with out the necessity to make a brand new buy on the identical time.

The brand new program is ready to begin at present in South Korea and France, with different markets to comply with later in 2025. The corporate says that its purpose is to “enhance the worth of Galaxy gadgets” within the long-term by offering “superb financial savings” by way of the trade-in course of.

There are two key adjustments to this system, which can be operated by insurance coverage and restore firm Likewize. The principle change is the acquisition requirement: earlier than this coverage shift, trade-ins to the corporate have required a brand new buy from samsung.com or the corporate’s app, with the choice to begin a trade-in solely showing in the course of the checkout course of. 

The second change is “year-round” availability. Commerce-ins are already obtainable at any time within the US and most different Western markets, however in South Korea they’ve beforehand been locked to particular home windows — often simply after main new product launches like subsequent week’s S25 reveal, for instance.

There’s nonetheless one large restrict to the scheme nevertheless: you’ll be able to solely commerce in particular Samsung flagship telephones. Proper now, that’s restricted to the Galaxy S20 sequence by way of to the S23, and foldables from the Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 by way of to the Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5. Curiously, final 12 months’s Galaxy S24 and Z Flip/Fold 6 aren’t included, so you’ll be able to’t promote something too current.