ronin42
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Q: does apple buy back old hardware

I have a few museum pieces that are no longer useful to me.

1 iPhone 3GS

1 Ipod 1st gen 16 Gb

1 ipad 1st gen 64 Gb

1 Time Capsule 2 Tb

 

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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 1TB fusion drive

Posted on Mar 25, 2016 6:28 PM

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Q: does apple buy back old hardware

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  • by Jay-Ray,

    Jay-Ray Jay-Ray Mar 25, 2016 6:32 PM in response to ronin42
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    Mar 25, 2016 6:32 PM in response to ronin42

    They do offer Apple Store Gift Cards for some newer devices as well as an iPhone in-store trade in program, but for those devices, I don't think they offer any money http://www.apple.com/recycling/  You might be better off selling them as relics on Ebay to be honest

  • by red_menace,

    red_menace red_menace Mar 25, 2016 7:37 PM in response to ronin42
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    Mar 25, 2016 7:37 PM in response to ronin42

    Ebay would probably be the way to go.  While out of date, those items aren't really that old - at least not old enough for the purpose of this forum, which are products that date before 1998 or so (Apple hardware goes back to the late '70s).

  • by gdverde,

    gdverde gdverde Mar 27, 2016 9:59 PM in response to ronin42
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    Mar 27, 2016 9:59 PM in response to ronin42

    Those are new devices! The category "Old Hardware" is mainly for the Mac OS - Apple SOS era.

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Mar 27, 2016 10:19 PM in response to gdverde
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    Mar 27, 2016 10:19 PM in response to gdverde

    A 3 GS "new"?  When we bought a phone a few years in an Apple Store I asked the helper about battery longevity. He said, "Oh about 2-3 years but by that time you'll probably be back looking for a newer model anyway."  Having a 3GS now in Apple's world is like owning a 30 year old car.

  • by gdverde,

    gdverde gdverde Mar 27, 2016 10:50 PM in response to Limnos
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    Mar 27, 2016 10:50 PM in response to Limnos

    The 3GS is the oldest device in that list and I still know some people that use it. This forum's purpose is to support the Mac OS - Apple SOS users.

  • by Allan Jones,

    Allan Jones Allan Jones Mar 28, 2016 8:54 AM in response to gdverde
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    Mar 28, 2016 8:54 AM in response to gdverde

    Technically it for for pre-1998 Mac hardware because every Mac model introduced in 1998 and later has a dedicated forum area. Before the current iteration of the forum software, it was much more apparent. The non-intuitive nature of the name "Older Hardware" has been repeated pointed out to the Powers That Be without result.