Apple massively increases trade-in values for iPads and Macs. See the list.
THE SO WHAT
Higher trade-in values are a subsidy to accelerate hardware refresh into Apple’s latest silicon and AI-capable devices. If your app or internal tooling depends on on-device models, this is a window to push minimum-spec baselines upward without eating the full capex hit.
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