Microsoft teams up with Clover Wireless to buy back your old iPhones, iPads and more

iPad

Concluding week we told you lot guys most a promotion going on at Microsoft Stores across the nation. Take your old, unwanted, outdated iPad and trade it in for at least a $200 gift carte at the Microsoft Shop. The catch was that it had to be an iPad two or newer and you needed to physically do it at a Microsoft Store nearly you. Those restrictions have been lifted in a new buyback plan from Microsoft. Read on for the details.

Microsoft has teamed up with Clover Wireless to allow users to merchandise-in their sometime devices. You tin drop off your iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android device and go upwards to $350 back towards a new Microsoft product, like a Surface Pro.

Microsoft Clover Buy Back

Here's how information technology works. You enter in the details of the device you want to trade in. Then you're given a value, something up to $350. Then you submit proof-of-purchase for a Microsoft device. Call back Windows Phone, Surface, etc. Practice that within 30 days of shipping your erstwhile device and you'll receive a prepaid Visa card from Microsoft/Clover.

Information technology'due south non a bad program if you're planning on buying some new hardware in the near time to come and take old gear to dump.

Striking up the source below for more than details.

Source: Microsoft Buy Back Via: ZDNet

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