Tech Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow The iPhone 17 is the one to get this year On top of that, Apple isn’t out here handing out $1,100 discounts to anyone with the 13 Pro. If you trade in a 13 Pro Max and purchase an iPhone 17 directly from Apple, you’ll only get up to $320 back for your old phone. Trade in a 16 Pro Max and you’ll get a $700 discount. That big $1,100 deal comes from the carriers, as it almost always does. You can get $1,100 “off” the price of a new iPhone by trading in a 13 Pro or newer, provided you’re on one of that carrier’s newest, priciest plans. Trading in a 12 Pro will still get you a discount, but not the full price of a new 17 Pro. Realistically, 13 is the magic number this year not because it was an especially good iPhone. More likely it’s the product of a weird equation that determines how much value the carriers can extract from the old phone. But TikTok loves a conspiracy theory, and all it takes is one person making a video about Apple offering bananas trade-in deals on the iPhone 13 Pro Max to kick off a whole viral cycle. Weirdly, I sort of agree with the TikTokers urging people not to give up their 13 Pro Maxes no matter how good the trade-in offer is. If you’re a 13 Pro Max owner who’s perfectly happy with your device, then that’s all the reason you need to hold onto your phone another year. No conspiracy theory necessary. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Allison Johnson