Surprise: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus launch led to huge trade-in surge in September

Surprise: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus launch led to huge trade-in surge in September:

Buying a smartphone in 2014 is an expensive endeavor. Even on a two-year contract, you're still going to spend around $200 for a flagship device from Apple, Samsung or any of the other major vendors, but there's one easy way to counteract the bite out of your bank account: trade-ins. A week before the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus officially launched, we published an article about the best trade-in deals in order to help Apple fans get their new phones as cheaply as possible.

Now that September is over, let's look at how the launch of the iPhone 6 affected the trade-in market.

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