[vmception]

That's actually why I didn't upgrade from the 12 to the 13, because I wouldn't be doing the trade-ins. They were tempting offers but I hate being locked in to the same device for 24 - 30 months, which is a condition of most of the trade in offers. I would rather pay for the device outright and figure out what to do with my prior device, and so this newest iphone wasn't compelling enough for that.

(for context, my prior upgrades were in a more lenient trade-up program, which by coincidence resulted in me keeping up to date. not trying to pretend like avoiding a one year upgrade is some major sacrifice, its just what happened)

[scarface74]

If you own the phone outright, you can either sell it directly or trade it in to Apple.

[vmception]

Yes thats what I meant by figure out what to do with my prior device, but thats alongside making sure I have backups of everything.

I've had some apps that stored files within them, and the app was no longer available for a higher version of iOS that a new phone shipped with. Would have been royally screwed if I had sold/traded in my prior phone because I wouldn't have immediately noticed except when I needed it.