Samsung Galaxy Z Fold trade-ins are what keep me as a customer | Phones

I’ve been a customer of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series for a few years now, and there’s a reason I’ve chosen to continue to stick with the series, and that’s the ongoing value of Samsung’s tremendous trade-in values.

The Galaxy Z Fold series, like virtually the entire foldable market, isn’t cheap. A few years ago, I went all-in on the Galaxy Z Fold 2, paying out the better part of $2,000 after trading in my Galaxy S20+ for the foldable. And I was thrilled. The Fold 2 was one of my favorite purchases ever, and I was eager a year later to get in on the much-improved Galaxy Z Fold 3.

Right away, I felt the benefit of Samsung’s trade-in program for the Galaxy Z Fold series. My Fold 2 was trade-in for $900 off of the new device, taking its cost down to just over $800. Not bad for a one-year upgrade on bleeding edge tech! A year later, I repeated that with the Galaxy Z Fold 4, getting the iterative upgrade for $799 after trading in my Fold 3 which, at…