You Can't Trade In Your Pixel 5 Or Pixel 6 For A Galaxy S22

Samsung and Google take a very good friendship going on (Wearable Os is STILL sectional to only Galaxy Watches), but something doesn't add up. Samsung simply launched its new Galaxy S22 phones, and y'all can trade in your old phones for a discount. However, Samsung is not letting you trade in your newer Pixel phones.

You lot can't trade in your newer Pixel device for a Galaxy S22

Merchandise-in deals are one of the biggest factors that move expensive devices. You can trade in a newer device and get up to a couple of hundred dollars off a new phone. With the new Galaxy S22 phones now announced, a lot of people are trading in their former Galaxies to go deep discounts. You tin likewise trade in devices from other OEMs every bit well; if you lot have an iPhone or fifty-fifty an LG, feel free to trade in.

Funny enough, though, Samsung made some surprising omissions. When pre-ordering a phone, you can choose to trade in Pixel phones as quondam as the Pixel 2XL. Even so, the list only goes up to the Pixel 4XL. This ways that you tin non trade in your phone if you have a newer Pixel device (Pixel v/5a Pixel vi/6 Pro). That seems to exist a weird exception, as these devices (at least the Pixel 6 phones) are still really new.

A Pixel 6 Pro, which seems to take been a pretty popular device, would accept given you a pretty expert discount if you could merchandise it in. Even the $600 Pixel six could have taken some respectable coin off of the price.

We're all wondering just why Samsung took these phones off of the listing. It'south unlikely that either company will comment on this, but you can bet that publications are bombarding them with requests to comment. If you have a Pixel 4XL, then you'll be able to trade it in for up to $150 off of the original price of a Galaxy S22. That would take the price down to $649 which isn't a bad deal.

Thinking of getting a Galaxy S22 phone? Hither are the specs

The base Galaxy S22 ($799.99) has a half-dozen.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display at 1080p+ resolution that can run at 120Hz. It has 8GB of RAM and 128GB/265GB of storage with a iii,700mAh battery keeping the lights on. This telephone will also take up to 25W fast charging.

The Milky way S22+ ($999.99) has a larger 6.6-inch display at the same 1080p+ resolution. Likewise, it has the same RAM and storage configurations as the base of operations model, but the battery is bigger at four,500 mAh. This phone has faster 45W fast charging.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra ($1,199.99) has a 6.8-inch brandish, an S Pen, and higher RAM and storage (8GB/12GB RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB of storage). There'southward a large 5,000mAh battery powering it.

All USA models will apply the Snapdragon 8 Gen i while the international models will use the Exynos 2200. Though you tin merchandise in your newer Pixel phones, yous can pre-lodge these phones starting today.