How To Get A Discounted Galaxy Note 8 For Note 7 Owners

Did you own the Samsung Galaxy Note 7? Well, if you did, you might have felt unlucky at the time, but your fortunes have turned if you are interested in procuring the new Note 8.

Samsung is attempting to cajole the buyers of the Note 7 — a device that was later recalled and refunded due to exploding handsets — into procuring the Note 8 with a huge discount. It is waving up to $425 on a trade-in of your current device from the Note 8’s $930 to $960 price tag for eligible buyers. Effectively such customers will get the device for around $500, which seems like a great deal since you can’t even buy the Samsung Galaxy S8 for that price.

That being said, there are some caveats involved:

• The deal is only available to U.S. based users over the age of 18.
• No official date has been declared for the trade-in, but according to PhoneArena, chances are that the offer will end September 30.
• You need to have a clear proof of purchase, so dig out the Note 7 receipt, if you have saved it. If you haven’t, a carrier bill or a credit card statement will also suffice, but it needs to mention the Note 7 clearly.
• You can only avail this scheme through Samsung’s website, so you won’t be able to club the deal with other discounts and offers from carriers and retailers. You will need a Samsung account to make the purchase, which can be made for free. Samsung will then ask you to send over your device. Once you generate the shipping label, you have 15 days to mail your phone.
• Also, Samsung will evaluate the trade-in device based on certain conditions.

Here are some conditions which Samsung will use to determine the value of the trade-in device:

• It powers on and holds a charge
• It has a functioning display
• It should have no breaks or cracks or other visible defects that go beyond normal wear and tear
• It is not on a black list of any kind.
• If it has Reactivation Lock, Google Factory Reset Protection, or any other anti-theft locking software, it should be disabled but must not be a stolen device
• You must have performed a factory reset and removed all personal information from the device.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is being hailed by phone reviewers such as MKBHD as a stellar device and since it is the device with the highest usable screen surface area, it is a device that seasoned Note series users will take note of.

This is definitely a consolation for Samsung, whose Note 7 handsets exploded last year, injured people and were subsequently banned from flights.

While Samsung was plagued with the exploding Note 7 device last year, the tech giant seems to have recovered its reputation, first with the S8 and now with the Note 8. Whether customers will reinstate their trust in the Note 8 after the Note 7 crisis, only time will tell.