Following it kicked off a new iPhone trade-in promotion back in November for users in the United States, Apple has extended the limited time offer to additional countries. Once you trade in your older iPhone models, let say, iPhone 7 Plus, you can get a brand new iPhone XR for just $449, while iPhone XS for as low as $699 in the US, that saves you $300.
The countries that available for the promotion, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Italy, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, he Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. The promotion will end in January 31, 2019, with some offers will be exclusively at Apple Stores, some on Apple.com.
It's unclear why Apple decides to provide the promotion at this time of the year, possibly due to lower-than-expected iPhone sales that many analysts expressed about it. Yet, Apple last month said that its latest iPhone XR was the best-selling iPhone every week, so we don't know who is telling the truth as of now.