Pick the lock type, then answer three quick questions — your price locks for 7 days.
🔒 What kind of lock does it have?
Financed — what this means
Pick this if money is still owed on the phone — to a carrier, a lease, or a financing plan. Everything else about it should be clean:
A balance is still owed — the phone isn't fully paid off
IMEI is clean (not blacklisted, not reported lost or stolen)
No iCloud or Find My account attached, and no passcode on the lock screen
Gets past the activation screen normally
Stuck on the activation screen? Choose Activation Locked instead.
Blacklisted or Blocked — what this means
Pick this if the phone has been blocked from cellular service for any reason. It should otherwise be free of account locks:
On a carrier blacklist or a global blacklist, for any reason
Bad ESN / IMEI reported
Can't connect to a cellular network because of the block (not a hardware fault)
No iCloud or Find My account attached, and no passcode on the lock screen
Stuck on the activation screen? Choose Activation Locked instead.
Activation Locked — what this means
Also called iCloud Locked. Pick this if the phone can't get past its activation screen or lock screen, or still has an Apple account tied to it:
Can't get past the activation screen
A passcode on the lock screen you can't remove
Any iCloud or Find My iPhone account still attached
Mobile Device Management (MDM) lock
Demo / display-model units
It's fine if the phone is also blacklisted or financed — Activation Locked covers it.
No locks at all? Clean, paid-off iPhones get their best price at gadgettraders.com.
1 Which carrier?
2 How much storage?
3 What condition is it in?
Flawless — what this means
100% perfect — looks like it just came out of the box. All of the following must be true:
Zero scratches, scuffs or marks anywhere.
Display is free of defects such as dead pixels, white spots or burn-in.
Battery health 90% or higher.
Powers on and every function works.
Good — what this means
The most common grade — normal wear from everyday use, fully working, no liquid damage. All of the following must be true:
No deep scratches, chips or dents — light marks you have to look for are fine.
Display is free of defects such as dead pixels, white spots or burn-in.
Battery health 85% or higher.
Powers on and every function works.
Can't get past the activation screen? Grade on how the phone looks and whether it powers on — we verify the rest when it arrives.
Not sure? Pick your best guess — if our inspection differs you get a revised offer to accept, or we ship your phone back free.
iPhone 16 locked trade-in prices
Financed up to $275 · Blacklisted or Blocked up to $205 · Activation Locked up to $140. Prices depend on carrier, storage and condition — the quote above is exact for your phone.
