Apple increases Apple Watch S2 and S3 trade-ins to $100 for Heart Month

Apple Watch Series 5 (Image credit: iMore)

What you need to know

You can now trade in Apple Watch Series 2 and Series 3 for up to $100.
The previous trade-in was $60 and $70 respectively.
The deal is part of Heart Month.

You probably didn't know that February is Heart Month, but Apple does. And it's using the month to try and convince people to upgrade their older Apple Watch to a shiny new Apple Watch Series 5 by increasing the trade-in value of older Series 2 and Series 3 models.

As part of the new promotion, first spotted by MacRumors, buyers can trade in their old Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3 models for up to $100 in trade-in value. That's up from $60 and $70 respectively.

Apple Watch trade-in (Image credit: iMore)

February is Heart Month. Get Apple Watch Series 5 starting at $299 with trade-in of Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3.

The whole thing is thanks to Heart Month, with Apple hoping users will upgrade to a new wearable as part of a renewed focus on their heart and its health.

Apple Watch has been on a run of helping people with their heart issues recently, and if you're at all concerned about yours you could definitely do worse than pick up a shiny new Apple Watch Series 5 this Heart Month.

Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.