U.S. mobile trade-in programs returned $757 million to consumers in Q3 2021, reveals Assurant

New 5G smartphone launches, combined with trade-in promotions, contribute to growth of mobile trade-in and upgrade programs 19 November 2021—Assurant (NYSE:AIZ), a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced findings from its analysis of the mobile device trade-in and upgrade market for Q3 2021. Its Q3 Mobile Trade-in and Upgrade Industry Trends report reveals that mobile trade-in programs returned $757 million to U.S. consumers, a 33% increase from both Q2 of this year, as well as from Q3 2020….

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HYLA Mobile: Mobile trade-in programs returned $2.378 billion to US consumers in 2019

In 2019, the average age of a smartphone at trade-in was 3 years 30 January 2020 – HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device returns management and reuse solutions, today announced results from its analysis of the mobile device trade-in market for 2019. The report reveals that $2.378 billion was returned to US consumers last year via mobile device trade-in programs—an increase of 4.7% from 2018. HYLA combines live market figures and its own analytics solution to identify the latest trends for the…

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HYLA Mobile: Mobile trade-in programs return over $455 million to US consumers in Q2 2019

HYLA data reveals the average age of smartphones at trade-in has hit a three-year high 31 July 2019 – New data from HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions, reveals the continued growth of trade-in programs in the US. Findings from its latest quarterly trade-in trends report show that in Q2 2019, over $455 million was returned to US consumers via trade-in programs—an increase of 10% from Q2 of 2018. HYLA’s latest data also shows that US consumers are…

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HYLA Mobile: Mobile device trade-ins returned over $600 million to US consumers in Q3

While the iPhone 6 remains the top traded device for nine straight quarters, Samsung re-enters the top 5 traded devices 29th October 2018—HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device trade-ins and reuse solutions, today reveals that over $627 million ($627,837,030) was returned to US consumers in Q3 of 2018 thanks to mobile device trade-ins. This is an increase of 51% from Q2 2018, which saw $414 million returned to US consumers from trade-ins. Q3 is typically a strong quarter for mobile device trade-ins—last…

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Q2 sees Samsung trade-ins on the rise, while iPhones remain top-traded devices, reveals HYLA Mobile

Over $400 million returned to US consumers as part of mobile device trade-ins 1 August 2018 – HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device trade-ins and reuse solutions, has released its Q2 2018 trade-in data trends report, highlighting the rise of Samsung smartphone trade-ins during last quarter. While Apple’s iPhones remained the top five traded devices for yet another quarter, Samsung trade-ins increased by 12%. Overall, smartphone trade-ins during the quarter returned $414,198,041 to US consumers. HYLA Mobile’s Q2 trade-in trends report analyzes…

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HYLA Mobile: Mobile device trade-in programs returned more than $2bn to customers and consumers in 2017

An additional $55 million returned to consumers in 2017 compared to 2016, despite them holding onto devices for longer 31 January 2018 – Mobile device trade-in programs put $2.156 billion back in the pockets of US consumers in 2017, an increase of $55 million from 2016, illustrating the growing momentum of the global used device ecosystem. This is despite consumers choosing to hold onto their devices for longer (more than two months on average) than in previous years. These are the key findings from HYLA Mobile’s Mobile Trade-In Industry Trends…

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HYLA Mobile CEO, Biju Nair, Honored with the IEEE CQR Chairman’s Award

MINNEAPPOLIS, May 16 2017 – HYLA Mobile, one of the world’s leading providers of mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions, today announces its President & CEO Biju Nair has been presented with the Chairman’s Award by the IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Communications Quality & Reliability (CQR). This award is in recognition of Biju’s sustained contribution in the field of Quality, Reliability & Security of communications services. It includes acknowledging the value he has added to the professional society, and for being an effective role model in the telecommunications…

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