HTC One A9 trade-in offer extended till Jan. 7

After hitting a record breaking sales figure during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weeks, HTC has now decided to extend its promotional trade-in offer for the One A9. The smartphone has reigned to be the most desirable product from the brand during the sales.

The trade-in offer will be valid till Jan. 7, 2016. During this period users will be able to trade a qualified phone for the HTC One A9. The handset is available at US$499.99 (AU$685) on AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.

For iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus the trade in value is US$499. This means, users with the above mentioned phones can change over to HTC One A9 with no additional cost. For Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge owners, value stands as US$200 on the trade. Thus, A9 will cost only US$299 (AU$409). And finally, LG G3 or LG G4 owners will get a trade-in of just US$100 (AU$137), reports Android Central.

Orders for unlocked, T-Mobile and AT&T variants have already started shipping the devices. Sprint will begin shipping from mid-December, says HTC. For verification of the old device, the user will receive clear instructions for packaging and mailing them via email.

HTC One A9 smartphone is the company's first A series smartphone which was launched with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow on board. The iPhone look alike 5-inch all metal clad handset features AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels.

A 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor powers the smartphone. The device comes with two different RAM and storage variations – 2GB /16 GB and 3 GB/ 32 GB in-built storage which can be expanded up to 200 GB via microSD card.

The company claims that its 2150 mAh battery can be alive up to 16 hours, reports Gizbot. The phone also features HTC Rapid Charger 2.0 which ensures 75 percent faster charging than ever.

Contact the writer at feedback@ibtimes.com.au or tell us what you think below.