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PIXEL 8 PRO BUYBACK
A Pixel 8 Pro Buyback runs from $34 to $268, depending on capacity, wear and the network the phone is on. Every number on this page is pulled live from the same feed the quote box uses, so none of it is an estimate.
Most people call it a trade-in. We call it a Buyback, and here is why the price is different. A carrier gives you credit against next month's bill. We give you money, by gift card, PayPal, bank transfer or check, and you keep your phone plan wherever it already is.
The Pixel 8 Pro is the phone Google put a thermometer in. There is a real infrared temperature sensor on the back, sitting in the camera bar next to the flash, and no other phone in the Pixel 8 family has one. Spend two minutes on it before you pick a grade. It proves which phone you are holding, and it is one more window that can chip.
Then the part people actually worry about, which is mailing a valuable phone to strangers. We email a free prepaid USPS label. The box is tracked the whole way. Every device is wiped to Department of Defense standard when it lands, a person checks it by hand, and we tell you what we found. If you do not like the answer, we mail the phone back and the return is free.
Inspection clears within 48 hours of arrival. Payment goes out the same day it clears, and the price you accept is held for 14 days.
LIVE PRICES
The used resale value of an unlocked Pixel 8 Pro runs from $34 to $268. Find your capacity across the top and your condition down the side.
That 1TB column is the only one in the family. Google sold a terabyte on the Pro and on nothing else, so if your storage screen reports around 1TB you are in the right place and the right column.
Prices move with the market. Whichever one you accept is locked for 14 days from the moment you accept it.
| Comparison row | 128GB | 256GB | 512GB | 1TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brand New | $226 | $236 | $257 | $268 |
Flawless | $215 | $225 | $245 | $255 |
Good | $170 | $180 | $200 | $210 |
Average | $153 | $162 | $180 | $189 |
Fair | $102 | $108 | $120 | $126 |
Faulty | $34 | $36 | $40 | $42 |
HOW A BUYBACK WORKS
Pick 128GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB, pick the network the phone is on, then pick the condition that matches what is in your hand. Take the case off and look at the camera bar in daylight before you decide. The grading rules on this page are the same ones our inspector uses, so a description that matches the phone is the fastest route to the number you were quoted.
We email you a prepaid USPS label. Print it, wrap the Pixel 8 Pro in something soft, box it, tape it shut and hand it in. Tracking starts at the first scan and you can watch the box the whole way. Leave the charger, the case and the original packaging at home. None of it is priced in and we cannot mail it back to you.
A person opens the box and goes over the phone by hand, screen, back, frame and every window in the camera bar. We wipe it to Department of Defense standard, so your photos, messages and saved passwords are erased and cannot be recovered. If the phone matches your description, payment goes out the same day by gift card, PayPal, bank transfer or check. If it does not, we tell you exactly what we found and you can have it back, free.
SPEC SHEET
Google prints the model number on the box, not on the phone, and most boxes are long gone. Read yours in Settings, About phone, Model.
| Google's name for it | Pixel 8 Pro |
|---|---|
| US model number | G1MNW |
| Sold elsewhere as | GC3VE |
| Released | October 12, 2023 |
| Screen | 6.7 inch LTPO OLED, 1Hz to 120Hz |
| Resolution | 1344 x 2992 |
| Screen burn-in | Possible on OLED. It grades the phone Faulty |
| Rear cameras | Three: wide, ultrawide, 5x telephoto |
| Temperature sensor | Yes, in the camera bar beside the flash |
| Chip | Google Tensor G3 |
| Storage sold | 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB |
| Water and dust | IP68 |
| Weight | 213 g |
| Size | 162.6 x 76.5 x 8.8 mm |
| Front and back | Gorilla Glass Victus 2, aluminum frame |
| Launch colors | Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay |
| Battery rule | There is not one on an Android phone |
| Stylus | None. No Pixel takes a pen |
| What to send | The phone on its own |
PIXEL 8 PRO BUYBACK QUESTIONS
It comes down to capacity, wear and network. A 256GB unlocked Pixel 8 Pro in Good condition is $180 today. The same phone in Average is $162, and with a crack in it, which grades Faulty, it is $36.
The top of the grid is the 1TB at $268, and the whole range is in the table above. Faulty is a price here, not a rejection.
Open the app drawer and look for Thermometer. Only the Pro has it, because only the Pro has the sensor to feed it. That is a five second answer and it does not depend on your eye for screen sizes.
If you want a second check, count the rear lenses. The Pro has three and the Pixel 8 has two. The Pro screen is 6.7 inches against 6.2, and the model number settles it for good: G1MNW is a Pixel 8 Pro, GKWS6 or G9BQD is a Pixel 8. If you are on the wrong page, the Pixel 8 Buyback page is next door.
Yes. On an Android phone the rule is not a checklist, it is a principle: if something on the phone has stopped working, the phone grades Faulty. The thermometer is part of the phone, so it counts like the speaker or a button counts.
Test it in about a minute. Open Thermometer, choose Object Temperature, tap Continue, pick a material, then hold the back of the phone about two inches from something warm like a mug of coffee until the circle fills, and tap the middle to take the reading. A sensor that never completes a reading, or an app that will not open at all on a phone that is definitely a Pro, is a fault and you should grade it Faulty and still get paid.
One thing that is not a fault: readings that are a few degrees off. Google's own instructions say accuracy depends on the distance and the material you picked. Being imprecise is how it shipped.
It does, and this is the part Pixel 8 Pro owners miss. The camera bar holds four windows: three lenses and the temperature sensor. Every one of them is glass, and any crack or chip in glass anywhere on the phone grades it Faulty, even if every camera still takes a perfect photo.
Check it with light rather than with your eyes alone. Hold the phone under a lamp and tilt it slowly so the reflection sweeps across the bar. A scratch stays a line. A chip throws a bright spark and catches a fingernail. On a 256GB the difference is $180 at Good against $36 at Faulty, so it is worth two minutes to know which one you have before you describe it.
Yes. A cracked screen, a cracked back or a chipped lens cover all land in the same place, which is Faulty, and Faulty has a price in the table above. Send it as Faulty, get the Faulty number, and nothing changes at inspection. What costs you money is describing a cracked phone as Good and then waiting for us to find it.
Burn-in grades the phone Faulty. Every Pixel 8 Pro has an OLED panel, so it can happen to any of them, and after a couple of years of the same status bar sitting in the same pixels it does.
The quick version: turn the brightness up, open a plain white image full screen in a dim room, and look for a faint ghost of the clock or the navigation bar. The long walkthrough, including the shapes that burn into an Android and the things people mistake for burn-in, is on the Pixel 8 page, and it applies to this phone unchanged.
No. There is no battery rule on an Android phone. No percentage, no 80 percent line, and no battery health screen for you to go hunting for. If you have arrived here from selling an iPhone, that rule does not travel.
A battery only enters the grade if it has genuinely stopped working, and then it is caught by the same principle as everything else: a phone with a part that does not work is Faulty. A phone that gets through a shorter day than it used to is not.
It changes it a lot, and unlocked pays most on this phone at every capacity and every grade. A 1TB in Good condition is $210 unlocked against $174 on Verizon, $162 on AT&T, $149 on T-Mobile and $105 on anything else.
So pick the network the phone is actually on. If it is carrier locked and your account is paid off, the carrier can release it, and once it is released you can come back and quote it as unlocked.
Not for money, and here is the honest reason. If it will not power on we cannot test a single thing on it, and we cannot clear your data off it either, which matters more. We will recycle it free, wiped to the same standard as everything else, or mail it back to you free. Your call.
Not while payments are still running. A phone on a carrier installment plan or a lease counts as being under a financial obligation, and we do not purchase those. Clear the balance and it quotes like any other Pixel 8 Pro.
Those are the two that stop the sale before grading begins, and neither has a workaround.
A Pixel still signed in to a Google Account arrives with factory reset protection active, which means nobody can set it up but you. Sign out and erase it properly before it ships and the problem disappears. An IMEI that has been reported lost or stolen, or blocked by a carrier for an unpaid bill, is a phone we cannot buy at any grade. Dial *#06# to read your IMEI and check it before you post.
If you bought it in the United States it is G1MNW. That is the only Pixel 8 Pro model number in Google's own US regulatory listing, which is unusual in this family, because the Pixel 8 next door has two. GC3VE is the version sold outside the US. Read yours in Settings, About phone, Model. It is not printed on the back of the phone, only on the box.
No. Obsidian, Porcelain and Bay all quote the same, and so does a phone whose color you cannot remember the name of. Capacity, condition and network are the only three things that move the number.
Sign out of your Google Account first, then erase, in that order. Settings, Passwords and accounts, tap your Google Account, Remove account. Then Settings, System, Reset options, Erase all data. Full steps with screenshots are on our erase guide.
Doing it yourself is the safe habit, but it is also belt and braces. Every device we take in gets a Department of Defense grade wipe on arrival, including the ones we end up recycling rather than buying.
Four ways: an emailed gift card, which averages about 3 percent more because the brands add a bonus; PayPal, which is instant and carries PayPal's own 2.99 percent fee; a bank transfer in 2 to 4 days; or a check in 3 to 5. A phone graded Brand New is paid by PayPal only, because a sealed device is handled differently.
On the carrier question, the honest comparison is this. A carrier trade-in pays in bill credit spread over 24 or 36 months and usually needs a new line or an upgrade to unlock the headline figure. A Buyback pays once, in money you can spend anywhere, and it does not tie you to anything. Compare the two on the number that reaches you rather than the number in the advertisement.
Capacity, network, condition. About a minute for a real number, and it holds for 14 days.
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