The iPhones seem to retain their value after their first purchase, as they remain much more expensive than a similar used Android phone.
If you don't want to pay a thousand dollars on a new iPhone XS and you're hoping to get a used iPhone significantly cheaper, you're probably out of luck. As a recent study revealed, the resale value of the iPhone remains the highest in the market smartphones.
The bankMyCell data, a site that specializes in purchase of used electronic devices, show that a new iPhone X, costing $ 999 when purchased brand new, resold nine months later for $ 690. This means that the value of the iPhone fell by 30,93%.
In addition, the Galaxy The S9, which was Samsung's flagship and sold for $ 720 brand new, could be purchased as a used nine months later for only $ 290. That means it lost almost 60%.
Η analysis shows that iPhones typically drop the most when new models come out. The data they also show that "Galaxy S phones are probably the worst investment" as they quickly lose value after purchase.
The models with the lowest resale value and therefore the most deprecated by the users are Sony Xperia Z3 + (-57.78%), iPhome 5S (-51.67%) and iPhome 6 Plus (-51.00%).