iPhones seem to retain their value after first purchase, as they remain significantly more expensive than a used equivalent Android phone.
If you do not want to pay a thousand dollars to a new iPhone XS and you hope to buy a cheaply used iPhone, you probably will not be lucky. As revealed by a recent study, the resale value of iPhones remains the largest in the smartphone market.
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, Galaxy S9, which was Samsung's flagship and sold 720 dollars brand new, could be bought as a used nine months later, only for $ 290. This means that it almost lost 60%.
The analysis shows that iPhones typically drop the most when new ones are released models. Τα στοιχεία δείχνουν επίσης ότι τα "phones Galaxy S είναι ίσως η χειρότερη επένδυση", καθώς χάνουν γρήγορα την αξία τους μετά την αγορά.
The models with the lowest resale value and therefore with the greatest obsolescence of them users, it's Sony Xperia Z3 + (-57.78%), iPhone 5S (-51.67%) and iPhone 6 Plus (-51.00%).
