When buying an expensive flagship smartphone of a new model, the buyer expects that after a few months it will retain a significant part of its value. But, as practice shows, this is a serious misconception (unless we are talking about the iPhone). SellCell, the largest used equipment trading service in the United States, which tracks the price dynamics of key smartphone models on the market, has shared a new report in which it revealed the fall in prices of the iPhone 13, Galaxy S22 and Pixel 6 series. It turned out that the line of Korean flagships for 2 months lost 46.8% of the price on average, ahead of even the Google Pixel 6 (41.5%). Compared to the iPhone 13, the gap is even threefold: the apple device lost about 16.4% of the price in the first two months.
Regarding specific models, Samsung’s main underdog was the 128 GB Galaxy S22+, which fell in price by an astronomical 57.5% (in “good” condition) and 53.8% (“like new”) in 60 days. In money terms, this is expressed as a drop from the starting $1,000 to $425 (-$575). Things are not much better for the Galaxy S22 Ultra (1 TB), which lost about 51-55% (about -$830-880).
In the case of Googlephones, the older Pixel 6 Pro (256 GB) turned out to be an outsider, which depreciated by 47.9% (“good”) and 45.7% (“like new”), which in terms of money is a drop of $ 457- 479 from the original $999. But Apple’s anti-records beat “mini” with 512 GB of memory and “firmware” with 1 TB: iPhone 13 mini fell in price by 23.8-28.9%, iPhone 13 Pro lost about 22-23.6% of the price, and 13 Pro Max – 21.5-23.7%. On the other hand, the iPhone 13 Pro Max (128 GB) showed itself best of all, which depreciated only by 4.7% (“good”) and 3.8% (“like new”) in 2 months – the fall was only $42- 52. A more detailed report can be found here , and here you can refresh your memory of the situation in April 2021.
Pattern chart showing price pullbacks for some (Pixel 6, iPhone 13) and continued declines for others (iPhone 13 mini)
© Vladimir Kovalev. mobile phone
Sourced from sellcell.com
