“With Apple expected to launch its next-generation iPhone in just a matter of months, a new analysis of the secondary iPhone 6s market has found that the flagship handset sells used for 78 percent of its new price, outperforming the iPhone 6 at the same period,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has been tracking the resale values of Apple’s handsets on eBay for years,” Hughes reports. “At 288 days since launch, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus retain 78 percent of their retail pricing, compared to 73 percent for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus at the same period in their product cycle.”
Hughes reports, “He believes market expectations for the ‘iPhone 7’ are low heading into an anticipated September launch, potentially putting Apple in a position to outperform.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take:
The lower the expectations are set for iPhone 7, the more spectacularly they will exceeded. — MacDailyNews, June 17, 2016
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Is it safe to assume that Samsung/ Android resale values are in single or very low double digits?
I can see the craigslist ads now…
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Samsung Galaxy S6 (Please Read!) – $1
Phone is in like new condition with a screen protector with light scratches included
Asking $550 OBO (no low ball offers!)
In other words, iPhone will be business as usual.