When buying a Android – a smartphone, many do not think about how quickly their phone will lose in price, and it’s in vain, because according to the latest research, devices based on the operating system Android lose much in price more solutions from Apple. In this article, we will consider which devices are the least attractive in terms of sale in the secondary market and during trade-in, as well as study other equally interesting statistics that were collected on the basis of data on 300 smartphones from various manufacturers.
Android – smartphones lose in price twice as fast iPhone
Flagships on Android lose in price twice as fast iPhone
Flagships on Android lose in price twice as fast iPhone
So let's start with the fun part. According to statistics, iPhone is losing 23.45% in value in the first year, and by the second year the total losses are 45.46%. At the same time Android – smartphones for $ 700 and more lose in price in a year as much as iPhone in two years. For two years, the average Android – the flagship loses in price 71.41% (45.18% in the first year and 47.85% in the second).
In the budget segment the situation is even worse, devices with Android lose on average 48.65% per year.
Let's take an example, if iPhone cost $ 850, you could sell it for $ 651 a year later, and $ 464 in two years. In the case of Android – the device in a year its price would have dropped to $ 466, and two years later to $ 243.
In the case of a budget phone Android, the situation is even worse. Let's imagine that the phone costs 205 dollars, in a year it will drop in price in the secondary market to 105 dollars, and in another year to 42 dollars.
Which Android is the most profitable manufacturer
Let's take a look at which manufacturer's smartphones lose the least in price. So, Nokia is in the first place among Android manufacturers. Smartphones of this brand from January to December 2019 lost about 27.68% in price. Sony devices – 31.30%, Phones HTC 32.01%, but Samsung is only in 5th place with a result of 34.42%. The worst vendors on this issue are Google, LG and Motorola. The smartphones of these companies lost 51.68%, 56.76% and 59.41%, respectively, during this period.
iPhone XR – current flagship?
Drop in value iPhone
From January 1 to December 31 iPhone XR lost only 21.55% in value. And this is an excellent indicator. The weakest results were shown by iPhone 6, which fell 39.61% in price during this period.
Galaxy – space falls
Falling value of Samsung Galaxy
Over the year, the S10 + lost 45.26% in price – 373 dollars (about 25 thousand rubles). That is, every month an S10 + user loses about 2 thousand rubles on using the device. Almost all Samsung flagships have lost about 40-50% in price over this period. The result is not very encouraging, given that the company's devices are considered high-quality and branded.
Google smartphones – no demand?
From January 1, 2019 to December 31 of the same year, the Pixel 3 crashed in price by 56.70% or $ 256. And this is also interesting, because Google puts its phones on the same level with iPhone as an example of what a phone should be on Android. But, as you can see, buying a device from Google will become a problem in terms of trade-in and sale on the secondary market.
2019 smartphones that depreciated more than others
Smartphones of 2019 that depreciated more than others
The list above shows a drop in value. You can see that Galaxy S10 + Plus is in 5th place. And this is very strange. It is unexpected that Samsung and Google phones lose so much in value in trade-in.
2019 smartphones that depreciated less than the rest
2019 smartphones that depreciated less than the rest
Sony Xperia L2 (only 15.56%), Nokia 7.1 (16.67%) and HTC U12 + (18%) lost the least in price. Do you want a phone that you can sell in the future for almost the same price you bought it for? Then take a look at Sony and Nokia.
Output
You can come to obvious conclusions regarding the fall in value Android – phones over time – Samsung, Pixel, Motorola and LG – not the best options in case in the future you want to sell your phone profitably. It is worth noting that among the analyzed devices there are no devices from Chinese manufacturers, in their case the price drop may not be so big, since they are initially offered to consumers at a rather attractive price, and there is simply no need to overpay for the brand. We can recommend devices from Sony, Nokia and other Chinese manufacturers for purchase. Have you already purchased Android – the device? Then check out our material where we tell you what to do after buying a phone.
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