Apple phones are slower than others lose in value. This is reported by the Russian Gazeta newspaper with reference to the service report “Dampes”.
According to the co-founder of the service of Elena Bogatyreva, for the first year of using the iPhone losing a maximum of 20-25 percent from the initial cost. For comparison, Samsung and Xiaomi devices are accustomed at once by 50 percent. “The operating system on old iPhone is updated once a year, which allows you to improve the charge performance, speed and introduction of new features of the widgets, players, and other things,” – noticed Bogatyrev.
As an example, a specialist called the iPhone 7, which is one of the most profitable phlegs for resale. The device was released in 2016, but in the secondary market its cost can reach up to 15 thousand rubles – many Chinese smartphones are as appreciated. “The price of a year-old Samsung is 30 percent lower than that of Apple smartphone similar in the characteristics and year,” Bogatyreva emphasized.
Also, users of the service are not viewed as a long-term investment of Xiaomi device: “They are worn to the last, Xiaomi has no culture of operating system update with high-quality and constant launch of modern functions.”
The most demanded smartphones in the secondary market in 2020 were apple, Samsung and Xiaomi devices. On the iPhone, which is leading on this list, accounts for 45 percent of all sales with an average check of 10 thousand rubles.
In February, the “Dampes” service analysts were called the most popular Apple’s device on the secondary iPhone XS market, whose share was 55 percent. The second and third places are located iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone XS MAX, respectively.