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Why do android phones have such poor resale value?
unklesam
08-10-2011
You can buy say a SGS2 @ £450 and an iPhone 4 @ £450 and try and resell them, the iPhone will get at least £400 the SGS2 will be lucky to reach £300-£330, the SGS2 is in the same resale bracket as a 3GS
Zack06
08-10-2011
Because they get outdated far quicker than iPhones do. Where an iPhone will be the 'latest' for almost a year, an Android phone is lucky to be the latest for a few weeks...

The SGS2 is about to be outdated by the new generation of dual core Android phones...Nexus Prime, HTC Pyramid, SGS2+, LG Optimus...so the value of the current SGS2 is going down as a result...

It's just the downside of such a fast moving market...
neo_wales
08-10-2011
Looking at past sales on eBay you can get new iphone 4 for £399, used sell for £250 - £300+

3Gs you can pick up for £100 - £150+
paulbrock
08-10-2011
if you look at the actual completed auction prices of iphone 4, they appear to be around 300-350. People might ASK for £400+ on ebay, but its rarely paid, unless its some sort of special edition.
finbaar
08-10-2011
paid 100 quid for my Orange San Francisco in October 2010 and sold it for 104.56 last month. Question is why are Apple phones so poor at holding their value?
unklesam
08-10-2011
Originally Posted by finbaar:
“paid 100 quid for my Orange San Francisco in October 2010 and sold it for 104.56 last month. Question is why are Apple phones so poor at holding their value?”

Good point, I did similar selling my San Fran to some guy in Russia, I suppose it just all depends on the phone.
Gormond
08-10-2011
Originally Posted by finbaar:
“paid 100 quid for my Orange San Francisco in October 2010 and sold it for 104.56 last month. Question is why are Apple phones so poor at holding their value?”

I bought a hand of bananas for £1 and sold it for £2 so the question is why are phones so poor at holding their value?

We are talking the standard price people pay for a SIM free handset, not a lucky deal you may or may not happen to have got.
Stiggles
08-10-2011
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“Because they get outdated far quicker than iPhones do. Where an iPhone will be the 'latest' for almost a year, an Android phone is lucky to be the latest for a few weeks...

The SGS2 is about to be outdated by the new generation of dual core Android phones...Nexus Prime, HTC Pyramid, SGS2+, LG Optimus...so the value of the current SGS2 is going down as a result...

It's just the downside of such a fast moving market...”

This is exactly the reason.
alanwarwic
08-10-2011
Because few pay full price and the Android marketplace is competitive.
I'm finally upgrading my phone with a 16GB memory card. Justifiable at £11.

If you look around you will see that on contract even the Galaxy S2 sells towards half the price of the iPhone. Headline prices can also be halved or more for those paying cash on PAYG.
Competition is always good for the buyer which Android certainly provides.

Of course if someone is daft enough to pay £450 for an old phone then there's plenty daft enough to pay £300 for it 2nd hand.
Those on Android can pay as little as £140 for something more powerful so why would they even want the risk of something 2nd hand?.
ShaunIOW
09-10-2011
Don't Apple also price fix and take a cut from networks price plans? So there's no chance of subsidised handsets or cheaper price plans so keeping their value artificially high - I've quite often seen the latest £499 Android phone on £20-£25pm contracts with free handsets and more minutes/texts/data wheras iPhones tend to be £30+pm and a couple of hundred for the handset for poorer deals.
Dai13371
09-10-2011
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“This is exactly the reason.”

Absolutely, different models can cover a wide spectrum of user affordability.
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