The BankMyCell resource published a report on the rate at which different smartphones are falling in price. iPhone and Android flagships compared
As it turned out, in 24 months flagship smartphoneson Android have depreciated almost twice as much as iPhones. If we take a period of four years, then the gap becomes smaller. During this period, iPhones lost an average of 66.43% in value, and Android smartphones - 81.11%.
On average, Android devices with a starting priceup to $ 350 lose almost half the value in just a year. Popular budget smartphones Samsung, Motorola, LG, HTC and Google fell by an average of 52.61% between 2019 and 2020. As for the flagships, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra depreciated by 36.30% in 9 months, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max - by 15.96% for the entire 2020.
HTC, Motorola and Sony became the leaders in the rate of price reduction in the first year. Besides the iPhone, LG and Nokia are the slowest to lose in price.