A recent study has revealed that iPhones retain more value than the top Samsung Galaxy models. Samsung is supposed to be more and more popular everyday, therefore gaining marketshare and retaining it's important reputation for being so great at making new smartphones. But is it? The report actually shows that the iPhone is considered to be the most valuable phone out there.
The iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (all of them used, not new) were compared in the recent report, which shows US eBay auction prices for these smartphones. Piper Jaffrey analyst Gene Munster, who comducted the research, wrote "The key takeaway from 8 weeks of data is that the iPhone is holding slightly more of its value compared to the top two Galaxy phones." In the picture above you can see that the iPhone 4S lost only 7% of its value in the past two months, the iPhone 4 lost about 8.8% and the iPhone 5 was deprived of only 11%. It's a different story with Samsung . The S3 is currently auctioned at 13.9% less than its original value and the Galaxy Note 2 comes in at a staggering 15% below its actual selling price. These figures might not sound that bad but believe me, they're important for the sellers; who want to get the highest amount of money for their phones...
To read the rest of this post visit my Apple blog or the Macworld website, where it has also been published.
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