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How to Get the Best Resale Price for Your iPhone 6, 6 Plus or 5s

i looked at next worth. i think if i sell my iPhone 6 plus unlocked t-mobile version, i am just going to lie and say its a Verizon model and get the extra $50 bucks, because all the unlocked phones work on verizon. if they are unlocked then i don't see why sprint - t-mobile - AT&T and verizon should have separate prices. they say sprint is only worth $400
and verizon is $460, but if sprint unlocks your iPhone, then it should be $460 regardless of the model
 
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freediverx said:
Samsung dramatically improved the color accuracy of their AMOLED displays with the S6, which is good since all their previous models were awful.

But even the S6 models lag behind the iPhone.

Greyscale Accuracy (lower is better)
iPhone 6 1.9683
Galaxy S6 Edge 3.1000
Galaxy S6 3.8800

Saturation Accuracy (lower is better)
iPhone 6 1.1929
Galaxy S6 Edge 1.3600
Galaxy S6 1.8400

GMB Accuracy (lower is better)
iPhone 6 1.7645
Galaxy S6 Edge 2.0200
Galaxy S6 2.3500​

"However while the S6 edge seems to be without any issues, the S6 does have some odd display issues that can be seen in direct sunlight as seen in the photo above. To be clear about this the photo above is a simple white screen, which should make the image completely homogeneous, but instead there are two visible vertical lines and another jagged horizontal line that appear across the display. Inspection under a light microscope doesn’t really reveal what’s causing this, but the defect is quite visible in practice as seen in the photo above."

"As far as I can tell, it looks like the green subpixels have a bit more variance than what we’re used to as they tend towards oblong shapes rather than circles, which is likely due to the much tighter pixel density. It seems that this variance may cause some color shifting in certain units, which seems to remain a potential problem with Samsung's AMOLED displays."

"Due to the subpixel arrangement and some other differences in the display design, color shifting also remains higher than one would expect from LCD displays that are found in phones like the iPhone 6."

"Issues like purple smearing have been resolved, but there are still some problems with the display such as color shifting with changes to viewing angles and some variability in display quality from unit to unit."​
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I read it too. Those issues have nothing to do with what you said in your post.
 
duaneu said:
Yes, Amazon did it to me with my iPhone 5s. I was surprised because I had sold two previous phones with them with no issues. I'll admit there may have been a small nick or two, but there's no way an unlocked 32 GB one year old phone was only worth $100. I should have protected myself by selecting the option to have it returned if they graded it lower, but I'd had good experiences in the past so I let my guard down. Lesson learned.
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I had the experience of getting a quote from Amazon for a perfect condition iPhone 5s (it really was entirely perfect, not a scratch and worked flawlessly). I had checked that I wanted the phone returned to me if they judged it of lesser quality than I claimed. They said the phone was in poor condition and changed the quote to about ¼ of what they had offered. I had sent the phone to them in its original box, with all cables and instruction, etc., packed with bubblewrap etc. They returned only the phone to me in a very large box with ZERO packing material at all, just the phone flopping around in the box. Fortunately, the phone looked and worked just fine (testament to iPhone and the postal service). Sold it on eBay, got a great price, and had a very happy buyer. When I contacted Amazon to complain about the judging of the condition and the poor packing of the returned phone, they said that they had no control over either as they contract out the pricing and assessment and shipping.
 
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Bawstun said:
eBay is THE WORST WAY to resell your device. Just from a pure business perspective, it's horrible. You're taking chunks off the final profit 3 or 4 times before you see it. Why would anyone willingly do this?
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What do you mean by CHUCKS off the final profit 3 or 4 times?
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
You'll always recoup more of your cost selling the base model, but rather than worry about this, just get the capacity you personally need as there are always buyers for each capacity.
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It's not my deciding factor. I always just get the size I need but I'm in a peculiar situation this year in that it'll cost me the same to get either size b/c of my carrier reimbursement. Hence I'm wondering when I go to resell it, will one size generally fetch a higher percentage return than another? You're saying 16GB fetches a higher percentage return than the 64GB etc?
 
To get the best price for a phone, craigslist would be the answer for me.

Generally get a higher rate than dealing with a company that just tends to resell it. The same with selling your car to a car dealer vs private sale.

In my experience, phones are easy to sell, where other items take while.
 
I know it's an isolated case, but I actually sold my 5S to a guy in Jordan and had zero issues.

freediverx said:
If you limit sales to North American buyers with positive feedback and PayPal payments - and assuming you're not misrepresenting the item - you are unlikely to have problems. I've been selling stuff on eBay for many years and never had any issues.
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cargoplex said:
For what it's worth, here's my iPhone sales history:

• iPhone (2007)
Paid: $599 (unsubsidized)
Sold: $395 (jailbroken/unlocked - eBay) - sold in 2008

• iPhone 3G (2008)
Paid: $199 (subsidized)
Sold: $395 (jailbroken/unlocked - eBay) - sold in 2009

• iPhone 3GS (2009)
Paid: $499 (unsubsidized)
Sold: $299 (factory locked - eBay) - sold in 2010

• iPhone 4 (2010)
Paid: $199 (subsidized)
Sold: $225 (factory locked - Amazon) - sold in 2011

• iPhone 4S (2011)
Paid: $199 (subsidized)
Sold: $400 (factory unlocked - eBay) - sold in 2012

• iPhone 5 (2012)
Paid: $449 (discounted)
Sold: $299 (factory unlocked - eBay) - sold in 2014

• iPhone 5S (2013)
Paid: $449 (discounted)
Sold: $449 (factory unlocked - eBay) - sold in 2014

• iPhone 6 (2014)
Paid: $449 (discounted)
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I've only owned a iPhone 4s and 5s but I've managed to sell both about 6 weeks before the new unveil for about 100 more than I paid for them subsidized. Of course I bought AppleCare plus and there are taxes and Amazon fees but I would find it hard to get that kind of return on an Android. That being said, this might be the first year I don't get an iPhone as I'm really tired of the bugs in iOS 8. I will of course hold onto my iPad mini 2 so I'm not abandoning iOS entirely.
 
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based on the prices at all the websites in this thead.....my phone is going back to ATT as a trade in haha. so its either sell to a third party for more then i owe or just give it back.
 
tennisproha said:
It's not my deciding factor. I always just get the size I need but I'm in a peculiar situation this year in that it'll cost me the same to get either size b/c of my carrier reimbursement. Hence I'm wondering when I go to resell it, will one size generally fetch a higher percentage return than another? You're saying 16GB fetches a higher percentage return than the 64GB etc?
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So it actually costs you the same for either capacity? Wonder how you're able to get that? In that case, get the higher capacity as the resale value will be a bit higher.

However, for everyone else they don't quite recoup the $100 more it costs them to get the next higher capacity.
 
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You guys should seriously consider selling with Swappa. That is the only site I use to buy and sell used phones on. Granted, it is mostly for Android, but iphones are on there. They only charge you a flat 10$!. Then all you pay is the paypal fees. Easy. I have gotten to keep way more of my sale money using that site than on ebay. Once ebay started charging 10%, which is ridiculous, I dipped.
 
thedeske said:
Interesting - iphone 6 and 5S in the same ballpark right now - telling
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Indeed. It shows that the 5s can hold its own against the larger iPhone 6 that basically brought a .7" screen increase plus NFC/Apple Pay with marginal performance/camera upgrades. The 6s will be a different story.
 
Sasparilla said:
Gotta have a phone to get by with in the mean time for this to work.

Important to remember on eBay if you do auction eBay takes 20%, if you do buy it now (only) they take 10%.
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Good lord. Did auctions jump up that high? I bailed the eff out of eBay years ago becausebtheybwere taking too large a cut and I'm easily able to resell things that interest me elsewhere. But Jesus. 20%?!
 
CrAkD said:
based on the prices at all the websites in this thead.....my phone is going back to ATT as a trade in haha. so its either sell to a third party for more then i owe or just give it back.
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Trade in values are probably what birthed programs like next, edge, and jump, to be honest. By the time you're ready for s new phone the buyout is right around the traffic, maybe slightly less. I could "makes $30 by trading/selling or I can just dump it at my carrier and get the newer device in wanting.
 
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