iPhone 12 Depreciates Less Than iPhone 11, Study Finds

macintoshmac · Jul 16, 2021

Zorn said:
This is always such an odd metric to me - of course the 12 held its' value better, as it's a newer device and the first 5G iPhone. It doesn't mean the 11 was bad in any way.

Yes! This! Newest device, has 5G!

garylapointe · Jul 16, 2021

6 months after the 11 we were heading into a pandemic. While 6 months after the 12, we were working our way out of a pandemic.

In the US, people had gotten $3200 in stimulus checks over the past year; the people who kept their jobs and went out less (pandemic) probably saved money over that time and had an additional $3200 on top of that.

Plus, you have to factor in 5G...

Jakuta · Jul 16, 2021

Johnny907 said:
Except not. Used car market has exploded because the new car market is constrained thanks to a shortage of chips, but people still need vehicles so have turned to the used market.
Even if you got a C in high school economics you should understand this, and why it has nothing to do iPhone prices. It’s not like 1) iPhone prices went up this year or 2) the supply of iPhones for most of the world has been constrained at any point other than initial launch month when it’s always constrained.

So you're saying the inflation is transitory. 😂

G5isAlive · Jul 16, 2021

Johnny907 said:
Except not. Used car market has exploded because the new car market is constrained thanks to a shortage of chips, but people still need vehicles so have turned to the used market.
Even if you got a C in high school economics you should understand this, and why it has nothing to do iPhone prices. It’s not like 1) iPhone prices went up this year or 2) the supply of iPhones for most of the world has been constrained at any point other than initial launch month when it’s always constrained.

Except not not. Sure, I agree with your comment on used car market, but even if you got a C in high school economics you would know that supply is not the only side of the equation, there is demand. Demand DID go up on all communication devices and computers as the work at home thing got entrenched. AND people were happy to break old cycles and spend more money on such because they were spending less discretionary funds on restaurants and new clothes. So, the whole concept that one phone held its value over another presumably because of inherent superiority while ignoring inflation and change in spending habits is ludicrous. This article is a case of the numbers being real, but the implied interpretation being short sighted.

Smartass · Jul 16, 2021

Another proof that the mini is the best phone you can buy right now. It's cheap, its great and you dont need a trailer to carry it around like for those Samsung Note thingys

B4U · Jul 16, 2021

Deguello said:
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest used iPhone prices are a supply and demand situation, too.

The used car market is still a bad example because, as others have said, it’s driven by constraints on new cars which drives, no pun intended, people to an alternate resource.

Which is exactly a supply and demand situation.
There is limited supply of used car as well, since the rental companies were not buying new cars last year.

Deguello · Jul 16, 2021

B4U said:
Which is exactly a supply and demand situation.
There is limited supply of used car as well, since the rental companies were not buying new cars last year.

Yes, it’s a supply and demand example but it’s not driven by changes in the value of the dollar, as was proposed in the original post which claimed that. That’s why it’s a bad example.

B4U · Jul 16, 2021

Deguello said:
Yes, it’s a supply and demand example but it’s not driven by changes in the value of the dollar, as was proposed in the original post which claimed that. That’s why it’s a bad example.

And that was what I was pointing out.

svish · Jul 16, 2021

iPhones are great. They last long. No wonder they have high resale value

iSayuSay · Jul 17, 2021

Major redesign, OLED display for all models, 5G cellular that gives people a sense of future-proofing. Of course it's going to depreciate less than a prematurely aging 11 series which would be stuck on LTE.

Mutepointer · Jul 17, 2021