You pay $100 for more storage. How much of that $100 do you recoup in resale value?

[user-name-here]

Just curious,

If you paid an extra $100 (say $299 w/ 2-year contract) for a 32GB iPhone 5s... how much of that extra $100 do you get back, compared to the $199 16GB version, when you go to sell the device a year from now to upgrade to the iPhone 6?

 

[aluren]

You can just check ebay for what the iPhone 5, 4s, 4, etc are going for...

A good guess would be $50-$75.

 

[Satnam1989]

Just curious,

If you paid an extra $100 (say $299 w/ 2-year contract) for a 32GB iPhone 5s... how much of that extra $100 do you get back, compared to the $199 16GB version, when you go to sell the device a year from now to upgrade to the iPhone 6?

If you get the iPhone on contract...you get your initial $299 back + $100-$200...

I personally don't buy on contract, but I was able to sell my iPhone 5 32GB This year for $520 locally Full 3 weeks prior to iPhone 5S launch.

however do note that getting on contract as many people think is "Cheap", it actually isn't unless u have a very good reason to be on contract.....

I buy full and pay $40-$50/month PREPAID for my service and usually am with a provider that gets me (I get discount through wholesale services):

- Unlimited Talk + Text + MMS
- 2GB Data at minimum.

Average Contract user pays $80+Tax (estimate Based off of the current plan prices available)

I save roughly $300-$400/year vs Contract pricing.

 

[forza69]

I just sold my white 32GB 4S for $300. I could have gotten more since it was unlocked, but I sold it anyway. I was happy to get back what I originally spent on the phone, especially 2 years after I bought it.

 

[tivoboy]

high

I just sold my white 32GB 4S for $300. I could have gotten more since it was unlocked, but I sold it anyway. I was happy to get back what I originally spent on the phone, especially 2 years after I bought it.

that seems a bit high, and I think you got a very good price. Finding a local customers, or ebay (don't forget to take out the fees) can give one a better price of course, but 300$ for that phone now is pretty darn good..

to the OP, don't forget in most states is 100$ plus the full tax amount, so here in CA it's 110$..

In the end, as others posted I think you'd get between 45-65$ more for the larger capacity, to a point.

Discount the 110$ you paid by what extra EXPERIENCE you are going to get over the time used, maybe 2-3$ a month over 18 months, in the end means your losing about 35$ of the overall 110$.. not too bad a deal..