Not happy with your current phone and want to upgrade to a new iPhone? Trading it in is always a quick fix. Your phone gets valued, you get cash, then you go out and buy a flash new one. Simple.
If phones were cars and “WeBuyAnyCar” suddenly saw a huge amount of Ford Escorts getting trading in, you’d assume that people weren’t keen on hanging on to those Escorts. Likewise, if we look at the figures from CompareMyMobile.com, we should see what the least wanted phone is.
Well, according to their stats, many people waited until the iPhone 5s appeared and then there was a big increase in trade-ins.
BlackBerry trade-ins went from a 10.27% of the trade-in market to a 20.3% share by September 22nd. Nokia handsets (sadly we don’t know whether they’re Lumia devices, but we assume quite a few were) went from 7.94% to 10.89% by the 22nd.
There was a lower-than-expected amount of iPhone valuations, perhaps signifying that iPhone owners weren’t in a massive rush to upgrade to the next model.
iPhone 5S and 5C Release Day Fails to Match iPhone 5 Excitement with Apple Fans as Loyal Users Fail to Upgrade, according to CompareMyMobile Brands like BlackBerry and Nokia are eating into Apple’s trade-in market share, according to leading gadget recycling comparison site CompareMyMobile, as fewer Apple consumers trade in old models suggesting disappointment with the new iPhone 5S and 5C. On the day of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C release: – iPhone valuations up just 120.25 percent – massively lower than previous years – Apple makes up 30.2 percent of all trade-ins – loses what it claimed back to smaller brands – BlackBerry makes up 20.3 percent of all trade-ins – up from 11.51 percent before iPhone 5S release – iPhone resale prices of older models still plummet as much as £30 iPhone valuations are up just 120.25 percent following the release of the iPhone 5S and 5C, according to leading mobile phone recycling site CompareMyMobile. The site say this is a smaller rise than would usually be expected, especially following the 367.57 percent rise in valuations following the iPhone 5 announcement in 2012. The site already recently reported a 269.57 percent boost following the reveal of the new devices, but say this seems tiny compared to the 831.93 percent surge after the iPhone 5 reveal. The iPhone 4S and 3GS were valued most on the site during release day, seeing a 300 percent and 233.33 percent rise in valuations respectively. The iPhone 5 only saw a 137.5 percent rise in valuations. The site believes this could have happened as people are still in 24 month contracts with the iPhone 5, but with critics stating that there aren’t enough stand out changes to the new model this could show hesitation to upgrade. However, CompareMyMobile do say the fact there has still been a rise in valuations shows a few loyal fans upgrading to the latest device. In fact, the rise in valuations on the reveal day of the iPhone 5S/5C allowed Apple’s market share to shoot from 25.6 percent to 46.87 percent. But site data shows that this did not last for long – with Apple’s share falling to 30.2 percent on release day as consumers with other brands, not Apple fans, decided to upgrade. For example, BlackBerry valuations almost doubled from 10.27 percent to 20.3 percent following the iPhone 5S and 5C release. This comes at a time when BlackBerry are clearly reported to be struggling, and the site believes this could be consumers reacting to this and upgrading to a more popular brand. Brand market share following iPhone 5S and 5C release: · Apple: 30.2 percent · Samsung 23.76 percent · BlackBerry: 20.3 percent · Nokia: 10.89 percent · HTC: 5.94 percent *according to site data from CompareMyMobile on 22/09/2013 As predicted by the site, the slight rise in iPhone valuations has had a huge knock on effect on some pricing. iPhone models losing most value: · iPhone 5: -£33.10 · iPhone 4S: -£22.25 · iPhone 3G: -£11 However, where valuations haven’t soared as they usually would, prices for other handsets have remained fairly stable. Co-founder of CompareMyMobile, Andrew Beckett, says: “The opening weekend of the new iPhone 5C and 5S has been intriguing, with large volumes of customers checking out the latest prices. Prices in the most searched devices have remained stable, the expected daily reduction in prices has not been seen as yet due to the very low volumes. We know from last year, the greater the number of recycled iPhones the lower the price gets. It’s just not happening at the moment, clearly the demand from loyal Apple customers is not there.” The site recommend that customers track the prices of their old iPhone models as soon as possible using the website or the iOS/Android app to ensure they don’t lose out.
Which Blackberry model, the Z10 or previous ones, it is quite ambiguous for them to say Blackberry? So your example should have said Ford, not Escort.
On side note, it is very easy to use these trade-in sites, I use o2 recycle a few times and nice and simple process, even to send the phone at your local shop then risk the post to get their free post envelope, lol, I would also pay for the recorded delivery instead.
But the price you get is the convenience price rather than market price.
My missis sold her 4s last year, and got nearly 1/3 more than the trade-in site via gumtree.
Hi Eric, the data was collected from all BlackBerry devices on the site – the Z10 and previous. Hope that clears it up a bit 🙂