For the longest time, Apple’s iPhone was the top smartphone to maintain value. Although the iPhone 16 is still outdated at a slower rate compared to the Galaxy S25, this gap is being reduced, and if the current trend continues, the Galaxy S26 iPhone 17 can penetrate the cost of holding. Smartphones will start losing your inbox of this moment. Although it doesn’t matter to you if you keep the same phone for three and a half years – which is an average upgrade cycle – or more, if you think of the regeneration price, it is something to keep in mind.
The iPhone has traditionally taken the value of its value better than Android phones, but the latest cell report shows that the rate of departure is increasing with every generation. For example, the 2020 iPhone 12 series was lost 25.2 % of its price nine months after the release of the series. The iPhone 15 reduced the first nine months by 34.3 %. For IPhone 16This figure stands at about 34 34.7 %.
IPhone vs Galaxy S vs. Galaxy Z Fold vs. Pixel | Image Credit – Cell Cell
Samsung Galaxy’s series proves to be true for phones, recent generations are improving resistance to resistance. In his fifth month, the Galaxy S22 lost 51.9 % of his price. During the same period, the price of Galaxy S24 fell to 47.3 %. Galaxy S. 25 In their first five months, they suffered a decrease of 46.6 %.
It’s not just Galaxy S. 25 This is outdated at a slower rate compared to its predecessors. Samsung’s foldable phones look like the same for Google Pixel 9.
It seems that Samsung and Google’s latest phones are outdated at a slow rate due to their compelling AI features. On the other hand, Apple is behind in AI, which can be explained why IPhone 16 Losing prices over a sharp clip compared to previous generations.
Regardless of, IPhone 16 When it comes to deportation, it is still ahead of the pack. Compared to five months after its sales, lost 35.4 % of its price Galaxy S. 25The deprivation rate of 46.6 % and Pixel 956.9 % rate.
That said, if the current trend persists, by the mid -2026, the Galaxy S and iPhone may lose the price at a similar rate, Samsung’s line -up has potentially managed to maintain Apple’s smartphones between 2026 and 2028.
If things continue to move in one direction, the galaxy S26 will improve its price better than iPhone 17. | Image Credit – Selcel
Of course, rumors IPhone 17 Flip the trend on its head with its re -designed altitude and triple 48MP camera system. Is not likely to be clearly better than the phone Galaxy S26However, however, which can show Open AI and the AI’s AI tools to complete the pre -offered people offered by Google Gemini.
Based on this, it is safe to understand that in the future of the remote, the Galaxy S, and not the iPhone, will command the highest price in the second hand market.
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