The iPhone Ultra is expected to lose a lot of value in its first year, which is quite rare for an iPhone. Typically, iPhones keep a lot of their value, which is why they are so great for reselling after a year. But, according to SellCell, that won’t be true for the iPhone Ultra.
Their estimate says that the iPhone Ultra could lose as much as $1,292 of its resale value in 12 months. That’s pretty insane, considering it is expected to cost $2,000. That’s more than half of its resale value gone in just a year.
This is based on current foldable depreciation trends, which isn’t really fair. Since only Android phones are available as foldables, and they typically depreciate quite quickly – largely because Android OEMs like to discount their devices fairly quickly after launch.
But this is something to think about if you’re looking to purchase the iPhone Ultra later this year when it gets announced. However, SellCell does note that Apple has historically outperformed competitors when it comes to resale value, and that’s likely going to be the case again this time around.
For instance, the base iPhone 16 retailed 51.5% of its value after a year, while the equivalent from OnePlus, Google, and Samsung were all under 50%, surprisingly OnePlus outperformed Google, Samsung, and even Motorola.
The current RAM shortage could also help with resale value
Because of the current RAM shortage, or RAMpocalypse, the resale value could also perform better than expected. But there are also other factors to consider here, like how many are truly interested in a foldable, and how many are actually going to be buying a new phone with the rising prices of RAM, storage, and even CPU components.
It’s something that no one can really predict right now, because there are so many variables going on. But it is definitely interesting to see.
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