According to the research of sellcell, a second-hand digital product research institute, the depreciation of Samsung Galaxy S22 series smartphones in the first two months after listing was almost three times that of the iPhone 13 lineup in the same period Samsung announced the launch of Galaxy S22 Series in February, nearly five months later than Apple's iPhone 13 series. Just two months after its launch, the overall value of the S22 series lost 46.8%.
The situation of Google pixel 6 is not much better. It lost 41.5% of its value two months after its launch. In both cases, with iPhone Compared with the 13 model, this is a considerable depreciation proportion, because the latter lost only 16.8% of its value two months after its launch. Galaxy S22 is also the only smartphone series that continues to depreciate. It has not experienced any value rebound after listing, which is different from iPhone and pixel.
The 128GB Samsung Galaxy S22 + 5g was the worst performing model in terms of value retention, losing 53.8% of its value in the second month, while the 128GB pixel 6 Pro lost 44.2%. On the other hand, the worst performing iPhone model was the 128GB iPhone 13 mini, which lost 29.2% of its value in the second month.
The best performing Samsung model is 128GB Samsung Galaxy S22 ultra 5g, which lost 41.7% two months after its launch, but it was defeated by 128GB pixel 6, losing 33.1%. The best performing iPhone model, the 128GB iPhone 13 Pro max, lost a paltry 3.8% of its value during that time period.
Sellcell's research results show that compared with the iPhone, Android phones still have a way to go in terms of long-term hedging.
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