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Are you one of those still looking for a reason to buy one or other of the two big brands — or even a Google Pixel? Here’s some data that may help.<\/p>\n Full of self-worth.<\/p>\n Image: Ian Knighton\/CNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n It began as a relationship based on beauty.<\/p>\n It took a few years for it to become a marriage of convenience.<\/p>\n But every time I’ve thought of straying from my iPhone XR<\/a>, I can’t quite find a good enough reason.<\/p>\n Still, we’re living in very difficult times. Those who are thinking of upgrading their phones are often making much more detailed, informed decisions about their purchases<\/a>.<\/p>\n Increasingly, money has become a vital component. The Google Pixel 3a<\/a> and the iPhone SE 2020<\/a> are just two examples of phones specifically created for those appalled by the price of the supposedly sexiest new phones.<\/p>\n Another financial essence, though, is how much your phone will be worth when you finally decide you’re no longer compatible.<\/p>\n Well, SellCell<\/a>, which claims to be the world’s largest cell phone trade-in price comparison site, recently released data<\/a> that shows which phones held their value best over the last two years.<\/p>\n For just a few seconds, it made me feel as if my whole life hasn’t been for naught. For right at the top was my own iPhone XR<\/a>. This sturdy phone with its abstract impressionist name<\/a> is apparently the phone that depreciated a mere 53.2% over those two years.<\/p>\n Now I can think of it as $350.75 sitting in my pocket, waiting to be exchanged for, who knows, almost a whole iPhone SE or a small cake-slice of the iPhone 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n That’s what SellCell’s numbers say.<\/p>\n Indeed, the top three phones are iPhones, with the XS only losing 56% of its value and the XS Max losing 56.8%.<\/p>\n Surely, though, the Samsung Galaxys came second. Or, rather, fourth, fifth, and sixth. Yet no. It was Google’s Pixels 3 and 3XL that lost 72.4% and 75.6% of their value.<\/p>\n And then came the Samsungs? Still no. Then came the LG G7 ThinQ<\/a> and the LG V40 ThinQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n And then came the Samsungs. Perched just above the Sony X22<\/a>s. The Galaxy S9 apparently lost 83.6% of its value, while the S9+ lost 86.9%.<\/p>\n Naturally, some will say Apple’s higher retention value is merely the result of marketing. Yet the Samsungs are fine phones.<\/p>\n Samsung has vastly improved its sense of design and has certainly placed considerable marketing weight behind its phones, even if we can debate how good that marketing may have been.<\/p>\n Some believe Apple supports its older phones better than Android manufacturers support theirs and provides significantly better software updates — though that is, to some extent, changing. (Then again, look, the Pixel 3a has just been discontinued<\/a>. It didn’t last long.)<\/p>\n Value, though, is never in the hands of the holder, but the eye of the beholder. Somehow, more people see value in used iPhones than they do in used Pixels or Galaxys.<\/p>\n People also see more value in Married At First Sight <\/em>than they do in C-Span.<\/p>\n One day, the world might think differently. At least about some things.<\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Chris Matyszczyk<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"apple-store-sydney-iphone-xr-bench1.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/05\/29\/28faf911-9e2c-4751-bb98-c149b136e128\/resize\/470xauto\/ea6e54a10f47c668b7afed56932951e1\/apple-store-sydney-iphone-xr-bench1.jpg\")
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