Apple captured about half of the worldwide refurbished smartphone market in 2022, adopted by Samsung, which shared 26% of gross sales, in response to information from analysis agency Counterpoint.
The findings additionally revealed that refurbished smartphone shipments grew 5% globally 12 months on 12 months. That’s in notable distinction to shipments of recent telephones, which noticed an 11.3% decline in 2022, in response to analysis agency IDC.
Counterpoint stated the worldwide determine was suppressed by China’s 17% decline in refurbished smartphone gross sales, a dip precipitated largely by a resurgence of the pandemic there, which led to a brand new wave of lockdowns disrupting every day life.
“Apple’s international volumes grew 16% year-on-year in 2022, taking its secondary market share to over 49%,” Counterpoint stated in a launch, including that the tech large is at present the fastest-growing model within the used and refurbished sectors globally.
Nonetheless, Counterpoint senior analyst Glen Cardoza famous that the availability of refurbished units stays constrained as persons are holding on to their smartphone for longer.
If you happen to didn’t already comprehend it, refurbished iPhones purchased through Apple’s on-line retailer include a recent battery, a brand new outer shell, newly changed elements (if wanted), and a one-year guarantee.
As you’d anticipate, the units are additionally totally cleaned and examined previous to transport. They’re even despatched out in a model new field with new cables and equipment.
With clients upgrading their units on a regular basis and lots of selecting to commerce of their present iPhone, Apple’s web site for refurbished handsets (and different gear) is continually being up to date.
It signifies that when you’re after a refurbished iPhone, you both want to go to the location continuously after which act quick when a desired gadget seems, or, extra conveniently, use a device like Refurb Tracker and RefurbMe that can provide you with a warning when a specific iPhone mannequin lands within the refurbished retailer — although you’ll nonetheless have to reply shortly to seize it earlier than another person.
On the time of writing, Apple’s U.S. on-line retailer for refurbished units options a number of iPhone 12 Professional Max handsets with 512GB of storage for $1,009, providing helpful saving of $290.
Head throughout the pond and the U.Ok. retailer presents a refurbished iPhone 13 Professional with 128GB of storage for 809 British kilos, saving the shopper an honest £140.
Samsung additionally has an internet retailer promoting refurbished telephones, with equally giant reductions provided on a few of its high-end Galaxy handsets. And identical to Apple, Samsung additionally provides the gadget a radical and provides model new elements earlier than promoting it on.
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