Tablets to Buy: The iPhone will depreciate less than the Samsung Galaxy

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The iPhone will depreciate less than the Samsung Galaxy - WebNews

Marco Grigis , May 15, 2013, 12:03 pm

Into The value of an electronic product that is not calculated only based on the hardware characteristics, design and the response of the audience, but also to the risk of devaluation . More smartphones will lose value over time or with the resale, the greater is indeed the lack of interest of the public and the real chances of winning the market. A study conducted by Piper Jaffray shows how iPhone will be devalued much less than the competitor Samsung Galaxy line of : the device of the Korean giant would lose easily their appeal.

Into The research has analyzed the average prices for the resale of some terminals and Samsung Apple’s flagship e-commerce sites such as eBay. Analysts have considered five models currently on the market – iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II – to find out not only the price reduction they are initially offered in the event of resale, as well as the sources are subject to Dutch auction .

Into On a follow-up of 8 weeks, the data show that the iPhone line manages to remain more faithful to the values ??of initial sales, with a variance rate of price of less than 11.2 percentage points. The Galaxy line, however, sees a variance of more than 13.7 percentage points , which means that the terminals lose their value more quickly, and users are willing to buy only with appreciable reductions in their cost. And all this considering how the prices of the iPhone are as much as 46% more expensive on eBay, as it further demonstrates how the perception of the value of the smartphones of the two companies was substantially different.

Into deeper analysis of the results, we discover that the device less affected by price decreases both iPhone 4S , with a rate of variation of only 7 points. Follows iPhone 4 with 8, 8% and 11% with the iPhone 5. The Samsung Galaxy S III instead lost 13.7%, while the Galaxy Note II even 15%. The variability of Samsung is not easily understood: usually room rates for resale fall wildly when it is expected the arrival of a new model – as is happening for iPhone 5 in anticipation of the launch of the iPhone 5S. But Samsung has already passed this stage with the presentation and the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the prices on the Net should then see a stabilization, do not fall further.