You may love or hate the iPhone Air and think that it’s either a terrific idea or a soon-to-be-discontinued brick, but industry analysts may side with the latter opinion. According to a ten-week analysis published by SellCell, the iPhone Air’s configurations have lost almost 50 percent of their value within ten weeks of launch.
SellCell, which examined real-time trade-in pricing from more than 40 U.S. buyback companies, comparing average values across weeks since launch against each model’s original MSRP. All devices in the study were assessed in good condition for consistent comparisons.
The initial data showed that the iPhone 17 series had averaged 34.6 percent depreciation after ten weeks, outperforming the iPhone 16 range at the same point last year, which saw a 39% decline. The iPhone 15 series remains the strongest performer over the past several cycles, retaining more value at the ten-week mark with an average depreciation of 31.9 percent. The iPhone 14 range sits at 36.6 percent over the same period.
Unfortunately, the iPhone Air configurations showed significantly weaker value retention and averaged 44.3 percent depreciation across all storage configurations. The Air’s decline ranged from 40.3 percent to 47.7 percent, making it the weakest-performing iPhone range since the iPhone 14 Plus and certain iPhone 13 mini configurations registered similar drops in 2022. The 1TB Air model saw the most significant deprecitation in the entire dataset.
In conclusion, the iPhone Air now occupies a weak position in the secondhand market, showing an unusual downward trajectory compared to other iPhone models. You may have thought it was nifty when you bought it, but you might have to sell it for a cheaper price than you expected somewhere down the line.
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