Apple iPhone beats rivals for resale activity

By | February 19, 2014

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Fewer than 20% of new mobile phone buyers sell or trade in their old phones, according to a new survey which highlights a problem for the emerging used-phone market. A survey of 1,000 recent phone buyers revealed that just 18% sold or traded in their old handset. Apple (AAPL) iPhones received the most resale or trade-in activity, with almost one-third of old iPhones getting cashed in, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reported Tuesday. Less than 20% of Samsung phones are sent to the used phone market, CIRP says. Other brands saw 10% or less resale or trade-in activity. Most old phones (51%) are kept by their owners, the CIRP survey showed. And 18% are given to family members or friends. The remainder of those mobile phones are lost, broken, stolen or abandoned at the store. Mobile phone carriers dominate the market for buying used phones. They accounted for 39% of phone… Scalper1 News

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