I have repeatedly told you that the terminals Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), they keep their value much better than their direct competitors as the years pass by them, and this is demonstrated again by a study published in the USA. Analyzing the second-hand prices of 40 smartphones and 23 premium tablets, an analyst from a US analysis agency discovered that the terminals iPhone are $128 more expensive than the direct competitors, while the tablets iPad they have a higher price of $67.
Our data suggests this is largely independent of the duration the product has been on the market, even (3 to 4 years) out when virtually all other competing values have virtually no value. Given an extremely thriving secondary market, this premium is effectively a subsidy for consumers.
It is interesting that potential buyers do not look so closely at the period of availability on the market of a mobile terminal, but value iOS and the App Store more. Practically, the possibility to access the Apple ecosystem is one of the key factors for the purchase of these second-hand terminals, and years and years of data confirm the fact that a second-hand iPhone will bring more money to a seller than any other mobile terminal of the same type generation with him.
