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Another big one is resale value. I can be sure that my iPhone depreciates at give or take AUD$200/year and there will be people that would buy it. With somethi
by stevenjohns 7y ago
Another big one is resale value. I can be sure that my iPhone depreciates at give or take AUD$200/year and there will be people that would buy it.
With something like this the resale value tends to tank pretty quickly and becomes difficult to sell.
- martin_a 7y agoWhy does this even matter? Resale value is just interesting if you don't plan to use a product to its fullest and maybe till its death. Choosing phones by looking at how much you can make of it a year from now is part of the problem this world faces.
- stevenjohns 7y agoInitial investment being offset by resale price is a better reflection of overall cost which would make someone make a more informed decision. But, erm, this is more about recycling. Device reuse (and a market for second hand electronics) is actually something beneficial to the world, not something harmful. It affects repair economics. For what it’s worth I imagine this device’s EOL would be less than an iPhones too, where there is still a market (and software updates) for the five year old iPhone 6.