{"id":172300,"date":"2025-12-07T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/172300\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:56:09","slug":"iphone-air-price-drops-in-new-apple-resale-value-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/172300\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Air Price Drops In New Apple Resale Value Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlike the impressive base iPhone 17<\/a>, Apple\u2019s iPhone Air has faced some early struggles with limited demand from buyers. But a new report suggests that lack of interest has translated into a historically low resale value for the ultra slim phone.<\/p>\n

Smartphone price comparison website, SellCell, has compiled resale data from the last 10 weeks since the new iPhone 17 range launched. One thing clearly stands out: the iPhone Air has experienced a historically bad drop in resale price compared to other iPhone models.<\/p>\n

iPhone Air Price drop: Data Tells Early Story<\/p>\n

SellCell\u2019s data<\/a> shows that within 10 weeks of launch, the iPhone Air lost an average of 44.3% of its original retail price. The most affected is the 1TB version, which has dropped 47.7%. This is the steepest loss of value recorded by SellCell for any iPhone model since 2022.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what that means in terms of actual trade-in price after 10 weeks:<\/p>\n

iPhone Air 256GB launch price: $999, value after 10 weeks: $596iPhone Air 512GB launch price: $1,199, value after 10 weeks: $660iPhone Air 1TB launch price: $1,399, value after 10 weeks: $731iPhone 17 Pro Models Are Faring Better in Trade-in Value\"Apple<\/p>\n

The iPhone Air resale value has plummeted. SellCell\u2019s trade-in data reveals the iPhone Air has suffered a record-breaking depreciation of up to 47.7% in the first 10 weeks post-launch, far below the stronger iPhone 17 Pro Max and setting a new low for resale value pricing. Photographer: Eric Thayer\/Bloomberg<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 Bloomberg Finance LP<\/p>\n

The other iPhone 17 models are faring better than the iPhone Air, with the range retaining 9.7% more of their value than the slim phone after 10 weeks. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is the top performer across the new range, only losing 26.1% of its value in that time period.<\/p>\n

Overall, the standard iPhone 17 range lost 34.6% of its value in 2.5 months, which is in line with the resale value trend of other Apple handsets between the iPhone 13 and iPhone 16, which stands at 35.4%<\/a>. It might sound steep, but across the major smartphone manufacturers Apple phones still hold the most value. For example, Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S25 lost 51.9% of its value in five months<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Important Caveats For Used iPhone Air BuyersForbesNew Apple iPhone 17 Design Issue Could Cost You HundredsBy Janhoi McGregor<\/a><\/p>\n

This data is based on trade-in prices from over 40 US-based buyback companies, which pay cash for used and unwanted hardware. These companies offer instant cash to sellers (their main appeal) but will pay less than a private buyer on eBay or Swappa.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re hoping to pick up a $550 $256GB iPhone Air on the secondary market, you might be disappointed. Although these trade-in trends can indicate where prices will go on used-phone marketplaces in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlike the impressive base iPhone 17, Apple\u2019s iPhone Air has faced some early struggles with limited demand from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15614,108454,111251,79773,111252,79775,111254,111256,111253,111255,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-172300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apple-store","9":"tag-iphone-18-release-date","10":"tag-iphone-air-17","11":"tag-iphone-air-battery","12":"tag-iphone-air-battery-life","13":"tag-iphone-air-price","14":"tag-iphone-air-review-reddit","15":"tag-iphone-air-vs-17-pro","16":"tag-iphone-air-vs-iphone-17-pro","17":"tag-iphone-air-vs-iphone-17-pro-max","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}