Phone Recycling Data: Round up of April 2013

PHONE RECYCLING ROUND UP APRIL 2013 DATA PROVIDED BY COMPAREMYMOBILE.COM The top brands being traded in this month Apple decreased it's share by 3% over the past month, BlackBerry dropped by 1% and Samsung with the release of the Galaxy S4 late April has seen an increase of 2% overall 2.7%- 6.0%- 7.8% 47.5% 12.5% 01/04/13 19.7% Apple BlackBerry Samsung Nokia | HTC | Sony Ericsson Sony LG Motorola The top categories being traded in this month Phones still remain the top traded category on the site, but with awareness of electronic recycling increasing, so is the trade-in share percentage for other devices. The phone trade-in share has decreased by almost 2% in the last month. 4.27% 0,29%- 8.47% 01/04/13 85.45% Phones iPods iPads Tablet / Kindle Games Consoles Sat Navs MacBook / Mac Laptops Cameras The top depreciating phone brands (90 day period) Motorola and LG continue to hold high depreciation this April, this could be to do with the lack of high end handsets being released and volume of handsets 1+ years old 10.71% 39.55% 11.82% 01/04/13 12.06% 2161% 14.34% - 16.06%- 17.86% Motorola LG Sony Ericsson BlackBerry Nokia Samsung Sony HTC Google | Apple The top depreciating recycling categories (90 day period) This month saw a 4% decrease in the value of all games consoles (usually holding their value). iPads still remain strong as a good gadget investment and mobile phones have only a slight overall depreciation increase of 1.5% 0.01% 7.93%- 16.92% 8.64% 01/04/13 9.64% 14.66% 12.66% L1270% Laptops Phones Tablet/Kindle iPods Games Consoles iPads MacBook / Mac Cameras The top devices being traded in this month Apple still remain strong in the total % of devices being traded in (iPhone 4 16GB leading with 10% total trade ins). Samsung had a small burst last month with the announcement of the S4 but has calmed down, greater volumes expected by 26th April. The iPhone 5 has dropped from the 8th most recycled handset down to 10. Apple iPhone 4 - 16GB Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB BlackBerry Curve 8520 Apple iPhone 45 16GB Apple iPhone 3GS 8GB Samsung Galaxy S2 19100 BlackBerry Curve 9300 Samsung Galaxy S3 BlackBerry Torch 9800 Apple iPhone 5 16GB 12 13 15 16 17 Total % trade ins The Top Android being traded this month Samsung and HTC dominate the Android trade ins this month with the Galaxy S range taking all the top spots Samsung Galaxy S2 Samsung Galaxy S3 Samsung Galaxy S Samsung Galaxy Note HTC Wildfire HTC Desire HTC Desire HD HTC Sensation HTC One X Sony Xperia S 0.5 1.5 12 2.5 13 3.5 Total % trade ins The most valuable phones this month The BlackBerry Porsche still leads the top valued handset however it has dropped from £500 in Feb 1st 2013. The iPhone 5 is a close runner up dropping £45 in the past 30 days (the highest price it ever was is £470 back in Dec 2012) - a considerable drop BlackBerry Porsche Design P9981 Apple iPhone 5 64GB Samsung Galaxy 54 Apple iPhone 5 32GB Apple iPhone 5 16GB Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Nokia 8800 Gold Arte BlackBerry Z10 Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte Apple iPhone 45 64GB 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Device trade in value GBP The original and first iPhone 8GB has finally started to plummet in value loosing over 59% in the past 3 months. The Motorola Defy lost 51% and HTC One V 43% in the same period The top depreciating phones (90 day period) Apple iPhone 8GB Motorola Defy HTC One V LG P500 Optimus One Nokia N900 LG Optimus L3 E400 Nokia N95 Nokia N95 8GB Google Nexus S Motorola Atrix 10 20 30 40 Iso % Value decrease in 3 months DATA PROVIDED BY COMPAREMYMOBILE.COM Media Contacts Andrew Beckett comparemymobile.com Tel: +44 (0) 7810 882 278 Email: andrew(at)comparemymobile(dot)com