The launch of the new iPhone 14 is very close. We’re just over a week away from Tuesday, September 7, the day Apple chose to show us another year of BiE (The best iPhone ever), which seems to be proof that the production problems in China due to the closure of some production plants did not affect the plans in the end, which, like every year (except for 2020), the new iPhone is presented and will come to the market in September.

So surely many people will already be counting down the days when they will be able to get an iPhone 14, whether they come from the current generation, the previous one or from a third-party model. However, we should not forget that more options, much more and thatthe used car market grew exponentially over the last few years. Today, we can find everything from private offers on classifieds websites to online stores specialized in refurbishing and selling used terminals with the most competitive offers.

Is the second-hand market worth it? My honest opinion is yes., which represents an excellent option for those users who want to have a top smartphone (and not only from Apple, there are very interesting offers from other manufacturers), but are not worried that it is not the most current generation. A few days ago, without going any further, I told you that my mother made the jump from the iPhone 6S Plus to the iPhone Xr and is excited about her new phone, which she will be able to update to iOS 16 in a few weeks.

The used market is of course two-way, we can use it to buy a phone, but also to sell the one we already have. In this regard, we already gave you some recommendations a few days ago, and now, a little over a week after the launch of the iPhone 14, another recommendation is stored, very importantif you are thinking of buying or selling a second hand iPhone.

And that’s it the determining element of the price of the bazaar iPhone is its position in the ranking of generations. The newer, the more expensive, so that the launch of a new model directly affects the price of those previous generations. Not because these terminals lose features, performance or anything like that, they remain exactly the same, but they are already “older”.

To verify this, we can do a very, very simple exercise. Simply go to the official iPhone 13 purchase page on the Apple website and go to “Apple Trade In. Get a discount from €30 to €570 on your new iPhone.«. So note the prices paid by Apple to ship the previous iPhone get a new one. And you will have to save this information only until the moment when the iPhone 14 goes on sale (not on the day of the presentation, but on the day of sale). Then check Apple’s “buyback” prices and see if iPhone 13s are already on this list. If so, you can see for yourself the depreciation of previous generations.

It also goes the other way around: if you’re looking to buy a second-hand iPhone, chances are you’ll start finding better prices on the model you want today. if you are waiting for iPhone 14 launch and sales. In this case, of course, the change will not be so immediate, but it will take some time before you start to see some of the most interesting price drops, which will allow you to save a few euros on your purchase.

Of course, the most difficult thing at the moment is to sell a second-hand iPhone, since there are many users who are already waiting for the arrival of the iPhone 14 with this drop in price. However, if your intention is to buy the new iPhone 11, iPhone 12 or iPhone SE at an Apple store and exchange your old iPhone, it’s best not to delay.