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Andy Burnelli wrote:
I'm just telling you the entire premise is ridiculous from the start.
You don't buy premium phones for total ownership cost reasons, and hence,
the numbers are basically almost meaningless in terms of comparison given they're measuring something that most of the owners don't even care about.
Hi badgolferman,
OK. Now I'm looking at the article, even though the premise is ridiculous. We're talking thousand dollar phones here... they're NOT price sensitive!
Worse, we're talking only _two months_ for God's sake. That's ludicrous.
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The premise (and the so-called 'study') are patently ridiculous, not the
least because they used only two months and not the least because Android phones rarely, if ever, sell at MSRP and not the least because a thousand dollar phone isn't a market that gives a shit about resale value, etc.
There are so many obvious flaws in that study, that it's just a sales tool.
Since iKooks are on this newsgroup, and since iKooks don't own basic adult cognitive skills, I'll outline, for them more than for you, the process.
Statement #1:
"Like in the past, the current iPhone lineup retained the most value
with Samsung˘s new S23 lineup averaging 40% lower resale prices
and Google Pixel 7 devices 48% weaker than the iPhone 14 average prices."
Note that is a meaningless metric for a bunch of obvious reasons.
For one, if we don't know the initial costs of all three devices, including
the costs of basic accessories and sales tax. For another, we don't know
which market they resold their old phone in, where premium Android owners
are far less likely to resell their phone than iPhone owners because, they could buy the Android from anyone but they only got the iPhone from Apple.
Statement #2:
"The new report comes from sellcell."
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https://www.sellcell.com/blog/samsung-galaxy-s23-depreciation-vs-iphone-14-vs-google-pixel-7/>
Note that we really should look there first, but let's finish this article.
Statement #3:
"While the iPhone 14 and Pixel 7 devices have been available for
about half a year, the one and two-month depreciation timeframes
were picked as the Samsung Galaxy S23 series just arrived in February."
Note that throws a wrench in the works as the comparison is between only
the first 1/3rd of the depreciation period for the S23 so it may affect
results (depending on how much that 2/3rds shorter period matters).
Statement #4:
Two month depreciation from MSRP (which almost no Android phone sells at).
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Note, not surprisingly for only premium phones, the curves are linear,
with an astoundingly acute deflection point at _one month_, which is surprising, even to me, but given Androids are often steeply discounted,
it would seem the curves aren't different enough to have much meaning.
In summary, the flaws in that so-called 'study' are fatal, in that
a. The whole premise for a thousand dollar phone is ridiculous
b. The thousand-dollar phone market is clearly not price sensitive
c. Since you can get a five hundred dollar Android that's damn good
d. And they cherry picked the devices for the least cost sensitive
e. And, almost nobody buys an Android phone at the MSRP anyway
f. And they didn't look at total costs - only MSRP to resale
g. And it's not clear _how_ they determined resale value (yet)
h. They (apparently) only looked at two months - WTF? Ludicrous
i. The curves are, surprising, not all that different anyway
j. The shape is very steep, so it's easily subject to manipulation
That's ten fatal flaws and I didn't even get to the actual study data.
I don't know if I should waste my time, but this study is bogus (IMHO).
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