If you are looking to sell your LG smartphone, don’t expect a good price. Online smartphones and tablets marketplace SellCell has published a report based on resale data from over 40 buyback companies and has come to the conclusion that compared to phones from Apple, Samsung, and Google, LG devices lose their value a lot faster.
The results are based on recent LG smartphones and most of them were released in the last two years. The data was segregated by the condition of the used phones – “like new”, “good”, “poor”, and “faulty.”
LG’s last true flagship has only retained around 30 percent of its original value
LG smartphones estimated resale value
Let’s start with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865-powered LG V60 ThinQ, the South Korean company’s last true flagship that was released in March 2020. The 128GB model which had a launch price of $899, will only get you $279 in the “like new” condition, a value depreciation of 69 percent.
Apple vs Samsung vs Google vs LG smartphone resale value
Back to LG, the company’s comparatively newer phones that it was apparently counting on to turn its fortunes around aren’t any better than its premium phones. The Velvet 5G, which was released in May last year and has the Snapdragon 765G under the hood, is now worth $185 in the “like new” state, which represents a 69 percent loss in value.
Of all 2020 LG smartphones, the Wing has depreciated the most
Of all the “like new” smartphones, the 2017 LG V30 64GB has shed the most value. The phone, which had a price tag of $809 at launch, will only get you a paltry $61 now. LG’s entry-level smartphones have unsurprisingly not done any better, losing up to 90 percent of their value in a short span of time.
The company was once the top performer in the smartphone space but struggled to keep pace with new competitors. Until recently, it was the third-largest vendor in North America, but Apple and Samsung had a considerable lead. Thus, it’s something of a shock that most people don’t want to keep LG phones as memorabilias.
