Report says iPhone Air is losing its resale value at a record pace

The iPhone Air is shaping up to be a sales flop, and that’s also translating to its resale value. A new report from SellCell analyzed the depreciation of the iPhone 17 series based on trade-in price data from over 40 US-based buyback companies over a ten-week period. Based on the data, the Air has already lost between 40.3% and 47.7% of its initial value, depending on the storage trim.

iPhone 17 series depreciation after 10 weeks

The 256GB base model iPhone Air, which has an MSRP of $999, is now 40.3% cheaper on the used market. The 512GB trim (MSRP $1,199) lost 45% of its initial value, while the 1TB model, which retails for $1,399, will only get you $668 right now – that’s a 47.7% difference. Note that the iPhone 16 Plus with 128GB of storage lost a similar 41.6% of its initial value for the same ten-week period last year, while the vanilla 128GB iPhone 16 was sitting at -44.2% for the same period.

2022-2025 iPhone models average depreciation after 10 weeks

The rest of the iPhone 17 series is currently outperforming its predecessors in terms of resale value, averaging 34.6% depreciation for the ten-week period. The 256GB iPhone 17 Pro Max is the best performer, only losing 26.1% of its initial value. The 256GB iPhone 17 Pro has lost 32% of its value for the same period, while the baseline 256GB iPhone 17 is in a similar spot at -33%.

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