{"id":2208,"date":"2018-01-04T12:54:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T18:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:25:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:25:23","slug":"the-best-selling-used-phones-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/the-best-selling-used-phones-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The best selling used phones of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buying a used smartphone<\/a> is a great way to save money in 2018<\/strong>, or any year really. Millions of people visited Swappa in 2017 and a lot of them bought a fully functional, gently used phone at a fraction of the retail cost. What were Swappa shoppers most likely to buy?<\/p>\n

The best selling used phone of 2017 was the iPhone 6<\/a><\/strong>! The average sale price for an iPhone 6 in 2017 was $242, with the majority of those sold being the 16 GB storage models.<\/p>\n

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Top selling used iPhones of 2017<\/h2>\n

All iPhones<\/a> topped the list of overall best-selling phones on Swappa in 2017. While that may not be a surprise to some, the fact that a nearly 3 year old phone topped the list (the iPhone 6 was originally released in 2014).<\/p>\n

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  1. iPhone 6<\/a> with an average price<\/a> of $242<\/li>\n
  2. iPhone 6S<\/a>\u00a0with an average price<\/a> of $340<\/li>\n
  3. iPhone 7 Plus<\/a>\u00a0with an average price<\/a> of $642<\/li>\n
  4. iPhone 7<\/a>\u00a0with an average price<\/a> of $524<\/li>\n
  5. iPhone 6S Plus<\/a>\u00a0with an average price<\/a> of $399<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Honorable mentions: iPhone 5S<\/a> and iPhone SE<\/a> almost made the list. See the top 10 selling iPhones of 2017 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Top selling used Android phones of 2017<\/h2>\n

    Samsung Galaxy phones topped the non-Apple list of devices, which were not surprisingly all Android phones.<\/p>\n

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    1. Samsung Galaxy S7<\/a> with an average price<\/a> of $309<\/li>\n
    2. Samsung Galaxy S6<\/a>\u00a0with an average price<\/a> of $199<\/li>\n
    3. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge<\/a>\u00a0with an average price<\/a> of $368<\/li>\n
    4. Samsung Galaxy S5<\/a> with an average price<\/a> of $104<\/li>\n
    5. Google Pixel XL<\/a> with an average price<\/a> of $586<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Honorable mentions: Google Pixel<\/a> and the Nexus 6P<\/a> almost made the list. See the top 10 selling Android phones of 2017 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      Why buy and sell your used phone on Swappa?<\/h2>\n

      Swappa is a user-to-user marketplace for gently used technology. \u00a0Safety, simplicity, and the human factor make Swappa better.<\/p>\n

      On Swappa you buy<\/a> and sell<\/a> directly with other users. Cutting out the middleman means you join a community market with the best prices and highest value.<\/p>\n

      Sellers don’t pay fees to Swappa. Buyers sometimes pay a small fee that is included in the sale price. Either way, everyone saves money over eBay.<\/p>\n

      <\/span> Buy and sell with Swappa!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The best selling used phone of 2017 was the iPhone 6, which was originally released in 2014! The average sale price for an iPhone 6 in 2017 was $242, with the majority of those sold being the 16 GB storage models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"products":[],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swappa-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10535,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/10535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"products","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swappa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/products?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}