Recommerce, one of the leaders in the refurbished smartphone market, published its latest “Re” 2023 index on December 4, 2023. Ranking of the best-selling second-hand models during the year.
Without any real surprises, Apple and Samsung continue to lead among the top 10 devices The best sellers of 2023 were renewed in Recommerce in 2023. However, in a year marked by galloping and persistent inflation, the top of the ranking has changed with 5 new entrants.
iPhone 11 became the best-selling refurbished smartphone of 2023
Thus, according to Recommerce data, two very old models came to the top thanks to their attractive prices. As a matter of fact, iPhone 11 took the first place, followed by iPhone XR. Excellent performance for these two smartphones released 4 and 5 years ago respectively.
“Refurbished products attract the attention of consumers more than ever due to their economic advantages despite the inflationary environment. “As always, this year we see that iPhone and Samsung Galaxy are almost monopolized in our ranking.” said Recommerce CEO Augustin Becquet.
iPhone 12 missed the first place due to recent controversies
We also notice that: iPhone 12 entered the rankings at number 3 One of the most popular refurbished models. According to Recommerce, the brand’s former Apple flagship could have had a better presence, but according to the company, To be withdrawn from the market in September 2023 inevitably had a significant impact on its renewed sales.
As a reminder, at the beginning of September, ANFR ordered the suspension of sales of the iPhone 12 in French territory. According to the national frequency agency, Apple’s smartphone exhibited a very high wave emission rate and therefore posed a risk to the health of users (5.7 watts per kilogram, while the permissible threshold is 4 W/kg). It took until October 26 for the ban to be finally lifted after Apple released an update.
In the rest of the Retrade ranking we find the following patterns:
- iPhone 11
- iPhone
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 8
- iPhone SE
- Galaxy S10
- Galaxy S21
- Galaxy S20
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 13
According to Recommerce, the renewed market is showing encouraging growth of 5% for 2024, despite some challenges such as the introduction of the Special Copy fee.
