{"id":280910,"date":"2026-06-24T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/apples-iphone-fold-could-be-worth-half-price-in-12-months\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:00:11","slug":"apples-iphone-fold-could-be-worth-half-price-in-12-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/apples-iphone-fold-could-be-worth-half-price-in-12-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iPhone Fold Could Be Worth Half Price In 12 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s iPhone Fold Could Be Worth Half Price In 12 Months<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jaymcgregor\/2026\/06\/24\/apple-iphone-fold-price-resale-value-sellcell\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-24 16:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The iPhone Fold is already in production, but when it lands may come down to Apple fixing its reported hinge design issues. But before you put down $2,000 for one, there’s another number worth knowing: new research shows that a $2,000 foldable iPhone could lose as much as $1,292 in its first year if it follows the depreciation trends of every foldable that came before it.<\/p>\n

iPhone Fold Predecessors Don\u2019t Hold Their Value<\/h2>\n

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is one of the worst performing foldables when it comes to resale value. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho\/Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n

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Resale marketplace SellCell analysed the 12-month resale performance of flagship smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola and OnePlus, comparing foldables against traditional phones. The picture for foldables isn’t pretty.<\/p>\n

Foldable owners lose an average of $997.69 after one year, which is nearly $400 more than the $605.32 lost by traditional slab-shaped smartphone owners. In percentage terms, foldables lose 64.6% of their value within 12 months, compared to 55.3% for standard phones. That means foldables retain just 35.4% of their launch price after a year, against 44.7% for regular flagships.<\/p>\n

Five of the six largest value losses in the study came from foldable devices. The single worst performer was the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 1TB, which shed $1,479.99 in value within a year. <\/p>\n

Subscribe to my free newsletter . I’ll be live at Unpacked London on July 22 with first-look coverage and exclusive deals the moment Samsung announces Galaxy Z Fold 8 pricing.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s iPhone Fold Has One Thing Going For It<\/h2>\n

There is, however, slightly more to the story. Apple’s track record on resale value is significantly better than any other manufacturer, as we\u2019ve seen from other similar studies. <\/p>\n

The iPhone 16 lineup retained 51.5% of its value after 12 months, which was the strongest of any major manufacturer, ahead of OnePlus (46.8%), Google (40.8%), Samsung (39.5%) and Motorola (24.5%). Nine of the…<\/p>\n

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