After its final report checked out what iPhone and Android customers do with their previous units, CIRP is out as we speak with a follow-up that reveals what situation the totally different smartphones have been in as they have been traded in, bought, or handed right down to household or associates.
CIRP printed the brand new examine “Outdated iPhones are in Fairly Respectable Form” on its Substack this morning. For context, the agency’s final examine confirmed that ~85% of iPhones are re-used ultimately or one other.
For the brand new survey, CIRP requested each iPhone and Android customers in regards to the situation of the display and battery earlier than it was traded in, bought, or given away. Curiously, the self-reported outcomes have been nearly equivalent between the 2 when it got here to the show.
Virtually two-thirds mentioned the display situation was excellent with 21% calling it “scratched however usable.” 13% mentioned their machine was “cracked however usable” with solely 6% having a “cracked and unusable” display.
When it got here to battery situation, about one-quarter of used iPhones and Android units have been mentioned to final a full day or longer with out charging.
A 3rd of iPhones have been mentioned to final for many of the day with out charging whereas 42% of Android units have been reported to do the identical.
One other quarter of each iPhone and Android telephones have been recognized as lasting about half a day with out charging. However 15% of iPhones “wanted to cost each couple of hours,” whereas solely 7% of Android telephone batteries have been in that situation.
Whereas batteries naturally age and put on out with time and use (extra cost cycles = extra battery degradation), it might be shoppers utilizing display protectors which can be conserving such a excessive proportion of smartphone screens in “excellent” situation.
It’s arduous to know precisely why used Android smartphones had higher battery life than iPhones. However one doable rationalization could possibly be that many Android units have bigger battery capacities to begin which could assist them retain a better remaining capability after a number of years than iPhones.
In closing, CIRP says it appears just like the situation of used iPhones could also be bettering lately:
Over time, Apple has labored with its suppliers to make iPhones extra sturdy and enhance their battery life – and it appears to have labored. Whereas we began asking in regards to the situation of retired telephones just a few years in the past, anecdotally it looks as if fewer shoppers are strolling round with cracked telephones and fading batteries.
Current CIRP research:
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