{"id":198004,"date":"2017-09-11T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=198004"},"modified":"2017-09-11T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:30:38","slug":"how-much-money-you-can-get-for-your-old-iphone-on-gumtree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/198004\/how-much-money-you-can-get-for-your-old-iphone-on-gumtree\/","title":{"rendered":"How much money you can get for your old iPhone on Gumtree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Apple launches the iPhone 8, the big question for many consumers is how they can afford to get their hands on the latest in mobile technology.<\/p>\n<p>The next generation iPhone is expected to be announced by Apple on Tuesday, 12 September, with the premium model rumoured to be priced as high as $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Core Business at Gumtree South Africa, Claire Cobbledick, said not enough South Africans appreciate how much value there is in their old phones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The average second-hand smartphone on Gumtree sells for R4,500 which represents a significant subsidy for the purchase of a new iPhone8.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Cobbledick most people tend to upgrade their phone and keep their old one gathering dust in the drawer without realizing that it\u2019s a quick and easy way to make a few thousand rands back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No matter how old your iPhone is, there\u2019s someone out there who wants to buy it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Cobbledick said the re-sale price of the individual phone will depend on how well it has been looked after, but she offers a guide to average prices achieved for each of the most recent iPhone models.<\/p>\n<p>Average price of used iPhones on Gumtree:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple iPhone 7 Plus &#8211; R12,000<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 7 &#8211; R8,000<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 6 Plus &#8211; R8,500<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 6 &#8211; R8,200<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 5s &#8211; R4,300<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 5c &#8211; R3,575<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 5 &#8211; R3,300<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 4s &#8211; R2,000<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone 4 &#8211; R5,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/197748\/what-to-expect-at-apples-biggest-event-in-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What to expect at Apple\u2019s biggest event in years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Apple launches the iPhone 8, the big question for many consumers is how they can afford to get their hands on the latest in mobile technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":108519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[51,5701],"class_list":["post-198004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-gumtree"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198004"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198012,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198004\/revisions\/198012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}