研究顯示 智能手機貶值速度竟快過汽車!

Mobile phones can lose half of their value a month after being released, meaning they depreciate faster than cars, according to research.

一項研究指出，手機在發佈一個月後就會貶值一半，這意味着其貶值速度比汽車還快。

While cars typically lose 20 per cent of their value a year after being driven off the forecourt, money-draining mobiles struggle to retain their value after a matter of months, a report by has concluded.

網站的一份報告指出，新車在使用一年後通常會貶值20%。而投入大筆金額的手機大約在幾個月之後就很難保留其價格了。

Android phones tend to lose their value quicker than iPhones, with the exception of the iPhone 5 (16GB), which has seen 66 per cent wiped off its value in eight months, according to the website.

該網站稱，除了推出8個月後就貶值66%的內存16G的iPhone 5之外，安卓手機比蘋果手機貶值更快。

In the Android sector, the HTC One M9 lost 65 per cent of its value a month after being released, while the Samsung Galaxy S5 lost half of its value within two months of being released onto the market. The LG G4 depreciated by 88% nine months after its release.

在安卓品牌中，HTC One M9推出一個月後就貶值了65%，而三星蓋樂世S5在上市兩個月後貶值一半。LG G4在推出9個月後貶值88%。

In contrast, the iPhone 4 has clung on to 39% of its value five years after its launch in 2010. The iPhone 6 (16GB) has kept 50% of its value a year after being released.

相比之下，2010年發佈的iPhone 4在上市5年後，仍保有原價值的39%，而16G的iPhone 6在推出一年後保持住了原價值的一半。

While the majority of iPhone models don't lose their value as quickly as Android phones, the iPhone 5 is an exception, having seen 66 per cent wiped off its value within eight months of its release date. One reason the research gives for the iPhone 5's rapid depreciation is the iPhone 5s, which was released shortly after the iPhone 5.

雖然大多數型號的iPhone手機沒有像安卓手機一樣那麼快地貶值，但是iPhone 5是個例外。在發佈8個月之後，這款手機就已經貶值66%了。該項研究給出的iPhone 5快速貶值的原因之一就是因爲緊隨其後發佈的iPhone 5s。

Liam Howley, marketing director at musicMagpie, told This is Money: 'After the initial loss in value, which was different for all models and makes, all the phones we researched seemed to lose value at a consistent average rate of 1 per cent a month after then.'

musicMagpie網站市場主管利亞姆·豪利接受《This is Money》採訪時表示：“視手機型號和品牌有所不同，在經歷過最初的貶值後，我們研究的所有手機，基本上貶值的平均速度都爲１%。”