EU iPhone Wholesale Price Index

Overview

What This Index Is

The SmartChoice EU iPhone Wholesale Price Index tracks quarterly price movements for used iPhones in the European B2B wholesale market. It covers the iPhone models that move in meaningful volume through our inventory — iPhone 13 through the current generation — broken down by condition grade.

The index publishes trend data, not absolute prices. Each figure tells you whether prices are rising or falling, and by how much, relative to the base quarter. This is enough information to benchmark market direction without exposing the transactional prices we negotiate with individual buyers.

The index lives at a permanent URL updated each quarter — not a new page per period — so links accumulate to one destination rather than fragmenting across dated posts.

Methodology

Methodology

The index is compiled from SmartChoice stock and sales records exported from Directo at the end of each quarter. The methodology is fixed so results are comparable quarter to quarter.

1. 1

   Source data

   Confirmed EU B2B wholesale transactions from SmartChoice inventory records for the preceding quarter. Retail-to-consumer sales are excluded. Prices used internally are in EUR, exclusive of VAT.

2. 2

   Minimum unit threshold

   A model-grade combination must have at least 5 units in a quarter to appear. Fewer units produce an unreliable median. Cells below the threshold are shown as — rather than zero.

3. 3

   Internal metric

   The median transaction price is computed for each model-grade-quarter combination. The median is more resistant to outlier lots than the mean. This figure is used only to derive the index values below — it is not published.

4. 4

   Index construction

   Q1 2026 is the single shared base quarter for every row in this index (index = 100). A model-grade combination is included only if it reached the 5-unit threshold in Q1 2026. Subsequent quarters show price movement relative to that fixed base: a value of 94 means 6% below Q1 2026 for that model and grade. A dash in a later quarter means fewer than 5 units that period, not that the model is excluded.

5. 5

   Grade definitions

   Grades follow the SmartChoice grading standard — A/A+ (near new, ≥85% battery), A- (light visible wear, ≥82%), B/B+ (visible wear, ≥78%), C/C+ (noticeable wear, ≥73%). All units are 100% functional.

6. 6

   Update cadence

   Updated quarterly — Q1 data published in April, Q2 in July, Q3 in October, Q4 in January. The "Latest data" label in the header and the schema dateModified field reflect the data period, not the deployment date.

Index data — Q3 2026

Index Table by Model and Grade

Index value (base quarter = 100) and quarter-on-quarter change. A cell marked — has fewer than 5 units and is excluded from that period.

Latest data: Q3 2026. Base quarter: Q1 2026. Based on EU B2B wholesale transactions at SmartChoice.

Grade key: A/A+ = near new (≥85% battery); A− = light wear (≥82%); B/B+ = visible wear (≥78%); C/C+ = noticeable wear (≥73%). All units fully functional, IMEI-checked. See the grading standards guide for full criteria.

Grade spread

Grade Price Spread

The relative price gap between grades is as commercially important as absolute price direction. The table below shows how much more the A/A+ grade commands over B/B+ and C/C+, expressed as a percentage. A figure of 18% means A/A+ stock costs 18% more than B/B+ stock for the same model in the same quarter.

These spreads are computed from the same internal medians that feed the index table. Only the percentage relationship is published — no EUR amounts.

Guide

How to Read This Data

Attribution

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If you publish data from this index, a note to info@smartchoice.ee is appreciated but not required — it helps us track coverage.

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