Galaxy S5 Users Desire The Most To Trade-in For Galaxy S6

The Samsung Galaxy S6 has not released yet but it is hogging all the limelight at present. It will come out to replace the older and unpopular Galaxy S5. The Galaxy S5, the flagship device from 2014, failed to impress its audience and its owners are waiting to trade-in to upgrade to the new Galaxy S6.

Compare My Mobile is a unique price comparison website that helps in finding out the most suitable value prices for older gadgets. It has revealed interesting trade-in information to Phone Arena. It states that among all the Galaxy S handsets that are available with the users such as the Galaxy S5, Galaxy S5 Mini Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Mini and Galaxy S3, more number of users want to trade-in the last year’s flagship to purchase the new Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy S6 Edge

According to CMM, 60.2 percent of Galaxy S5 owners are looking for selling price of their handset. It also reveals that 187.5 percent users have already traded their Galaxy S5 handsets. It has been found that 108.34 percent owners of Galaxy S4 Mini are ready to trade-in for the Galaxy S6. Also, there has been an increase of 80.03 percent among Galaxy S3 LTE owners to purchase the new Galaxy S6.

The research was conducted from Feb 28 to March 2. It covers pre-launch days, launch day and post-launch days. CMM further states that in the previous year only 21.2 percent people traded their smartphones to purchase the Galaxy S5. It adds that in the last year, 37.48 percent owners of older Apple device owners traded their device to purchase the Galaxy S5. And also 18.75 percent traded their Samsung devices to upgrade to the Galaxy S5.

According to the International Business Times report from March 19, the popularity of Galaxy S6 is such that it is expected to disturb the sales of the iPhone 6. The Galaxy S5 recorded power sales last year as the South Korean tech giant could sell 40 percent units than the Galaxy S4. However, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge are expected to bring in good revenue and positive results for the company.

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