How much is my iPhone worth?

Short answer: somewhere between about $50 and $1,000, depending on the model, the storage, whether it's carrier-locked, and how honest you are about the scratches. Here's the long answer.

Every buyback site shows you a big number on the homepage. That number is almost always the best possible case — newest model, biggest storage, unlocked, sealed in the box. Most people don't have that phone. They have a two-year-old handset with a hairline scratch and 87% battery health.

So rather than one headline figure, here's what the top configuration of each recent iPhone is currently worth to us. Every price below is live from our own catalogue — if it changed this morning, this table changed with it.

Top storage, unlocked, in brand-new condition — the most we would pay. Your exact configuration will price differently — that's what the quote flow is for.

The four things that actually move the price

1. The model — but generation matters more than you'd think

iPhones lose value fastest in the first year after a new model launches, then the curve flattens. A phone two generations back has already taken most of the hit it's going to take. This is why "wait until I need the money" is usually the expensive choice — see when to sell.

2. Storage

The jump from 128 GB to 256 GB is worth real money — often $40 to $80 on a recent Pro. The jump from 512 GB to 1 TB is worth less than people expect, because the resale market for 1 TB phones is thin. Check yours in Settings → General → About.

3. Carrier lock

An unlocked iPhone is worth the most, every time. A Verizon phone is usually close behind, because Verizon devices are typically sold unlocked after a short period. AT&T and T-Mobile handsets fetch less, and a phone tied to a smaller carrier is worth noticeably less again — a much smaller pool of buyers.

4. Condition — where people cost themselves money

Not by lying. By guessing pessimistically. Plenty of people grade their phone "Good" when it's genuinely Flawless, because they remember dropping it once. Look at the actual screen in daylight before you pick. The difference between Flawless and Good on a recent Pro can be over $100.

What about a cracked screen or a phone that won't turn on?

Still worth money — often more than people assume, because the parts inside are worth something even when the glass isn't. We buy broken phones outright rather than making you fix them first. See selling a cracked or broken iPhone.

What we won't buy at any price

Lost or stolen handsets, anything reported blacklisted by a carrier, and phones still locked to someone's iCloud account. These can't legally be resold, and no legitimate buyer will touch them. If your phone is still on a payment plan that's completely fine — financed phones are a different thing entirely.