Mobile phones can lose half of their value a month after being released, meaning they depreciate¹ faster than cars, according to research.

一项研究指出，手机在发布一个月后就会贬值一半，这意味着其贬值速度比汽车还快。

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 musicMagpie.co.uk has concluded.

musicMagpie.co.uk网站的一份报告指出，新车在使用一年后通常会贬值20%。而投入大笔金额的手机大约在几个月之后就很难保留其价格了。

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.

该网站称，除了推出8个月后就贬值66%的内存16G的iPhone 5之外，安卓手机比苹果手机贬值更快。

In the Android sector², the HTC One M9 lost 65 per cent of its value a month after being released, while the Samsung Galaxy³ S5 lost half of its value within two months of being released onto the market. The LG G4 depreciated⁴ by 88% nine months after its release.

在安卓品牌中，HTC One M9推出一个月后就贬值了65%，而三星盖乐世S5在上市两个月后贬值一半。LG G4在推出9个月后贬值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年发布的iPhone 4在上市5年后，仍保有原价值的39%，而16G的iPhone 6在推出一年后保持住了原价值的一半。

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 depreciation⁵ is the iPhone 5s, which was released shortly after the iPhone 5.

虽然大多数型号的iPhone手机没有像安卓手机一样那么快地贬值，但是iPhone 5是个例外。在发布8个月之后，这款手机就已经贬值66%了。该项研究给出的iPhone 5快速贬值的原因之一就是因为紧随其后发布的iPhone 5s。

Liam Howley, marketing⁶ 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网站市场主管利亚姆·豪利接受《This is Money》采访时表示：“视手机型号和品牌有所不同，在经历过最初的贬值后，我们研究的所有手机，基本上贬值的平均速度都为１%。”