Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 14, 2022, 05:21 PM
Gadgets | The world is crazy about the iPhone and there is no doubt that everyone wants to buy an iPhone at one time or another, but do you know which state has the largest number of iPhone fans in India? If not, then let us tell you. In fact, a survey of Cashify has revealed many interesting facts. According to the Whitepaper Survey of Cashify, iPhone is the most preferred smartphone of Delhiites. According to the survey, a total of 18 percent of iPhone users live in Delhi, followed by Bangalore with 11 percent and Mumbai with 10 percent. Cashify has conducted this survey on a total of 8000 people from different states. The survey also revealed that New Delhi tops the market for used phones with 18%, followed by Mumbai and Bangalore with 10% and 9% respectively.Increasing trend of refurbished phonesAccording to the survey, understanding the positive aspects of buying a refurbished device, 85% of users are willing to do it again. Affordability is an important reason for this as 70% of users bought refurbished phones as they were available to them on a comfortable budget. 12% of those surveyed bought a refurbished phone as an additional device and 13% bought it as a gift for their loved one.Interestingly, 71% out of 8,000 users understand the concept of e-waste, but only 48% are aware of the process of recycling their old devices. When asked if they would be interested in recycling their devices, 58% agreed, while 27% of users wanted a monetary benefit in return and only 15% wanted nothing to do with recycling, an additional 4 Concerned about % privacy data.The whitepaper revealed that 40% of respondents repaired their phones because of screen problems, 25% because of battery problems, 10% because of camera problems, and 25% because of other phone problems. New Delhi was the city that booked the maximum repairs i.e. about 25% of the total repairs.Most sold used phones of these brandsAccording to the survey, Xiaomi (25%), Apple (16%) and Samsung (15%) are the top 3 brands whose used smartphones were sold by customers. On the other hand, the iPhone 7 took the top spot for buybacks and the Redmi Note 5 Pro took the second spot, followed by Redmi Note 4, Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone X in the top-5.