March 07, 2020 - Electronics
Samsung Galaxy S phones are one of the most popularly pawned items. They have significant value as a consumer electronic device, and most people are fine with parting ways with their old Galaxy because new Android phones are being released each year. It’s tempting to upgrade to a shiny new model.
Whether you want to know the pawn value of the Galaxy S3-S10, we will give you the average, minimum and maximum Samsung Galaxy S phone pawn prices we have seen at PawnGuru for all of 2020. This will be the most up-to-date and accurate data you can find on the web for Samsung Galaxy phone pawn value by generation.
At this point, you might be wondering what PawnGuru is and how we have access to Samsung Galaxy pawn price data. At PawnGuru, we connect pawn customers to pawn shops in their local area through a free online platform. Because of the offers that are quoted on our site from real pawn shops, we can collect this data to share with you.
Let’s use your used smartphone situation as an example. On PawnGuru, you can list your Galaxy phone and indicate what you want to do with it—pawn or sell. Then, the pawn shops in your local area will be alerted. You benefit from saving time by receiving all pawn shop offers quickly and in one place online. In effect, you save money by assessing which pawn shop quotes you the best offer.
We will go more into how you can sell or pawn your used Samsung Galaxy smartphone using PawnGuru, but first, we’re going to answer the question “how much do pawn shops pay for Samsung Galaxy S phones?”
The average pawn price of Samsung Galaxy S phones according to our data—and this is the average of all generations lumped together—is $86. The minimum price paid for a Samsung Galaxy S phone between January 2020 through now was $10, and the maximum was $350.
Why the huge variance in pricing? You can attribute this to the generation of the Samsung Galaxy phone, its condition and other specific factors. Samsung Galaxy phones that are of the newest generation, in great condition, unlocked and with the best memory storage are typically going to sell at the highest price, whereas those that are of older generations, in poor condition, not unlocked and with smaller memory storage are going to sell at a low price.
Below you can see Samsung Galaxy S phone pawn price by generation.
Galaxy S Phone | Min. Pawn Value | Max. Pawn Value | Avg. Pawn Value |
Galaxy S3 | $10 | $60 | $42 |
Galaxy S4 | $60 | $200 | $140 |
Galaxy S6 | $50 | $200 | $125 |
Galaxy S7 | $50 | $100 | $71.67 |
Galaxy S7 Edge | $75 | $75 | $75 |
Galaxy S8 | $75 | $200 | $104.16 |
Galaxy S9 | $70 | $200 | $134.44 |
Galaxy S10 | $175 | $350 | $262.50 |
Now that we’ve answered the question, “how much do pawn shops pay for Samsung Galaxy S phones” you have a rough understanding of the least and most money you can get for your phone. With PawnGuru, you can rest assured you’re going to get the best price possible.
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David Stiebel is one of the cofounders of PawnGuru. David was educated at MIT, where he studied Math. He subsequently worked at Bain as a data scientist before starting PawnGuru in 2015. He started PawnGuru to build a better tool for pawn shops and consumers to connect.
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