Why? I sold my iPhone 5 16GB for $275 and the iPhone 6 64GB I replaced it with cost me $299. $24 for two years of excellent use of a pocket computer that doubles as a phone at $1 a month? That's a GREAT bargain, as far as I'm concerned.
The real junk are the Android phones that have no resale value. When I bought my iPhone 5 two years ago, I traded in my two year old iPhone 4s and pocketed $56 over and above the $200 I paid for my new iPhone. A friend who was with me traded in his six month old Samsung Android, bought with no contract for $499, to buy an iPhone 5, because the Android was giving him problems. . . and they gave him only a $37 trade in. Worthless junk.
Now don’t try and reason with the apple haters, they hate because they’re ignorant. And some are even Luddite wannabes...
I use both. I have come to the conclusion the network is more important than the hardware!
You realize the actual cost of the phone was built into your monthly phone bill, right? Wholesale cost to the carrier that they pass onto you is about $550/unit.
My old iphone 4 16gb unlocked can still be sold for $150 plus...I use it as an ipod and buy a local sim for it when I travel internationally.
How the hell did you get an iPhone 6 64GB for $299? The price for that phone unlocked is something like $900!