iPhone 17 Pro Max Becomes the Most Traded-In Smartphone — What the Data Reveals In most years, older smartphones dominate the resale market. That’s normal. More people own them, and upgrade cycles push them into trade-in programs over time. This year is different. The iPhone 17 Pro Max has rapidly become the most traded-in smartphone — just months after entering the market. That shift is unusual and worth examining carefully. Below is a deeper look at what the verified numbers actually show and what they mean in practical terms. 📊 Rapid Growth in Trade-In Share Recent trade-in data highlights a sharp increase in the model’s resale presence: 🔵 11.5% of top-20 trade-in rankings now belong to the iPhone 17 Pro Max 🔵 In late November, its share was only 5.1% 🔵 Within roughly 12 weeks, its presence more than doubled 🔵 86% of traded-in units were graded mint or good condition This type of growth is rare for a newly released flagship. Normally, phones take a year or more before appearing...