Sell Your iPhone in Australia

Used iPhones in Australia typically sell for A$155 to A$1,150 (about $110 to $810). Two things decide an iPhone sale and neither is cosmetic: the battery health percentage and whether the phone is cleanly unlocked from its previous owner’s account.

What iPhones are worth in Australia

Condition	Typical	What it means
New with Tags	A$1,150	Unused, tags or seals intact
Like New	A$977	Barely used, no visible wear
Good	A$747	Light signs of use, complete and working
Fair	A$517	Heavily used, or a described fault or missing part
For Parts	A$287	Not working or incomplete, sold as seen

Guide ranges converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not quotes — sellers set their own price. Grades are seller-declared; WishThrift does not inspect or verify them.

What lifts the price

Carrier-unlocked, with the original box, cable and IMEI clear on checks
Recent generations still receiving iOS updates

What pulls it down

A locked handset, or one with any finance or iCloud lock still attached
Cracked back glass — often costs more to repair than it adds to the sale

Selling an iPhone in Australia

Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.

Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.

Australia is a pre-launch market, so it is worth saying what a seller here should expect when it does open. Distance dominates everything: interstate parcels cost several times a metro delivery, and bulky items effectively only sell within a city. Most trade concentrates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and buyers in those cities expect to collect rather than wait. Seasons run opposite to the northern hemisphere, so listings that follow UK or US timing arrive exactly half a year out of step — warm weather items want September, not March, and winter gear moves from around May.

Seasons are inverted relative to the UK and North America: warm-weather items move from September, and winter gear from around May.

Working out what yours is worth

Open Settings > Battery > Battery Health and note the maximum capacity percentage
Search sold listings for that exact model, storage and battery band

Getting it ready

Sign out of iCloud and erase all content and settings, then confirm Activation Lock is off. A locked iPhone is worth almost nothing and cannot be used by anyone else.
Find the model and storage in Settings → General → About, and check whether the carrier line says Unlocked.

Photograph

Front, screen on and showing the home screen, so the display is provably working
The Battery Health screen with the percentage visible
Every crack, chip or deep scratch, photographed close and lit

Put in the description

Exact model and generation, and the storage capacity in GB
Battery maximum capacity percentage from the Settings screen
Whether it is network unlocked, and which carrier it came from if not

Model, storage and unlock status are the whole search: “iPhone 13 128GB Unlocked, Battery 89%”. Put the battery percentage in the title if it is above about 85% — it is the strongest single signal you can give, and most sellers bury it. Never write just “iPhone for sale”; buyers filter by model and yours will not appear.

iPhones sell within days when priced correctly, and values step down noticeably each September when new models are announced. If you are selling anyway, selling before the announcement is worth real money.

It costs nothing to list

There is no listing fee, no selling fee and no commission, so the A$1,150 a buyer pays is the A$1,150 you keep. You and the buyer settle up and arrange the handover between yourselves; WishThrift does not hold the money or ship the item.

Where in Australia

Australia is a big place and what sells well moves with it. These are the parts of Australia with their own page for iPhones.

Common questions

Where can I sell an iPhone in Australia?

List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. There is no selling fee, so the whole amount stays with you. Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.

What is the battery health?

Give the exact percentage and photograph the screen. Anything above 85% is a selling point; below 80% expect to discount, and say so before they ask.

Is it worth repairing a cracked iPhone screen before selling?

Usually only if the repair is cheap and genuine. An official screen repair can pay for itself, but a cheap aftermarket panel is often spotted and can lower the price more than the crack did.

Can I sell an iPhone that is still locked to a network?

Yes, but expect noticeably less. Be upfront in the listing — a buyer who discovers it after agreeing a price will walk away.

More: how to sell an iPhone, what iPhones are worth, or Electronics across Australia.