Used iPhones in Edinburgh typically sell for £80 to £600 (about $110 to $810). Almost all of the spread comes down to two things buyers check before anything else: which generation it is, and what the battery health reads.
Selling an iPhone in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Edinburgh, in Scotland, has around 530,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What iPhones are worth
What lifts the price
- Battery health above 85% — buyers ask for this figure before they ask about scratches
- Larger storage tiers, which hold value far better than the base model
What pulls it down
- A locked handset, or one with any finance or iCloud lock still attached
- Battery health under 80%, where iOS starts flagging service warnings
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
Put in the description
- Exact model and generation, and the storage capacity in GB
- Whether it is network unlocked, and which carrier it came from if not
Small and valuable, which makes it the classic target for payment scams. Confirm payment has cleared into your own account before the phone leaves your hands, meet in a public place, and never post ahead of payment.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell an iPhone in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
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.
How much is an iPhone worth in Edinburgh?
Most used iPhones change hands for £80 to £600 (about $110 to $810). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling an iPhone across the United Kingdom, what iPhones are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Electronics in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.