FYI to CNN: Here’s why Kindles are not sought after on the secondary market

CNN’s breathless story about how the iPad is doing better on the secondary market (resale) than Amazon’s Kindle makes me wonder if no on there considered the obvious reasons:

1. Kindle prices drop with each new model (including subsidized models)
2. Kindle prices have been so low starting with the third generation (summer/fall 2010) that there it makes more sense to buy a new model with better features at the same or lower price.

Hence, little or no resale value.

iPad retains value longer than Kindle, research finds (CNN)