No used market exists yet — the radio hasn't shipped. The bargain angle is the used IC-7100 below.
After a summer of teasing a locked display case codenamed X-026 — shown at Dayton Hamvention, Ham Radio Friedrichshafen, and WRTC 2026 with no specs and no name — Icom pulled the covers off at Tokyo Ham Fair on August 29, 2026. The X-026 is the IC-7110, the direct successor to the IC-7100 and Icom's first serious update to its all-band mobile line in over a decade.
From Icom's pre-release materials, the headline features:
What Icom has not said: the price, or when it ships. Dealers are taking pre-order deposits with final pricing and delivery dates marked "to be confirmed."
Here's the bargain hunter's read — not a prediction, just how this usually plays out. When a successor is announced, current owners start thinking about upgrading. Some list their old rig to fund the new one. Used supply ticks up, and patient buyers get their shot.
Two things to keep straight: a $600 IC-7100 is a bargain today, whether or not you care about the 7110 — the math doesn't need the new radio to exist. And waiting for the IC-7110 means paying full new-retail price on a radio with no ship date. The 25% rule rewards the buyer who moves when the used price is right, not the one who waits for the shiny box.
Icom hasn't announced a release date. It was unveiled as pre-release information on August 29, 2026 — specifications and timing can still change before production.
Not announced. UK dealers are taking £250 pre-order deposits with final pricing to be confirmed. Anyone quoting you a firm price today is guessing.
Icom positions the IC-7110 as the direct successor to the IC-7100, its long-running all-band mobile rig. If you own a 7100, nothing about your radio changes — but the used market is where the action will be.
Buy on the math, not the hype. A clean used IC-7100 at $600 or less clears the 25% rule today — that's a buy-right price with forty years of logic behind it. The IC-7110 will be new-retail money whenever it ships, and there's no date yet.
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Sources: Icom America pre-release news (Aug 29, 2026); Icom Europe pre-release information; IC-7100 fair value from 37 recorded sold listings in the HamRadioBargains comp ledger (median $800, Oct 2026).