What do you do with your old phone?

[jwslam]

Inspired by the other thread..
http://forums.beyond.ca/st2/how-ofte...=&pagenumber=1

What do you do with your phone when you upgrade?

[jwslam]

Personally I sell most of mine. Even if it's something like broken screen there's someone willing to buy it

[swak]

Originally posted by jwslam
Personally I sell most of mine. Even if it's something like broken screen there's someone willing to buy it

Have you had much luck with these?
I go through phones so often, I hoard/throw them out ... should consider this lol.

[The_Penguin]

Some I hoard (thinking I'm going to sell, but they sit forgotten in a drawer)
Some get donated to family members in need.
Apple has a decent trade-in plan I got $200 for my old iPhone 5 recently.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by swak
Have you had much luck with these?
I go through phones so often, I hoard/throw them out ... should consider this lol.

typical scenario: Put it up for something like $100. Get enough offers for $50 that I eventually cave after 2 months or so.

Don't really have any hoarded phones on me right now. I'd be happy to take some of yours though =)

[schocker]

I hoard them but am going to try any throw in a new battery into my N5 and give it to my mom.

[NoPulp]

Hoard.
Apparently I'm like a little kid... "this toy is better" and then forget about the old toy.

[killramos]

I hoard/lend them as well.

I let my brother use my Shine flip for a year after i got rid of it, and my mom used my 3GS for a year or 2 after i upgraded that. But i have them all back now. I have a little ziploc bag in my office filled with cell phones and ipods lol.

Thought about getting the power button fixed on my iPhone 4 and JBing it to use a a dedicated Sonos remote with no passcode etc. Once Jbroken i would shut down 90% of the default background tasks so it still runs reasonable. Downgrade to the lowest compatible OS etc.

[swak]

Originally posted by killramos


Thought about getting the power button fixed on my iPhone 4 and JBing it to use a a dedicated Sonos remote with no passcode etc. Once Jbroken i would shut down 90% of the default background tasks so it still runs reasonable. Downgrade to the lowest compatible OS etc.

I like where your heads at here!!

[Mitsu3000gt]

I sell them because they're rarely more than a year old Then I upgrade for cheap.

[HiTempguy1]

Keep them. Having the perfectly functional Nexus 5 as a backup to the 5x is great. I gave my parents my iphone 3gs with a broken screen (so technically still in the family) and my S3 was stolen.

[pheoxs]

Speaking of which ... anyone have a decent spare phone laying around they'd part with for a reasonable cost? Can't unlock my work phone and looking for something to use for travelling. My old nexus S is too laggy for snapchat and such. Only use it 2-3 times a year so not looking to drop a ton on a new phone.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by pheoxs
Speaking of which ... anyone have a decent spare phone laying around they'd part with for a reasonable cost? Can't unlock my work phone and looking for something to use for travelling. My old nexus S is too laggy for snapchat and such. Only use it 2-3 times a year so not looking to drop a ton on a new phone.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/BLU-Energy-2-F...=1&*entries*=0

Or a used Nexus 5 (bargain at $150) are probably going to be the best bang for your buck.

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt


Something like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/BLU-Energy-2-F...mp;*entries*=0

Or a used Nexus 5 (bargain at $150) are probably going to be the best bang for your buck.

Appreciated, I'll take a look at that!

[D'z Nutz]

Before smartphones, I would sell my old phone when I upgraded.

Now I keep my main use phones because by the time I get them, they're typically at the end of their lifecycle and the next one is about to come out. So add 3 years to that, anyone looking for a phone could buy something more current for the same price I'd be selling it for so I may as well just keep them as spares in case anyone needs them.

However, once in a while I will buy phones just to play around with that I have no intention of keeping so those get sold.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Sell them.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by pheoxs
Speaking of which ... anyone have a decent spare phone laying around they'd part with for a reasonable cost? Can't unlock my work phone and looking for something to use for travelling. My old nexus S is too laggy for snapchat and such. Only use it 2-3 times a year so not looking to drop a ton on a new phone.

Hahaha, that's hilarious. I was just playing with my old Nexus S this weekend. I reflashed the stock OS on it cause the custom KitKat ROM I put on it was so brutally slow and ate up all the space

[Proyecto2000]

i have always sold my old phones on kijiji.

[KrisYYC]

Hoard most, but some I donate to friends/family if they need a phone.

[J.M.]

Originally posted by The_Penguin
Some I hoard (thinking I'm going to sell, but they sit forgotten in a drawer)
Some get donated to family members in need.
Apple has a decent trade-in plan I got $200 for my old iPhone 5 recently.

How recent did you trade yours in? I checked online and the most they offer seems to be $100 for iPhone 5's lol