Whilst there is lots of information around on the latest handsets and their features, one topic often gets ignored, and that is “what do do with my old phone”?
The fact is there will soon be more phones than people on planet earth, and that number will is set to increase further as China and India become more economically developed.
That will not be the end of it either, as other countries also continue to develop. So, what happens to all these old phones?
Well, its now easier than ever to get cash for your old phones from recycling companies who buy old phones either for scrap or to sell on as “pre owned” handsets. Generally, the high value handsets are resold in the country of origin whilst older handsets are sent to developing countries where more robust reliable, maintainable and lower cost handsets are in demand. In fact, buying old phones is big business in some countries with dealers trying to buy container loads of them from Europe, North America etc.
Getting the best price for your old phone is also pretty easy as their are a number of comparison sites like this one I recently used to sell my mobile. Sites like that allow you to compare prices over a range of different recycling companies and see who is giving the best price at the time, a real time saver.
I sold my old HTC Desire recently and got a pretty decent price for it (a little over £100 from EcoUrMobile). It was well worth the time it took to trade that handset in (around 20 minutes in total) for the money I got back for it.
So, if you upgrade your phone… be sure to check out some of these sites and see what you can get back for your old one!