I reluctantly retired my old smartphone last week, do you keep old phones?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (170003)
United States
May 11, 2021 10:26am CST
So, I was keeping my old smartphone around because it had apps I liked on it, and they didn't transfer over when I got my new phone. Plus I tend to use a lot of apps so having them on two phones worked for me. However, the old phone got to the point where it was not charging, so it has been retired. If I could turn it on, I would factory reset it and donate or sell it. I wouldn't want to do that know with the personal info on it. Do you ever keep an old phone around even after you get a new one? I have to say my new phone is not that new...I will probably be getting another in a few months. What do you do with your old phones?
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
11 May 21
I don't have any kids I could give it to. I could maybe let my roomate use it, but he doesn't like smartphones.
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
11 May 21
@snowy22315 doesn't like smart phone.,.. seems your room mate is living in the old world 
@mildredtabitha (16053)
• Nairobi, Kenya
11 May 21
All my old phones were given away
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
15 May 21
That's right .if you can't do a data wipe definitely smarter to keep it.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
11 May 21
yes i do keep my old phones after getting the new one. The old phones are just kept like that can't use them anymore . some think its silly to keep those phones .
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
11 May 21
I mostly use the apps on them and I can do that with the wifi.
@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 May 21
I keep mine. They don't take up much room and someday they'll be worth a fortune. A lot of computers from the 70's are worth thousands today. That's only 50 years and if phones do the same thing, I only have to live to be about 105 to cash in.
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@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
13 May 21
@snowy22315 It does to me, too! I'm going to be rich!
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@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
11 May 21
I usually give them to my siblings
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@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
11 May 21
@snowy22315 what about your friends
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
12 May 21
@snowy22315 Me too. I used for a very long time and now I kept it because it don`t work anymore good 
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
12 May 21
@m_audrey6788 I have a few old phones over there. I can't turn them on. I guess I might just end up tossing them, or maybe I will try to recycle one. I am afraid to though because there is data on there. It probably wouldn't be smart. I will have to ask about that sometime at a cellphone store. I don't know how you do a cellphone wipe without turning them on.
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@snowy22315 (170003)
• United States
11 May 21
I have been using the old one at least sometimes for a long time.
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@RebeccasFarm (86769)
• United States
11 May 21
No good me keeping them as they dont work with this provider
