[OSX-Users] Re: getting rid of old iphones

[Ben Hodgson]

For those interested, mazumamobile.com just paid me £183 for my iPhone 3G 16GB, even though it's missing the sleep/wake button, hasn't vibrated since I dropped it in 2008 and had a massive crack on the back.

Ben

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On 28 Jun 2010, at 15:15, Neil Broderick <ngb at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear All,
> I am looking to get rid of my old iphone (2G 16 Gbyte) and I am wondering what the best
> option is. o2 and various other phone recycling websites want to offer me around 100 pounds
> for it (surprisingly they only want the phone and not the charger, box, manuals etc). Alternatively
> I could try selling it on ebay where prices seem to be slightly higher but I have never had any luck
> selling stuff on ebay.
> 
> Out of curiosity what do the various companies do with old phones. I would not have thought that once
> recycling costs were taken into account there was 100 pounds worth of stuff in an old iphone. And reselling it
> seems odd given that it cannot run ios 4. Hence I have no idea why it is worth 100 pounds to anyone. 
> 
> cheers,
> Neil
> P.S. will happily hand it over to anyone for any sum over 80 pounds in cash.
> 
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