February, 2012

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Feb 12

Donations for Schools

A school in the United Kingdom has decided to appeal for donations, including proceeds from mobile phone and ink cartridge recycling. In truth these donations could benefit any school.  Every year, millions of new cell phones are manufactured and sold.  Approximately, around 80 per cent of such devices make it to the landfills.  Since the metals inside the phones are becoming scarce in certain countries like Japan, who are pioneers in the production of electronics, companies are willing to pay for recycling of mobile phones.

The proceeds received from mobile phone recycling could be given to any school, and more so if your children attend a school too.  These new funds can be used by the schools for updating buildings and helping the students in a better manner by bringing in upgraded technology.

The choice about which charity to donate to, lies with the donor.  There are plenty of charitable organizations to whom the funds from cell phone recycling can be directed.  On many levels, cell phone recycling plays an important role.  Not only are you paid money for recycling, but you also perform a good deed by making efforts in this direction.  Whether you need the money to pay off for your new phone or if you are facing financial difficulties, you are still protecting the environment to a great extent.

Precious metals such as nickel, which are used in mobile phones, can be reused.  Plastic too can be melted again and get used in manufacturing of new phones or other electronics.  Schools are also emphasizing on the importance of recycling phones as well as other goods.

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Feb 12

How To Sell On Your iPhone 4s To Get An iPhone 5

If you’re already hankering for the new iPhone5, you should be able to sell your 4s to pay for it and use the money to take advantage of the upcoming iphone deals. There are apparently over 14 million unused phones in the US alone. Why not regain some of your investment and help to recycle at the same time?

1) Check eBay to see the going price

Selling your old iPhone on eBay is a fuss free way to get rid of it without having to go through individual terms and negotiations with the seller. The eventual going price could be very favourable, depending on how you time the auction.

2) Sell whilst stocks are low

The best time to sell is when there are low stocks of iPhones available on the market. This is normally the build up time just before the release of a new phone.

3) Use a mobile phone sales website

Used phones are frequently sold on to the developing world. There are plenty of websites which allow you to post your old phone in a package and receive a simple cash payout. You might not receive the greatest amount, but if you’re determined to sell it’s a good last resort.

Remember to erase all your data if you are selling your phone on. Especially if your phone is jailbroken – you don’t want the new owner to have to deal with your customisations! It’s only polite to clean up your old data before you pass it on. Especially anything private like passwords, contact details, etc.  You can actually back up your iPhone data by connecting it through the USB and launching iTunes. Then simply select ‘iPhone’ and ‘Backup’.  If you want to erase your content, you can do by going to ‘settings’ and ‘reset’, then ‘erase all content’.

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Feb 12

A New Type of Smart Phone Launched

Millions of residents in the UK currently own smart phones. These phones have become such necessity that people have gone to weirdest lengths to procure one, including opting for helpful programs like mobile phone recycling to earn some extra cash for their purchases. Recycling mobile phones is definitely a green option that comes with easy money as an added advantage.

A new kind of smart phone has been launched by Samsung in the United States which is actually a hybrid of a smart phone and a Tablet PC. This phone will make it easier for users to talk as well as use the device for taking down notes. The idea of launching such phone stems from the fact that a large number of people nowadays carry a secondary mobile device like a Tablet PC or an iPad to take down notes. Samsung intends to bring the best of both worlds in one single gadget.

The new smart phone named Galaxy Note features a 5.3 inch touch screen along with a stylus. The price of the phone is around $300 in the United States, and will be slightly less when it is available in the United Kingdom. As of now, the Galaxy note is available only with AT&T in the US, although UK residents can purchase other models of Samsung through local providers. Samsung revealed that the idea was to launch a flexible mobile gadget which though had the features of a Tablet PC, but was also small enough to hold up to ones ears.

Many companies have tried launching similar products in the marketplace but have not so far been able to replicate the iPad experience.

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Feb 12

Highest recycled mobile phone: Blackberry

Blackberry phones have been recorded as the highest amongst the most traded in phones for cash.

From all the mobile phones that were sent for recycling, Blackberry was ranked as the number one.  Among £2.65 million mobile phones which were recycled in the month of January, Blackberry phones accounted for the maximum number.  With an average of £104 that was offered for each handset, Apple 3GS also topped the list.

Other phones turned in for recycling included HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy S and HTC Wildfire.  Blackberry suffered an unfavourable reputation last year and this could potentially be a reason why they constituted the majority of recycled phones early this year.  Looks like many contracts must have got over and consumers decided to recycle their Blackberrys and even earn some cash to use it for buying a new phone.  Apple 4S too is gaining tremendous interest as a nice phone to have in the year 2012.

The study regarding cell phone recycling also showed that Blackberrys were up 28% of all the smart phone sales.  The figure, though worthwhile, is still very low considering the number of Blackberrys turned in for recycling.  The last month itself has seen some 40,000 mobile phone getting recycled per recycler.  This figure of mobile phone recycling is astounding and what is even more surprising is that most of the phones sent in have either little or no damage, and are in a good shape.  The owner just wanted to upgrade and these old phones are being resold for £150.

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Feb 12

Exploited and Missing Children to be Helped Through Mobile Phone Recycling

Our precious children surely deserve the care and protection that we received as children.  I feel saddened each time I hear about incidents where children end up missing or are ill-treated worldwide.  A USA-based company Sprint has decided to launch a cell phone recycling programme which will help the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and has already been successful in bringing a huge sum of money to achieve its mission.

Such a programme however does not exist in the UK, but that definitely does not mean that citizens cannot fulfil their responsibility.  They too can recycle their old and unused mobile phone and help needy children.  This money can then be given to any charity which helps children.  Even a direct offering if not a donation to any charity will help children who need your help.  So why deny them?

Cell phone recycling works great as it helps in earning you some cash.  You could earn some more too if the mobile phone you have on block is a popular model.  However it just does not matter what is the amount since you are only helping the needy, particularly children, and any amount is of great importance.  This is precisely the reason why this programme in the US has fascinated people from all across the world.  Apart from protecting the environment, this precious contribution that cell phone recycling can make to the lives of the children, is definitely a worthy cause.

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Feb 12

Selling mobile phones for Cash

This year is seeing a great boost in recycling of mobile phones.

Cell phone recycling is becoming more evident as plenty of new devices are now getting released in the market.  Many people nowadays are becoming aware of the plethora of benefits that cell phone recycling has to offer.  It just does not matter if the person is merely replacing his old flip phone with a smart phone or upgrading his existing smart phone to a new one as the advantages of recycling process benefit all.

New mobile phones continually get released.  A new Samsung, Apple, Blackberry or other brands keep getting introduced in the market from time to time.  Mobile phone users do get tempted each time a new and popular smart phone makes an entry in the market.  Due to the prices or even the existing contracts people are engaged in, many people are yet to upgrade to a new smart phone.  Well, no points for guessing that they are more inclined to upgrading with the 4G broadband included too.  People are showing a greater interest in the smart phones and their advantages.  The majority of phones you see these days trading at the cell phone retailers’ stores in many high street markets are smart phones instead of cheap flip phones.

There is little to no demand of the basic phones.  Since there is an application for almost anything, even a person with very basic and minimal technological interests will find some interesting app worth having on their smart phones.  And as the new phones increase, mobile phone recycling simultaneously increases too.