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What to do with Old Smart Phones? [Updated]

posted by martyb on Monday December 28 2015, @10:09AM   Printer-friendly

frojack writes:

Okay, there is at least a random chance that some of us or someone in our family got a new smartphone as a gift this year. Maybe you hand the old phone down to one of the kids for a wifi device. Maybe you thought better of trading it in, and having your data end up on the streets.

There are the usual perennial articles on this subject Such as this one from a site that appears somewhat reputable, or this one from BusinessInsider.

Note: Most GSM phones can be used to call 911 in the US/Canada even without a sim card present. Donations to Charities or Women's Shelters or Homeless service agencies is always an option as long as you wipe the phone completely.

So what does the Savvy Soylentil do with the old Smartphone?

[Update: removed derogatory phrasing that was present in original submission. -Ed.]

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Monday December 28 2015, @08:57PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday December 28 2015, @08:57PM (#281839) Journal

    ...not sure what unnecessary slander adds to a discussion other than inflame the original poster.
     
    And predictably, due to the offtopic flamebait in the post we have a discussion thread with barely any on-topic responses.

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