{"id":3178,"date":"2013-10-08T21:15:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T10:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2013-10-08T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T10:15:28","slug":"dont-let-old-smartphone-go-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/dont-let-old-smartphone-go-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t let your old smartphone go to waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3179\" alt=\"iphone apple\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone1.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone1-88x150.jpg 88w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/phone1-32x55.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/>What should you do with your old smartphone when you buy a new handset? \u00a0Well the good news is that it doesn&#8217;t have to sit in drawer collecting dust, you can put it to good use, get some money for it or give it to charity.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s an old iPhone you have you could simple keep your music library synced to it and use it with a <a href=\"http:\/\/search.dicksmith.com.au\/search#w=iphone%20speaker%20dock\" target=\"_blank\">speaker dock<\/a> as a sound system for a room of your house.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d rather not hang onto your old phone you could donate it to a charity like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youcan.org.au\" target=\"_blank\">youcan.org.au<\/a> or if you\u2019d need the money in your own pocket a quick solution is a business like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cashaphone.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">cashaphone.com.au<\/a> who pay reasonable rates for 2nd hand mobiles&#8230;or to try and extract a few more dollars you could try selling on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">eBay<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gumtree.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Gumtree<\/a> websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should you do with your old smartphone when you buy a new handset? \u00a0Well the good news is that it doesn&#8217;t have to sit in drawer collecting dust, you can put it to good use, get some money for it or give it to charity. 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