{"id":32198,"date":"2013-03-14T21:21:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T01:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T19:14:22","slug":"what-happens-to-old-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/what-happens-to-old-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens To Old Smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Business Insider<\/em><\/a> has some new stats on what happens to old smartphones<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0when people are done with them. The article says, for the most part, they just sit around<\/strong>. The author cites a survey by Gazelle<\/a>, a site that takes trade-ins of old smartphones, tablets, and laptops. As you can see in this chart, 51% of people put old smartphones in a drawer or closet<\/strong>, according to Gazelle’s research.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>MarketWatch<\/em><\/a> estimates<\/a> that all of those old phones sitting around are worth $34 billion<\/strong>. (That’s all phones, not just smartphones.) Companies like Gazelle are trying to get people to sell their smartphones to Gazelle<\/strong>, so they can resell the phones<\/strong> around the world and make a nice profit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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I’ve cover electronics recycling<\/a> a number<\/a> of times<\/a> on Bach Seat.<\/em><\/p>\n

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