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I keep my last phone in my draw in the chance that I lose my current phone I can use it as a backup. By the time I replace my backup phone with my new old phon
by rbut 3y ago
I keep my last phone in my draw in the chance that I lose my current phone I can use it as a backup.
By the time I replace my backup phone with my new old phone the battery is long gone and I'd get nothing if I sell it.
So yes, phones continue to accumulate in my drawer.
- nfriedly 3y agoFor what it's worth, replacement batteries can often be had for $20-30, maybe a bit more with tools included. For example: https://www.ifixit.com/products/google-pixel-2-battery-genuine https://www.ifixit.com/products/google-pixel-2-battery-genui... Of course it's a bit more involved for a device that wasn't intended to have a user-replaceable battery, but it's almost always possible. Alternatively, even with a dead battery, you can probably plug it into the wall to boot it up and wipe all your data, and then sell it for maybe $30 to $40 on eBay. There's lots of folks out there who will buy phones cheap and either refurbish them themselves, or else just use them tethered for software development, IoT projects, etc.
- ChoGGi 3y agoYep, my dad kept his Nexus going till last year when he went to the states (had to switch to 4g). I don't think there was much left of the original by then...