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Tips: How to Recycle Your Old iPhone?

Posted on the 21 August 2012 by Yogeshvashist98 @YogeshVashist98

While the iPhone 5 will not be long to point the tip of his nose, a question still exists among users loyal to the Apple brand: what to do with my old smartphone after acquiring the new?Here are several ideas for using some rather unusual and original, you can practice with your old iPhone become “obsolete”!

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A music library always at hand and well stocked: 

Rather than invest a tidy sum of money in the latest MP3 player market, you can recycle your iPhone storage solution and audio and allows users to store all your music to to listen in your car, at home, during your workout, … Simply connect the iPhone to any source (headphones, car stereo, amplifier …). The advantage is that the iPhone battery and recycled will last for many hours and you will avoid investing in a new audio equipment! You can also, via Wi-Fi from your home, listen to streaming radio stations, many iPhone apps have been created for this purpose and you can capture hundreds of AM or FM frequencies!

Continue to phone without subscription: 

With applications such as Skype or Viber, the VoIP has become successful and very popular in recent years. Indeed, thanks to this application and the WiFi network more and more prevalent, you turn your iPhone into a real no subscription or phone home.You can free your main mobile phone when you are at home and calls via your WiFi network to your friends or clients, an economical way to recycle your old smartphone (also works with other brands of phone)

A replacement telephone: 

You can either keep it as a replacement phone, in case your new phone were to encounter technical problems and you need to return it from the manufacturer. You can also use it on your outings to the beach or sports, just to avoid damaging your new phone.

A second line economic motive: 

If like me you use a second phone, whether for a job or to sort through your “contacts” with the new package Free 2 euros per month, you can now benefit from a second low-cost mobile online!

A universal remote control: 

A feature that we would not think for an old iPhone, and yet, through an application called I-Got-Control and a small accessory available here, you can control your devices from your iPhone and replace all your remotes in your home Smarphone! We had already done an article you can find at this address: http://www.blogdumac.com/materiel/pilotez-tous-vos-appareils-avec-ive-got-control-9321

Game console:

A fan of video games? Tired of your children empty the battery of your iPhone for fun?Why not turn your old phone into portable game console and free up space on your main phone and keep its battery longer? Thousands of games are available on the AppStore, you can then fill the memory of your old iPhone and so many hours of play without having the unpleasant surprise of being cut in the middle part by a sms or a phone call or see your battery melt like snow in the sun!

If among all the solutions discussed above, none for you, you can always try to sell your old precious through classifieds sites such as leboncoin or via specialized websites as reduc.fr. These sites are responsible for your iPhone you buy at the best price for recycling / repair / reconditioning, allowing you to do your bit for the environment while collecting a tidy sum of money.

And you?

You have other ideas for recycling your old iPhone? What do you do with your old smartphones after changing? Feel free to let us know in the comments, we will add it to our list.

Author Bio:

This article is written by Yogesh Vashist, who is a self developed blogger and founder of www.newaboutindia.com


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