Do you keep your old phones?

[Heatman 4]

I have this common habit of being too attached to my older smartphone. This makes it very difficult for me to move on from the phones and give them away when I'm upgrading to new one's.

 

I always have them boxed and kept. Most of them should still be in good working condition because the last time I checked on my old Nokia 3310, it still works very well.

 

My brother usually sell off his old phone the moment he buys a new one but I can't see myself doing that. 

[Gh0st4unt3r 5]

When i get a new phone my old one i wipe it clean then either sell it on but if too old i just send it to a mobile recycling company somtimes i may get cash back for it

[rf-harris 1]

I don't keep them for my personal use but I don't sell them. My kids use my old phones.

[EmpireKicking 155]

At the moment most of my old phones are garbage because I didn't get a new phone until I dropped/destroyed them. My current one I guess I'll just hold onto as I doubt I would get much money back to make it worth.

[ZandraJoi 1]

While we don't believe in cell phones, my husband only has one for emergencies, when we did have to upgrade, we'd donate them to places that could benefit. One is for Women's Shelters so women can have a phone in case of domestic violence. Many are programmed with just 911 so they can get help faster.

[Uncrowned Guard 7]

I'll keep my last gen or two as a backup, but they will eventually get wiped and disposed of.  Sadly phone recycling around here as pretty much disappeared, it is about a 45 minute drive to a drop off now.

[Shortie861 10]

Yes, I do tend to keep my old phones and I store them safe once I get a new phone or say when my kids get a new phone and their phones are still in good condition, I will always keep them in a safe place so that we have spare phones just in case anything happens to the phones we are currently using and we need one to turn to whilst we are waiting for ours to be fixed or replaced. 

[Maul 5]

I never keep an old phone. They have a recycle program in New Zealand where you can send your old phones and they refurbish them for charities.

[Fait 1]

I feel the same way but after a while I do end up forgetting the phone.

[Sonikku1011 3]

I always keep my old phones, though I'm not entirely sure why. I used to only use Android devices so when I made the switch to iPhone in 2018, I just decided to hold onto my old Samsung Galaxy S2/S7. The S2 has a bad battery and won't charge, my S7 also has a bad battery and won't hold a charge for long.

[svjiminfxv 1]

I do have a habit of keeping my old phones just in case I have issues with my current phone or for personal use. Some of my logins are also still on my old phones so if I forget a login, I can just quickly charge the other phone and check.