{"id":2668,"date":"2013-02-22T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T12:55:37","slug":"what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone.jpg\" alt=\"Unused Cell Phones\" width=\"576\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone.jpg 600w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2669 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20576%20336%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Unused Cell Phones\" width=\"576\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20576%20336%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone.jpg 600w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone-300x175.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Even though cell phone recycling and trade ins have become increasingly more popular in recent years, I think the results speak for themselves as just under <strong>55% of the total people we asked, still store their old phones somewhere in their house<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Just 26% of the people recycle them, <strong>10.90% through a phone recycling company<\/strong> such as SellCell.com, and <strong>16.60% recycle for free by using a recycling bin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-stats.png\" alt=\"Unused Cell Stats\" width=\"368\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-stats.png 368w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-stats-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2670 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20368%20434%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Unused Cell Stats\" width=\"368\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20368%20434%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-stats.png 368w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-stats-254x300.png 254w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-stats.png\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">As the years pass by we are seeing cell phones become a major part of people\u2019s lives and the technology used in them is advancing at a rapid pace. There isn\u2019t just Apple leading the way in pioneering design and development anymore, you now have the likes of Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry, Google and Samsung striving for perfection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">This means more and more phones are coming into the market, leaving more and more phones unused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">If anything, these stats show us that even though a lot of people are aware of recycling, more people have no idea that it exists or the benefits of getting cash back for a phone that otherwise would just be gathering dust in a draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1825],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SellCell.com Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-22T13:30:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-10T12:55:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Merchant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Merchant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Merchant\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3\"},\"headline\":\"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-22T13:30:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-10T12:55:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"SellCell News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\",\"name\":\"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-22T13:30:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-10T12:55:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SellCell.com Blog\",\"description\":\"Cell Phone News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SellCell\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"SellCell\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3\",\"name\":\"John Merchant\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John Merchant\"},\"description\":\"John Merchant has spent over a decade with SellCell, where he has written in-house news stories, provided expert commentary on industry statistics, and delivered company updates that keep readers informed and engaged. With a sharp eye for trends and a passion for clear, accessible communication. Outside of work, John is a lifelong gamer and an avid Android enthusiast, always eager to explore the latest devices, apps, and innovations. His mix of professional insight and personal passion allows him to bring both authority and personality to his writing, making complex topics relatable and enjoyable for readers.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/author\/john-merchant\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)","description":"We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)","og_description":"We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/","og_site_name":"SellCell.com Blog","article_published_time":"2013-02-22T13:30:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-10T12:55:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/unused-cell-phone.jpg"}],"author":"John Merchant","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Merchant","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/"},"author":{"name":"John Merchant","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3"},"headline":"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)","datePublished":"2013-02-22T13:30:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-10T12:55:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/"},"wordCount":225,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["SellCell News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/","name":"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-02-22T13:30:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-10T12:55:37+00:00","description":"We recently conducted a survey which asked a total of 1,419 people what they do with their unused mobile phones when the decide to upgrade or buy a new phone.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/what-do-you-do-with-your-unused-cell-phones-survey\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Do You Do With Your Unused Cell Phones? (SURVEY)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/","name":"SellCell.com Blog","description":"Cell Phone News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SellCell","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sellcell-logo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"SellCell"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/841b208b82b7e58948b00f3cf6a9add3","name":"John Merchant","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe70f1738cd4377d28a4f1fdca42d08?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"John Merchant"},"description":"John Merchant has spent over a decade with SellCell, where he has written in-house news stories, provided expert commentary on industry statistics, and delivered company updates that keep readers informed and engaged. With a sharp eye for trends and a passion for clear, accessible communication. Outside of work, John is a lifelong gamer and an avid Android enthusiast, always eager to explore the latest devices, apps, and innovations. His mix of professional insight and personal passion allows him to bring both authority and personality to his writing, making complex topics relatable and enjoyable for readers.","url":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/author\/john-merchant\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15537,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions\/15537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}