There are several ways that can be used by those that want to sell their used cell phones. And in this article we will discuss about several of them.

The first way is to write a short ad, in which to say everything that is to be known about the cell phone you want to sell: its brand, for how long you have the phone, if you have bought it as a new phone or if you were its second or third user and you also need to mention if the phone has defects and if it does, you need to write about them. Defects that can be overcome by those buying used cell phones are: a missing key on the keyboard, the fact that the keyboard does not lit anymore, like it used to, a broken connector, that makes it impossible connecting the phone to another electronic device, such as a computer and others.

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Of course, these defects have to be evaluated by every user, because if we refer to one of them, let's say, for example, to the lack of the possibility of using an USB cable with the cell phone, many people could not buy the phone because of this. Still, there may be people, which are not interested in transferring information from the cell phone to a computer and vice versa, and which are willing to buy a device that does not offer the user the possibility of connecting to a computer.

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The second method of selling your used cell phone is to sell the phone directly to a friend or a person that you know. This way, you can be sure that your money will come immediately and you can also be trusted more. When writing an ad for the Web, that ad can be seen as a true or a fake ad. But when you communicate with your friends in searching for potential customers for your used cell phone, the doubts if your intentions of selling the phone are true or not are eliminated.

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Another good way for selling the used cell phone is to go directly to the company from where you would like to buy a new cell phone. These types of companies offer buy-back services, meaning that you are allowed to buy a new product from them in exchange for a small amount of money and also your used cell phone.

And finally, one of the most popular ways in the United States for selling your phone and receiving your money immediately is to address directly a company that buys used cell phones. The problem with this method is that companies like this function only in a few cities. But don't get disappointed, because recyclers and collectors of this kind start to appear more often nowadays, than in the past. And they work not only for collecting used cell phones, but all sorts of electronics. In time, this recycling industry will grow that much that personnel working for this type of companies will even knock at your door asking you if you have some spare electronics to recycle. Until this will be a reality all over the world, don't hesitate to use the first 3 ways for selling your used cell phone.

Here you are, searching for a new cell phone, when you realize you don't have enough money to buy it. Luckily, today there is a system called buy-back, through which you can offer an old cell phone and receive a new one, in exchange for a low amount of money. Normally the phone you receive is new and more expensive than the old cell phone you want to sell.

Another way of selling your cell phone is to place an ad on a Website or in a newspaper and make sure that you write everything there is to be known about the phone. It would be recommended to write your full name as well, because this way you will show you can be trusted. Obviously, your phone number must be also mentioned.

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Whether you choose the first way or the second one of selling your old cell phone, you need to know your phone. You need to be certain that someone will buy it. If you choose the second way, which is to place an ad online, this may be a free possibility of testing your potential customers, but if you choose to place your ad on a paid advertising platform, you could lose money and this is the last thing you want to experience when trying to make an honest buck by selling your old cell phone.

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If there is no carrier or store that sells phones in your area, which can provide you with the possibility of buying phones using the buy-back system, the only possible solution is to sell your old phone using the Internet. And the best sites that can be used for this activity are: eBay and Craigslist. Of course, there are some local advertising sites, but this depends on your your geographical region.

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Before selling your cell phone to another person, make sure you delete all data stored on it. You would not want the person buying the phone to see your contacts, messages and other details. Also, if you sell the phone along with your number, discuss with the carrier before this operation.

Some cell phones require an activation code, so don't forget to provide this code to your customer when offering him/her the phone. You need to sell the phone with all its accessories. No one wants to get a cell phone only because it is capable of making and receiving calls; people want to be able to transfer information from the phone to their computer and vice versa, thus they need an USB cable, or they want the camera of the phone to be valid, if the phone uses a camera indeed and so on. If you follow the aforementioned advice, you can be sure you will find users for your phone, no matter how old it is.

Because the iPhone represents today the standard in the world of smartphones, we have chosen for this article to present several apps that can be downloaded from the App Store, apps that allow you to really change the face of your device, by using wallpapers. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of apps of this kind that provide you with beautiful images, which can turn into actual live pictures on the screen of your iPhone. The good thing with this wallpapers is that they can be downloaded to other types of devices, such as Android smartphones and also to cell phones that use Windows Mobile or other operating systems.

Backgrounds

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This is a free application, designed by Stylem Media, that offers more than $10,000 backgrounds from hundreds of artists working in the design team of this company. And guess what? More backgrounds are added daily. Wallpapers have a Retina Display resolution (640 x 960 pixels), but they can also be downloaded to iPads. The trick is to make sure to download Backgrounds HD instead of Backgrounds. They are divided into more than 60 categories, such as: buildings, cities, hearts, funny, space, messages, music, Christmas, Easter and others. Images are created by artists working for this company or are simply images taken from the Internet, which benefit of a creative common license.

Wallpapers by GelaSkins

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It is obvious who has developed this application, GelaSkins Inc, but it is not that obvious if this application is worth a download. If it is mentioned in this article, you bet it does worth it. GelaSkins it in fact a company that creates removable covers for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, but which recently has started to create amazing wallpapers for these devices as well. They collaborate with great studios, such as National Geographic, Marvel Comics and Busted Tees. The company recommends you to match the wallpapers you download thanks to this app to the high-quality skins offered by GelaSkins. Users can search through hundreds of images, can choose the ones they like and also customize them according to their own desires.

Retina Wallpapers HD with Glow Effects

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Even though the term ‘HD’ appears in the title of this application, this is destined to iPhones and iPod Touch devices as well, not only to iPads. The developer of this application, girlsapp4.us says this on the page where the application is described: ‘Install it, you will not regret!’. Like any other developer that offers users the possibility of downloading wallpapers or wisdom quotes, this one too wants to be the best in this category and, as seen in our article, it really is, because it offers more than 11,000 vibrant wallpapers for the Retina Display of the iPhone and iPad. However, to run this app and to be able to download popular wallpapers every day, you will need to have an iOS 5.0 or later device.

What is the best cell phone available now on the market? Obviously, the iPhone 4S. Even if you aren't an Apple fan, you simply cannot disagree with this. If you are searching for free games to download onto your iPhone, you are lucky, because a high number of apps (much higher than the one of paid applications) can be downloaded from the App Store onto iPhones. And today, we will discover some of these apps.

Draw Something Free

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This application is found at the number one position in the top free iPhone applications on Apple.com and is developed by OMGPOP. This app has also a paid version, which offers you more benefits. However, this free application can be upgraded to the paid version, thanks to the in-app purchases available. For example, to buy extra 400 coins, users have to pay $1.99. To buy 1200 coins, $4.99. For 3000 coins, they will pay $9.99 and for 10,000 coins, $24.99. And here is how a free application can be easily transformed into a paid one. But we are here to discuss about free version, which offers enough advantages for those that are at the beginning of playing this game. Basically, this is a social drawing and guessing game, and according to its developer ‘the most popular’ one of its kind. You will use your drawing talents and ask your friends to guess what you have drawn. This is the perfect game for people traveling often and also for those who need a good laugh.

Paper Toss

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Backflip Studios has designed a very interesting and addictive application, named Paper Toss, which requires you to throw a piece of paper towards a small trash can. If you like to do this on a daily basis in your real office, you will find this application a relief, because no one at the office will know what you do when you hold your iPhone. You can switch from a real throwing of little pieces of paper to a digital operation of the same kind. This game is oddly satisfying, includes 7 levels of various difficulty, introduces the ‘animated paper’ concept and offers real office sounds.

Cross Fingers

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This game designed by Mobigame is a game that everyone loves. Or at least, this is our opinion, when seeing it benefits of 5 stars (out of 5) on the App Store. Even though this is a free game, it works just like the first app we have presented, meaning that it allows you to buy in-app purchases. The cheapest one is $0.99 and allows you to buy 3 stars. If you want 15 stars, you will have to take out of your pocket $3.99. For 45 stars, you will pay $9.99. This goes on up to 250 stars, for which users have to pay $29.99. But what is the purpose of these stars? They help you solve the puzzles provided by this game. With this application, you will exercise your brain, creativity, imagination through… 570 levels. Yes, you have read correctly, this game offers you 570 levels with which to challenge your brain.

What better way to emphasize the characteristics of a smartphone than by comparing them to those of another smartphone? This is why for this article, we have chosen to speak about the Samsung 9100 Galaxy S, an unlocked GSM cell phone manufactured by Samsung and the Atrix 2, another unlocked GSM cell phone, this time manufactured by Motorola.

Price

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We have to start with this ‘characteristic’, because this is the most important one, according to many customers. Unfortunately, those that don't know what to choose between the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone and the Motorola Atrix 2, will not be able to make the difference between these products in terms of price, because they have the same price: $699.99.

Operating system

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We will present some technical specifications of these products, to try to make a difference between them and to help users pick the best of them. For this, we need to present first the operating system version of these products (both run Android). It seems that we are ‘lucky’ this time as well, because the Samsung 9100 Galaxy S II runs the same version of OS like the Atrix 2, meaning the Android 2.3.

Features

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Let's move to features and see which of those devices is better. The Samsung gadget comes with an organizer, camera, GPS, Wi-Fi capability, touchscreen and Bluetooth. The Motorola smartphone does not have an integrated GPS, but it has a camera, the possibility of adding voice memos, presents a touchscreen, allows users to navigate the Internet, thanks to the Web browser installed by Motorola, has a geo-tagging option and uses an HDMI port. Even though it does not have a GPS integrated, the Motorola Atrix 2 is better at the Features chapter than the Samsung Galaxy S II.

Conclusion

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The Samsung 9100 Galaxy S has a beautiful screen, allows you to watch videos on YouTube, you can communicate with your Google Talk contacts, play games, shoot and share videos and photos, browse your multimedia collections in stunning audio and video clarity and obviously make and receive calls. On the other hand, we have a Motorola smartphone that keeps you up with the demand of this fast-paced digital world. It provides an intuitive phone environment, allows you to surf the Internet, use professional features and tools, enjoy thousands of applications and enhance your digital lifestyle. And the conclusion is that you are the one taking the decision related to what smartphone to buy. Both products are excellent and they can provide you with similar experiences.