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Very old mobile phones (bt cellnet etc)

cd1951
cd1951 Posts: 23 Forumite
in Mobiles
How can I capitalise on the disposal of several of these phones-which I seem to have accumulated over the years??

Any ideas/suggestions??
I live inn the 'sticks' and there are no mobile recycling areas around here!

Many thanks!

Comments

  • zppp
    zppp Posts: 2,476 Forumite
    You could get it recycled through an online site like o2 recycle. They may not give you much for the hanset, but they do donate money to charity for every phone.

    http://www.o2recycle.co.uk/
    Best Regards

    zppp :)
  • DarkConvict
    DarkConvict Posts: 6,347 Forumite
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  • 4$£&*(£$&*(!
    4$£&*(£$&*(! Posts: 999 Forumite
    Although do remember these were all mass-produced on a massive scale and are hugely dated by today's standard of mobiles so you will be lucky to get anything for them.

    Additionally many of them only operated on two of the UK networks - Cellnet and Vodafone at the time, as they used the GSM900 network. Orange and One2One uses GSM1800 (not to mention 3 using UMITS) so these phones cannot be used on alternate networks other than GSM900 so most 'recycling' companies shun them.

    More information about O2 withdrawing this sort of phone is here - http://www.onecompare.com/mobile-news/116/58942673/o2-to-withdraw-first-generation-pay-as-you-go-mobile-phones.htm
  • smart_cookie
    smart_cookie Posts: 39 Forumite
    Not sure if there is any potential for them on ebay and/or gumtree, but perhaps have a look to see if similar ones are selling? I've seen some old Nokia 'brick' phones on there :)
  • Orange_Company_Representative
    Orange_Company_Representative Posts: 310 Forumite
    Hi,

    Please see below for our recycle info-

    http://www.orangerecycle.co.uk/

    Hope this helps.

    Jonathan
    Orange Response Team
    “Official Company Representative
    I am the official company representative of Orange. MSE has given permission for me to post in response to queries about the company, so that I can help solve issues. You can see my name on the companies with permission to post list. I am not allowed to tout for business at all. If you believe I am please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com This does NOT imply any form of approval of my company or its products by MSE"
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