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10 best things to do with an old smartphone

By Nick Todorov

Published: May 10, 2013, 4:26 AM

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10 best things to do with an old smartphone

Chances are that you have an old phone or two collecting dust, forgotten in a drawer somewhere around your house. We all do. Surely this can't be the best way to treat old, unused, and obsolete electronics, can it? Of course not.

In fact, there are many things one can do with an old handset, especially if it belongs to the smartphone kind. As long as it is functional, the device can be still used or repurposed, and if it doesn't work anymore, recycling it would be the right thing to do. Need more ideas as to what can be done with an old smarthphone? Then flick through the slideshow below!

10 best things to do with an old smartphone

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