Recycle Old Mobile Phones-save The Planet

By Author: Caroline Telford
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So finally you have realised that there is no point in keeping your older mobiles safely for years inside the cupboards for no reason and getting it covered by dust and dirt with time. By this point you must have heard that there are lots of websites to recycle old mobile phones which can help you get money back for recycle old mobile phones. Certainly, many of us would have a pair of older mobile phones resting simply in the shelves of no use. Due to the frequent upgradation in mobile technology and design, majority of the mobiles have much lesser days of craze. People are getting bored easily with these gadgets and they are looking for a newer and a better version every now and then. It is a pitiful truth that most of the mobile phones even the very latest models reaches the dust bins within 2 years though they are admired for their design and finish at the start. On the other hand no one would be willing to throw those old mobile phones readily though they are not of much use at present just because some believe that they might be useful one day for some purposes.

Mobile phones contain hazardous and toxic materials ...
... that can pollute the environment like arsenic, along with valuable metals such as gold, silver, copper, aluminum, nickel and zinc. Even latest gadgets have no exceptions and do possess the same hazardous constituents within them. For example let's take HTC Gratia which is a dual network supportive handset that works with both 2G Network on GSM frequencies 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G Network on HSDPA frequencies 900 / 2100 with TFT type capacitive touchscreen of the size 3.2 inches has a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels capable of displaying 256K colors making the mobile more adorable.

Some of the added features are Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Optical trackpad, HTC Sense UI and Flip-to-mute a call are implemented on it. Android v2.2 Froyo Operating System with a Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz processor is another feature of this device. Applications like Digital compass, SNS integration, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration, MP3/AAC+/WAV player, MP4/H.264 player, Voice memo and Predictive text input adds to the features of the device. Internet connectivity is supported via Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA, 2 Mbps, EDGE and GPRS. A 5 MP camera having a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels having additional features like autofocus, Geo-tagging and face detection. HTC Gratia deals so are in the air these days provided by many network operators. If you want to recycle HTC Gratia, you need to find the accurate market value of your phone and should remove the information like SIM and other details on safety grounds.

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