What are some good uses for your retired iPhones

I gave it to my wife n i ve got myself the 5

Unless you want keep one iPhone in every design/form factor as a collection, best use is to unlock it and ebay it for $400+.

doorstop or paperweight

i use mine as an ipod touch basically...

I use my old iPhone 4 as an iPod touch, well my kids do. Still has wifi and games, etc.

I recently sold my 3GS on Craigslist and used the proceeds against the cost of a 4S.

My sister gave me her old iPhone 3GS for Christmas last year. I'm not on AT&T so it became a WiPhone. I put Talkatone on it and connected it with my Google Voice number. Combined with iMessage it gave me free US calls and free SMS/MMS. Since most of the places I go have WiFi I was able to use it as a spare phone with internet/data capability.

Now that I have my iPhone 5 it's also being used as a media device and for controlling my PowerBook.

i gave them away for really cheap or for free.

no need for trying to make a "profit".

My 5 is my first ever iPhone so none to retire, but my old Blackberry bold is now used by my 9 month old. It has "White Noise" on there as an MP3, and its great, he sleeps superbly with it on loop. Was a trick by the midwife when he was young and wouldnt go sleep, now he wont without it.

Also means we can go in the room without waking him.

bradkb said:

My 5 is my first ever iPhone so none to retire, but my old Blackberry bold is now used by my 9 month old. It has "White Noise" on there as an MP3, and its great, he sleeps superbly with it on loop. Was a trick by the midwife when he was young and wouldnt go sleep, now he wont without it.

Also means we can go in the room without waking him.

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My iPhone 5 replaced my HTC Touch Pro which is a Windows Mobile phone. I'm now using that phone for some non-Apple apps and I have the SD card on it Apple formatted. I use that as a maintenance/emergency boot drive for my Mac.

Sell, gift, destroy, blend…

Or maybe keep for a backup.

I've always sold them, helps recoup money when upgrading

Myiphone7 said:

You know guys while it would seem easy to find something to do with it, it is actually not as easy as people think if you buy the new iPhone!

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That's why you sell them for quite a bit of money unless you want to maintain a collection of iPhones in each design/form factor.

Myiphone7 said:

The only problem I have with selling is that I don't know where to put the info on it. I wouldn't want to transfer 5,000 pics to my new iPhone 5.

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Your computer?

iPhone 4 is still good and runs IOS6 so
Id sell it.

Older iPhones don't get app updates and they don't have retina displays. Camera was never great on them either so I imagine the only use for them is calling and text maybe ipod.

Gave mine to my little cousins to have a play games on. Free iPod touch basically for them.

I taunt people who own android phones. My deactivated old iPhone is still better than their activated android phone, and they KNOW it.

Used as:
1. Airfoil Speaker Device with an external speaker
2. Portable Audio and Movie receptacle during travel
3. Hot Spot/Internet sharing device with local SIM card
4. Additional Instagram account for my cat (follow lembu_nyteriders)

My wife and I gave our iPhone 4 phones to our kids as iPod touches (replacing the 3G versions of our previous phones they were using) when we got the 5. I am happy doing it, the iPod touch that kids really like these days are $299 and the 4 does basically everything the same minus the bigger screen.

I ended up making a quick sell and put it towards the iPhone 5.

I'd unlock the old one and use it when travelling.