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Old iPhone: What to do with it?
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Giving it away to a charity may be my best option, but it'd be really cool if I could re-use it for something myself.
You asked this over a month ago and since you still haven't figured out a use for it, that probably means you don't have one.
At some point in the not-too-distant future, your old device's battery will be kaput, meaning it will have to be plugged in at all times because it won't hold a charge. That will greatly limit the number of opportunities for you to use it.
It's no longer receiving iOS updates, so it can't run the latest apps. That means that most of its usage would be media playback or web browsing. Someone else earlier suggested using it as an iPod, but apparently that idea did not appeal to you.
I suggest you donate to charity while it may be worth something to someone else. Right now, it doesn't appear that it has any worth to you at all.
At some point in the not-too-distant future, your old device's battery will be kaput, meaning it will have to be plugged in at all times because it won't hold a charge. That will greatly limit the number of opportunities for you to use it.
It's no longer receiving iOS updates, so it can't run the latest apps. That means that most of its usage would be media playback or web browsing. Someone else earlier suggested using it as an iPod, but apparently that idea did not appeal to you.
I suggest you donate to charity while it may be worth something to someone else. Right now, it doesn't appear that it has any worth to you at all.
Not sure if you stopped using it because you no longer use a phone or because you don't want to pay a phone bill each month. If it's the latter, see if it's compatible with freedom pop. When I got my new phone, I hooked my old one up with them. Its like a $10 setup fee to get the free monthly service. I rarely use it but it's nice to have as a backup or for those times I'm stuck on a conference call but need to make a personal call.
Or you could load it with a gps app like here which stores the maps on the phone and use it that way
Or you could load it with a gps app like here which stores the maps on the phone and use it that way