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Ask Slashdot: Best Use For an Old Smartphone?

Posted by samzenpus on from the what's-old-is-new dept.

zaba writes "The original iPhone was a dream come true for me. Phone, camera, mp3 player and data all in one device. It had more cpu and memory than my first computer! Several generations of smartphones later, my wife and I have some random smartphones (some iPhone, some Android) lying around. Between privacy concerns, bad batteries, etc. these phones are not worthy of donation. So, I ask you, Slashdot readers, have you done anything fun with an old smartphone? Any suggestions/ideas?"

2 of 301 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Donate it by s0nicfreak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I love how you're modded down for speaking the truth. People on welfare don't want something as old as an iPhone 1, though.

  2. Re:They don't need a plan by nbritton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Spousal abuse, you mean when your spouse calls the police to abuse you? Maybe we should designate a new number, say 811, for marital emergencies. Then when a spouse calls it, the counselor can tell the other spouse to run away and never look back. I think this service would be a better use of our tax dollars. In fact, maybe a surcharge should be collected with a marriage license to finance a national marital emergencies services system, MESS for short... 1-800-AHH-MESS.