{"id":12596,"date":"2017-07-16T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T16:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=12596"},"modified":"2017-07-17T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T21:03:43","slug":"heres-right-way-sell-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/heres-right-way-sell-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the Right Way to Sell Your Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re interested in selling your old smartphone, you\u2019ll want to make sure that your old data is inaccessible to future buyers. You\u2019ll also want to be able to get as much money as possible for your old phone. Both of these aspects are a part of selling your smartphone the \u201cright\u201d way; you\u2019ll be able to properly prepare your phone for sale, and get some cash towards your next device.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Right Way to Wipe Your Phone<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before selling your smartphone, you\u2019ll want to make sure that your data has been properly wiped from your device. Unfortunately, performing a factory reset is not enough. To do this, you\u2019ll want to perform the following steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backup your data and remove any SD cards from your device.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encrypt your smartphone\u2019s data to prevent your information from being retrieved by a data recovery program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disable Factory Reset Protection so that whoever buys your smartphone can use his or her own account information with it. Then, perform a factory reset.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/choose-protective-case-phone\/\"><b>How To Choose A Protective Case For Your Phone<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The Right Way to Sell Your Phone<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Sell your old phone whenever you upgrade.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Technology goes out of date very quickly, which is why you shouldn\u2019t hoard all of your old devices. Whenever you upgrade to a new phone or tablet, make sure to properly wipe and sell your old one immediately. That way, you\u2019ll be likely to get the most cash for your item \u2014 as much as 50% of what you paid for it. If you wait a few years before selling your old Android phone, then your device may only be worth $10-$20. Or, it may be worth nothing at all, in which case, you might as well recycle it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Research how much your phone is worth.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a necessary step \u2014 you don\u2019t want to sell your phone for too much or too little money. The former, however, will likely result in an unsellable phone, which you don\u2019t want, either. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>If possible, sell locally. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The easiest way to sell your old smartphone is to sell it to a friend, family member, or acquaintance. While you might be tempted to sell your phone for less to someone you know, you\u2019ll at least save some money on shipping costs or other fees, so this option is worth considering. You can also take advantage of apps that will allow you to sell your phone locally, such as OfferUp or Facebook\u2019s Marketplace to avoid extra fees and the hassle of using many resale websites. Craigslist is also a good option for avoiding \u201chidden\u201d resale website fees.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you want to sell your old smartphone. There are several different ways to go about this, but some methods are far better than others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[349,4437],"class_list":["post-12596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tutoriais","tag-phone","tag-smarthphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}