Selling your old mobile phone unit is currently the trend not only in the UK but in many parts of the world. However, aside from selling the phone to a good company that can give you the highest price offer, there are many other things to consider.
You can choose to offer your old unit on eBay if you wish, giving you a chance of earning up to 30% more than what the best mobile recycling company can offer. You may also just want to use eBay as a guide so that you can get a rough idea of how much you should be able to sell your phone for. You may also want to look at tips on how to sell at eBay effectively.
You may also decide to sell your phone to a friend, although the difficulty with this choice is how to decide on a price that will not ruin the friendship. Mobilevaluer.com suggests that one should base the best price on what is currently offered by the phone recycling companies, and add 10%. In this way, you would get more for yourself and it would be cheaper for your friend than buying a new phone.
One last thing is to trade-in phones of low value. If the recycling companies refuse to give you much, try trading it in for a new one at the company where you are planning to buy your new phone.
If all else fails, try to keep it as an alternative phone, which you may use only for sending text messages.