Retired Technology

[Reverie]

What do you do with your 'retired technology'? Meaning technology that are a few generations old, or perhaps you just have a newer version of it?

Do you throw it in a box/drawer, or do you sell it?

 

[Ravenfreak]

I end up storing it away in a drawer or elsewhere. I have a few old phones I have in storage that I should probably factory reset and send to a e-recycling facility. I have a few extra computers that I want to eventually back up and then sell for parts or just used. (The laptops pretty much work, they just need Windows reinstalled. My old desktop on the other hand has a faulty graphics card... plus it's almost a decade old now.)

 

[Cory]

I think a few of my older phones are just shoved in one of my drawers. If the technology is collectible-worthy or may still be worth quite a bit, then I'd probably sell it on eBay.

 

[fords8]

I got some retired technology right here:

 

[Mini Maul]

With electronics these days and the modding community. Most things can get updated if you really into that sorta stuff.

Like at the moment, I am looking into buying an Ipod Classic which has been modded with a longer battery, bigger/lighter/faster SSD storage and hopefully with a Bluetooth mod kit installed.
I never personally had a iPod classic, pretty much every other version xD, but if I did have one I would have definitely tried modding it myself.

 

[cynosure.x]

I am the worst at throwing tech away. I have around 7 old phones lying around, including old dumb phones. 😆 I tend to keep everything, for no real reason, except if it's broken beyond repair. I have an old phone with a cracked screen that, if I were to fix the screen, would probably still work.

I'm mostly talking about phones now because that's the piece of technology I replace the easiest. However, I'm trying to keep this phone for as long as I can. I've had it for almost 2 years and it's the most I've kept using 1 phone. 😅