People Recycling Mobile Phones Should Wipe All Data Before Sending Them Off
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged TipsOne of the UK’s most popular recycling sites has recently sent out a warning to anyone that is recycling their old mobile phones to make sure they wipe any data before sending them in.
According to a recent study when phones are either sent in to be recycled or discarded incorrectly there is enough data in them to easily identify the owner. An average smartphone may hold online passwords, other passwords, PIN numbers, cached credit card numbers and banking information so it is vital that all information is wiped to stop it from getting into the wrong hands. Read the rest of this entry »
O2 Recycle Smashes World Mobile Recycling Record
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged O2Popular UK mobile recycler O2 Recycle has recently announced that they smashed the Guinness world record for the amount of mobile phones recycled in a week.
The online recycler attempted to break the record between the 7th – 13th October this year and beat the previous amount of 6,130 by recycling 10,310 old mobile phones in a single week. Read the rest of this entry »
RPC Recycle Raises Over £600 for Prostate Cancer Charities
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RPC Recycle
Popular mobile recycling company, RPC Recycle has recently announced that they have raised £614.38 for Prostate and Testicular Cancer charities.
The money was raised through a firework night display which was attended by staff from RPC Recycle, Comm-Tech and Juice Telecoms. The fireworks were hosted by the managing director of the three companies, Justin Millar and over 200 people turned up to view the fireworks and donate money. Read the rest of this entry »
Where to Recycle Your Old iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS for Cash
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged RecyclingApple have recently announced that over 4 million iPhone 4S units have been sold worldwide since it was released last Friday. With so many iPhone fans upgrading to the latest model this has made mobile recycling sites in the UK see a massive survey in the amount of old iPhone 4s and iPhone 3GS be sold for cash. Read the rest of this entry »
Become a Guinness Record Breaker with O2 Recycle
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged O2O2 Recycle is giving everyone with an old mobile phone to sell the chance to be become a Guinness World Record Breaker by recycling as many old phones as possible over the course of one single week. Read the rest of this entry »
World’s First Bendy Smartphone Expected to be Released Next Year
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged New TechnologyA new smartphone called the Samsung Galaxy Skin with a bendy and flexible display is expected to be released next year.
The new Samsung Galaxy skin will have a flexible screen which means that it can be bent into almost any shape. To do this it will feature a 4” WVGA Super AMOLED screen which will be much brighter and energy efficient than previous displays, bend into different shapes without affecting the image quality and even withstand a blow by a hammer! Read the rest of this entry »
Mazuma Voted Best Mobile Recycling Company
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged Mazuma
Mazuma Mobile has been voted the best recycling company in a recent research carried out by customer service auditors, Service Science.
Service Science hired a group of mystery shoppers between July and August this year in order to evaluate 9 of the UK’s leading mobile recycling sites. The mobile recycling sites were evaluated on price, speed of service and customer service standards. Read the rest of this entry »
O2 Offering Price Match Guarantee
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged O2With millions of handsets still to be recycled in the UK, O2 Recycle have recently started a special promotion where they will match any prices offered by competing recycling sites including Mazuma and Envirofone.
Prices will be matched if any handset prices are higher on Mazuma Mobile or the Envirofone site within 7 days of the recycling order being submitted on O2 Recycle. Read the rest of this entry »
Many People in the UK Missing Out on the Best Mobile Phone Deal
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged TipsAn new survey carried out by Which the online consumer advice site has found that as many as 20 million people living in the UK have never changed their mobile phone deal and therefore could be missing out on massive savings.
The survey discovered that a massive 5.3 million people who have changed their mobile provider at least once said they have since spent much less. Read the rest of this entry »
Mazuma Advert Banned by the Advertising Standards Association
Published by Stephen Roper on Tagged AdvertismentsPopular recycling company Mazuma Mobile have had an advert banned by the Advertising Standards Association (ASA) as they say it was targeting teenagers to recycle their mobile phones.
The advert showed a teenage girl and boy dancing to a song about recycling mobile phones for up to £150 cash. Read the rest of this entry »