I kept my old phone (an AT&T-locked Samsung Galaxy S7) going for 10 years, replacing the battery midway through and using it well into unsupported territory. I like to keep things working as long as I can within reason, and I also know that this phone is destined to become e-waste as soon as I get rid of it.
But with more apps losing support, and electronics prices on the rise, it felt like now was finally the time to upgrade (to a refurbished Pixel 8 Pro). So I got a new phone…
Still, I don’t want my old locked Galaxy S7 phone to go to waste just yet while it’s still roughly working!
So does anyone have any idea of things that I can do to reuse or repurpose my old phone?
I have some ideas in mind myself, but I’m curious what you all think and if anyone has experience with repurposing old phones in interesting or useful ways.
When I worked in skilled nursing I had lots of patients who loved to listen to music. Fewer and fewer families had radios or cd players to give them. Perhaps donate it to a skilled nursing facility loaded with Elvis and Neil Diamond mp3s