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00:01more than 5 billion people today own a phone that's over 70 percent of the world's entire
00:06population because of this the global smartphone market was valued at a whopping 378 billion
00:13dollars in 2021 and there's money in old phones too because there are a few things you can do with
00:18your outdated device when it's time to get a new one you can sell it leave it sitting in a
00:23drawer
00:23for the rest of time like me or trade it in you can trade your phone for another on a
00:28special
00:28trade-in site but it's becoming more and more common to do it in the place you bought your phone
00:32from for example over one-third of apple store customers use the brand's trade-in program
00:38networks offer big incentives for phone trade-ins such as big discounts on new devices a customer
00:44can also be provided with trade-in credits ranging from 200 to a thousand dollars the amount depends
00:49on how old their phone is and whether they've already taken out a plan with the carrier some
00:54networks even go as far as to offer you a free brand new phone as long as you sign a
00:58contract
00:58with them and trade in your old device companies offer these enticing discounts as they want you
01:03to stick with them and sign up for a new plan this means they get repeat business and money keeps
01:08coming
01:08their way trade-ins also aim to change our growing tendency to hold on to our old devices for longer
01:14many people often skip a new model or two sometimes even more before buying a new gadget these trade-in
01:20policies help stop this and boost sales by promoting more frequent upgrades carriers also use them to hook
01:26customers into longer contracts but wait what do these companies do with your old phone it depends
01:32on the condition of your device if your smartphone is broken has a smashed screen or is generally
01:37unusable it will likely be recycled it'll be sent off in the plastics and metals it contains will be
01:44melted down and resold this kind of makes networks look good as this is way more environmentally friendly
01:50than simply throwing the phone away and any parts that can't be melted down and resold are disposed of
01:56in an environmentally friendly way on average a ton of melted aluminum can be sold for anything between
02:01200 to a thousand dollars not bad for some old junk apple is aiming to curb its environmental impact by
02:08expanding its recycling programs the company promises to go completely carbon neutral by 2030 being carbon
02:14neutral means having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing it from the atmosphere basically
02:20the company won't be causing any damage to the environment for the iphone 12 apple used 100 recycled
02:27rare earth materials more and more companies are starting to use recycled materials to produce their
02:32phones apple even made their very own robot called daisy to recycle phones daisy can disassemble 200
02:39phones within an hour to recover recyclable materials otherwise they might get shipped off to landfill sites
02:46if your phone is in okay condition it will likely be sold to wholesalers the okay condition means that
02:52the gadget is still functional but probably has a few cracks and scrapes trade-in centers and carriers
02:58sell such devices to wholesalers who then resell them in bulk mainly to europe asia north africa and south
03:04america a 64 gig iphone xr in damaged or okay condition can be sold for around 82 in bulk orders
03:11if your phone is in good condition the carriers or trade-in centers will most likely resell it on one
03:17of their own online stores these are marketplaces similar to ebay amazon and depop if that 64 gig iphone
03:24is in working condition you can get around 210 for it but what happens if your phone is still brand
03:30new
03:30your carrier will probably just keep your device and refurbish it to sell later if sold on a carrier
03:36site this can add another hundred dollars to the value of your phone trade-in centers or carriers can
03:41also revamp your phone and resell it in emerging markets like latin america india and africa this
03:47way the company can directly compete in the used smartphone market while also saving money this is
03:52because they sell a device twice while they only had to manufacture it once some phones that don't get
03:58resold might also end up with insurance firms that replace lost or broken devices for their customers
04:04here are the most valuable parts of your smartphone the display is one of the most crucial components
04:09and also the most expensive the screen for the samsung galaxy s20 ultra 5g model costs around 75
04:15per unit and that's just its raw cost the second most expensive thing is your phone's chipset a chipset
04:22is basically the phone's brain it controls everything and ensures all operations are functioning properly
04:27as 5g becomes more of a thing though chipsets are increasing in price 5g is a new global mobile
04:34network that's faster than any other it has massive network capacity is super reliable and has a higher
04:40performance level because of this the demand for it is increasing a standard chipset for our galaxy phone
04:46is estimated to be around 54 per unit but the 5g smartphone needs a separate processor that supports 5g
04:53connectivity such a 5g chipset costs around 74 your phone camera can be worth a ton too a good camera
05:01is one of the key things buyers are looking for now the raw cost of the samsung camera stands at
05:06around 89 apple iphone's 11 pro max's camera is worth 42 so you've decided to get rid of your phone
05:13how can you figure out which is the best place to sell it most phone buying companies offer one price
05:19for a fully working phone and an alternative one if the gadget is damaged but still meets certain
05:24criteria you can also get a reduced price if your phone doesn't work at all if your gadget is only
05:30slightly damaged check how much you'd get if it was in great condition you may only need to do
05:34something simple like replacing the battery and you could end up with more money as a result
05:39to check the best place to sell your phone quickly and to ensure you'll find the top payer
05:43you'll want to use a price comparison site but sadly just one site can't cover all cell phone
05:49recyclers ideally you should search several sites working in your country a quick google search will
05:55show you these trade-in offers and deals are becoming more and more common as the demand for
05:59new phones increases apple first implemented its trade-in policy back in 2013 when the company
06:05experienced its first profit loss in over a decade apple promoted the scheme once again in 2017 when it
06:11released the thousand dollar iphone 10. this approach solved the problem of the sales slowing down
06:17with so many phones on the market competition has never been fiercer in this scheme also encouraged
06:22people to stick with apple and help the company to justify the rising price of the iphone after all
06:28customers get a generous discount but before you trade your old phone in make sure to erase all the
06:34data if your phone has an sd card this shouldn't be a big problem all your data should automatically
06:39be transferred to it but if you're used to saving your information like photos and contacts on your
06:44phone you need to delete it on most phones you can do this by going into settings to fully erase
06:49your sd card to fully erase your sd card go to the storage and click erase sd card if you
06:56want to be
06:56really sure no one can recover your data even after it has been deleted make sure to encrypt your phone
07:01to do this head back to the settings and find encrypt phone but keep in mind that this process can
07:07take around an hour once this is done just reset your phone then head to the settings once again
07:12go to backup and reset then tap factory data reset this will completely erase your phone so that no
07:18one can get a hold of your personal data once the gadget is sent off or resold the exact places
07:24where
07:24you can find these sections will vary from phone to phone but the stages you should follow will be the
07:29same if you move app icons to a different screen one by one try another way and move everything at
07:37once grab one icon and hold it and then use your other finger to tap on all the other icons
07:43you want
07:44to move voila they're now added to the one you're holding once you've selected them all move them to the
07:50other part of the screen all done there's also a quicker way to close all of your applications
07:58you probably swipe them up one by one and sometimes it takes forever you can do it three times faster
08:05if you use three fingers when swiping this way you'll be swiping away three tabs at once sometimes
08:12we give our phones to someone for some reason yeah that'd be pretty terrifying and sometimes even
08:17embarrassing when someone's scrolling through your phone things get much better once you learn this trick
08:23there's a guided access feature on your iphone when activated it will not allow the person to leave
08:29a particular app go to settings accessibility and then scroll down to find the guided access to activate
08:36it enable it and set a passcode someone takes your iphone and is trying to unlock it with your face
08:42if you don't want it you can simply say hey siri whose phone is this this command will make siri
08:49lock the face and touch id and force anyone who wants to unlock your phone to type in the password
08:56you can disguise any app as something different go to shortcuts hit the plus and tap the lower
09:03panel add the action open app tap choose and search for the app you want to hide and select it
09:11then tap it again add it to your home screen set the name and choose the icon picture
09:17you can also hide some of your photos to do this open the photo you want to hide tap the
09:23share button
09:24and then tap hide to find the hidden album go to photos then albums and scroll down till under utilities
09:33where you see the hidden album so it's really not that hidden but if you don't want the hidden album
09:39to
09:39show up you can hide it as well go to settings then photos scroll down and switch off the hidden
09:46album
09:47mode to bring it back switch it back on there's also a possibility to add captions to your photos
09:54if you do this you don't need to scroll through all of your photos to find the one you need
09:59so if you make a photo of your friend's address just open the photo swipe up and you'll see the
10:05add a caption field type in the keyword like address and then done if you ever need it later
10:12instead of scrolling down through all of your photos you can simply go to the search field type in
10:18address and the photo will pop up you can drag and drop a photo to any app just choose it
10:26tap and hold
10:27it keep holding it and with your other finger go to another app where you want to send it and
10:33put it
10:33there you can set a live photo as wallpaper choose the photo you like click the share button and scroll
10:41down to use as a wallpaper set as only a lock screen wallpaper lock your phone now you see the
10:49picture
10:49tap it and hold down and it'll start moving you make a screenshot of your home screen to show one
10:56particular app to a friend if you make just a simple screenshot you'll have to specify in the message
11:01which row it's in not anymore after making a screenshot tap on it when you're in the editing mode tap
11:09on the
11:09plus button and then on the magnifier this feature will add a magnifying circle to your photo to zoom
11:15in on a particular space simply adjust its size and the degree of zooming in or out to magnify a
11:23specific
11:23thing on the screenshot in safari you can make a screenshot of the whole page at once not only
11:30the part that's on your screen take a regular screenshot and then tap on it to go to the editing
11:36mode on the top panel select the option full page definitely handy because you don't have to do several
11:43screenshots anymore you scroll through all the videos on youtube or photos on instagram and really go far
11:50down no need to go all the way up again once you want to get back to the top just
11:56tap the time in
11:57the upper left corner and it'll take you to the top automatically if you sleep with music or a podcast
12:03there is a way to set a timer to keep playing all night long to do this go to the
12:09clock then to the
12:10timer set the time and then go to the option when the timer ends scroll down to the very end
12:17and you'll
12:18find the stop playing button there press it and then tap done after the time you've set your media
12:25will stop playing in the background there are new cool features in imessage if you want to respond to
12:32a particular message with an emoji you can just pick the one you need and drag it onto the message
12:37place
12:38it anywhere you want and that's the way the other person will see it when sending a message tap and
12:44hold
12:44the send button you can choose one of several different animation effects to send it swipe left
12:50to look through all the sending effects then you can send it and the person will see it the way
12:55you've
12:55chosen if you want to delete a message you just typed in just shake your phone and confirm if you've
13:02changed your mind and want to get it back just shake it again another typing trick is to use numbers
13:08if you need to type in a number you probably type the one two three to go to the symbols
13:13menu then pick
13:14a number then tap abc to come back this is pretty annoying and the good news is that you don't
13:21have
13:21to do it instead just press and hold the one two three menu the numbers will appear so you can
13:28simply
13:28move your finger towards the digit you need once you stop holding your finger you'll be back to the text
13:34menu and you can keep typing turns out you can change the colors of your emojis go to the settings
13:41then to accessibility then choose display and text size then go to color filters and turn them on
13:50you can choose one of several color filters and it'll totally change the color appearance of your device
13:55including the emojis there's a way to save your current location quickly this can be really helpful
14:02when you park your car and need to find it afterwards it can be saved with a couple of taps
14:07so once you're somewhere you want to remember just tap and hold the maps icon and choose mark my
14:13location from the menu that popped up your location will be dropped and later on you can find a way
14:19back
14:19here you can turn text you see anywhere into typed text on your cell phone go to notes hit this
14:27option
14:27in the middle this will split your screen in two scan any text you want and it'll be automatically
14:33converted into text in the note you probably know that on the side of your cell phone you can mute
14:39your
14:39phone so that you don't hear any calls or notifications but if there's one or several people you wouldn't
14:45want to miss a call from you can unmute just them go to your contacts find the person tap edit
14:52contacts
14:53and switch on the emergency bypass mode now even when your phone is muted if this person calls you
15:00you'll hear it some apps constantly track your location and do it only while you're using the app
15:08turn off location permission for non-essential apps to spare up some juice
15:13restart your phone once a week to keep its ram from getting stuffed with unnecessary data which will
15:19also make your phone slower your display might not need to be on 100 brightness all the time you can
15:27keep it on auto mode if you don't want to constantly mess with it otherwise lower it a bit because
15:33it will
15:33spend a lot of your battery use low power mode apps might run a bit slower but your phone will
15:41charge
15:41faster and spend less battery turn off push notifications do this in the app setting
15:48and turn off the ones you don't care about there are also simple things you can do to make your
15:55smartphone last longer don't overcharge it this might overheat your phone which won't be good in the
16:02long run don't charge it in direct sunlight either in fact don't expose your phone to direct sunlight at
16:10all keep it cool if you can don't play with it while it's charging it's another way phones get overcharged
16:18the most important thing is to get a good case order one before you get your new phone
16:25imagine you just got out of the store with your latest gen smartphone but you haven't gotten
16:30it protected yet suddenly you trip and your phone slips out of your hand your hard-earned money goes
16:37down the drain instead apply its protective case as soon as you get it out of the box buy a
16:43screen
16:44protector too to prevent it from getting scratched even if your phone doesn't get completely ruined
16:50after falling you might still have to pay for its repairs don't use a cheap adapter to charge it
16:57it can pose a threat to your phone's battery with time your phone screen will get some dirt on it
17:03and so will its ports take a bit out of your day to clean out any lint or dirt in
17:08the charging port
17:09microphone and speaker grill want to edit your photos click on albums then tap see all it's on
17:19the right above your folders then tap edit your folders are now movable and you can place them in
17:26any order you want if you switch to ios 14 the weather app can show the air quality index for
17:33some world
17:33cities so if you live in new york or london you can check if the air quality is good today
17:38the weather
17:39app has some other updates too it has a minute by minute forecast for how intense the rain or snow
17:46will be in the next hour only for the us though if you live in the us europe japan canada
17:53or australia
17:54you can see alerts for any severe weather conditions like tornadoes storms or floods if you live in a really
18:01cold place and your iphone keeps turning off whenever it's super chilly outside go to settings
18:07battery and check the battery health if it's less than 85 you probably want to change out your battery
18:14apps on ios 14 can be merged together just drag one on top of another just like when you want
18:21to place
18:21an app into a folder now you can customize your screen even more and hopefully save a little time
18:27whenever you reach for your phone you can take a screenshot on your ios 14 just by tapping your
18:33finger twice on the back of your phone go to accessibility touch back tap you can choose from
18:39tons of options like screenshot mute home lock screen the list is huge your phone even has a triple tap
18:47function in case you're kind of a fidgety person your iphone can scan any document and even recognize
18:53copy and paste text from photos just download the google app then tap the frame icon in the upper
19:00right corner the camera opens then all you need to do is choose text mode and take a photo of
19:06the text
19:06you want to scan it might take a while to process but when it's done you can copy the text
19:11and paste it
19:12wherever you want you can even use it to translate text instantly like foreign menus street signs and
19:18instructions even if you switch to ios 14 you can still choose the time and the alarm clock with a
19:25regular swipe instead of just dialing it if your mobile data isn't that great airplane mode might
19:31come in handy turn it on and wait 5 to 10 seconds to get a better internet connection if you're
19:37on 3g
19:37it'll become lte also if you charge your phone with airplane mode on it'll charge about 15 faster to make
19:45the video quality on your iphone better try these three simple tips go to settings camera formats
19:52choose high efficiency camera capture then go back to the menu go to record video and choose 1080
19:59at 30 frames per second last but not least turn the grid on in the composition section no more wonky
20:06photos time to think about cyber security in the search bar type passwords choose security recommendations
20:14and turn on the detect compromised passwords function if you type the wrong number into the
20:20calculator you can delete it digit by digit with a simple left swipe same trick works for dialing phone
20:26numbers so if you dial the wrong digit just swipe to delete it with ios 14 you don't need to
20:32waste time
20:32creating multiple folders for your apps there's an app library for that it automatically categorizes all
20:38the apps you use the recently added section has the apps you recently downloaded plus it likes to
20:44display recently launched app clips now you can set the default app for your browser or email go to
20:51settings and scroll down until you see the app you want as your default when you tap on it you'll
20:57see the
20:58default browser app section tap it and choose the one you want from the list ios 14 has a sweet
21:04feature
21:05that lets you hide any private photos go to settings and choose the photos section scroll down until you
21:12see the hidden album section if you activate the hidden album button anyone with access to your phone
21:18will be able to see them all iphones have an inbuilt qr reader no matter if it's a good old
21:24retro iphone 5
21:25or a brand new iphone 12 the improved qr reader for ios 14 can scan almost any code even if
21:32it's tiny
21:33or wrapped around some object as for music you can discover new favorite tracks and autoplay mode can
21:40look for similar songs you might like there are also a bunch of new filters to search through your
21:45library faster than ever spatial audio is basically 3d sound that gives you that immersive experience
21:52to enable this feature go to the bluetooth section tap the eye next to your airpods yeah it only works
21:59with
21:59newer airpods and hit the spatial audio button also check the accessibility section you need to hit the
22:06follow iphone button to make sure it all works properly ios 14 takes care of your sleep with its
22:12new sleep and wind down modes when you click on clock you'll see a lot of new features like sleep
22:18schedule first make sure it's on then edit the active days you can set a sleep goal and then tap
22:26the
22:26wind down section add the apps you want to the wind down shortcut when your phone is in sleep mode
22:32you
22:33can access them directly from your blocked screen no more late night zombie scrolling you can easily
22:39improve your battery life first limit your widget usage try not to add too many widgets and limit the
22:45use of those that require a lot of data to keep themselves up to date also you can automate the
22:52low
22:52power mode to a certain battery percentage go to automation hit the plus button and create a new
22:58automation setting all right this one is for all those couch potato iphone users out there now you can
23:05send a voice message with the help of your good friend siri all you need to do is say hey
23:10siri send a
23:11voice message to jane smith siri starts recording stops when you're done and gives you a preview now you just
23:18have to tap the send button there are better automatic suggestions for your home app and your
23:23phone can adjust its color temperature throughout the day making it seem more in touch with nature
23:28another cool feature is face recognition it can even recognize someone through your peephole
23:33if they're saved as people in your photos i messages got updated too now you can pin up to nine
23:40message threads to keep your most frequently used contacts at the top of your list 24 7 you can also
23:46mention people in conversations to direct a message to a particular person i messages also makes it
23:52easier to filter unknown senders the notify me section in messages allows you to get notifications
23:59and messages whenever you're mentioned even if you muted the conversation it's great if most of your
24:04chats are already muted you won't miss any important messages but you also won't have to filter through
24:10tons of messages that aren't directed at you as for new features and i messages emojis got a whole new
24:17upgrade i'm talking 11 new hairstyles and 19 new headwear styles to customize your emojis you can send
24:23hugs and blush with brand new stickers ah jiggle mode has changed too to activate it on ios 14 press
24:32your
24:32finger against an empty field on your screen and voila all the app icons start jiggling around in this mode
24:39you can delete an app or move it into the library just by clicking the small minus sign on it
24:45to exit
24:46jiggle mode tap an empty space or click that big old circle button at the bottom this mode can also
24:53help
24:53you hide any pages you don't really use go to jiggle mode press the small bar with dots at the
24:58bottom
24:59and you'll see a screen with all your pages displayed separately remove the ticks from the pages
25:05you want to hide hit done and there you go to get any of those pages back do the same
25:10thing but add the
25:11tick back to whatever page you need