My 3GS exclusively sits in my car and plays music connected via Bluetooth. I also used it traveling to another country, since AT&T would unlock my old iPhone but not my new one. They said the reason was that I was "currently on contract and it's not their policy to unlock contracted phones".
Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
#32Sold it on eBay, made about $370 for 16gb iPhone 5s.
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
#33give it to me dude? or sell on kiraya... lol
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
#34Are you really asking just about iPhones or should the title be changed to "old Smartphone"?
Anyway, yeah - I use my old phone as a stop-watch for short coding sprints.
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
#35Placemeter* will turn your old phone into a smart sensor that helps to measure pedestrian traffic and car speed in your neighborhood: http://placemeter.com
*I'm Product Manager there
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
#36I'm residing outside the US, where iPhones cost a lot more and the new models are available 2-3 months after the release day.
I use that 2-3 months gap to buy my new phone abroad and sell my old phone to somebody while there's a demand. I recently upgraded to iPhone6 and sold my iPhone 5 for ~$400 (USD), so essentially I paid $300 for the new phone.
Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your old iPhone when you buy a new one?
#37Sold it on eBay, made about $370 for 16gb iPhone 5s.
Did you take any precautions to limit the risk of getting scammed? I'm worried that whoever places the winning bid will file a dispute claim stating that they didn't receive it or some other nonsense and ebay seems to always side with buyers.