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Emily Long

8 important to-dos before you resell your old smartphone

Tips for reslling your phone do a factory reset.

Getting a new phone — whether it’s as a holiday gift or just a purchase you made for yourself — ushers in an exciting time of setting up your new device and learning about all its features. But it also introduces a new to-do — just what are you going to do with the smartphone you’re replacing? For many people, the answer is to resell the old phone and pocket the extra cash.

That’s a perfectly reasonable — and potentially lucrative — plan. But before you sell that old phone, there are a few steps you should take to secure your data and prep your device so that it’s ready to resell. Here are eight important things for you to take care off when you decide to resell your phone.

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