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 Post subject: iPhones.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 1:32 pm 

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I have a stack of old iPhone. I took a few apart for the boards but its a lot of tedious work. Normally I would keep the aluminum frames and use them for casting but given the number of phones I have I want to send them in as is.

I spoke with Chris about this about a year ago and if I recall he said I can just send them in as is, I think, I could be recalling wrong. I feel like the right thing to do is to remove the battery because you know safety, but I'd be shooting myself in the foot money wise. What do you guys do with iPhones and other phones that have batteries sealed up inside them? I used to repair phones all day long so cracking open older iPhones and pulling the battery is a simple task for me and I could take 10+ battery out of iPhones in under an hr so time is not a problem.


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 Post subject: Re: iPhones.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:54 pm 
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I usually fix and repair them and then resell

Most people ship them as is A sealed phone with battery

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 Post subject: Re: iPhones.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 3:17 pm 

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lostinlodos wrote:
I usually fix and repair them and then resell

Most people ship them as is A sealed phone with battery

No market for older phones without having to deal with troves of scammers and having them sit for a long time. I rather just scrap them. I don't think many people would be paying for iPhone 5 to 8's anyway.
So they go as Any Cell Phone With Battery? if I recall Chris said Modern Smart Phone No Batt No Cover but that was some time ago.


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 Post subject: Re: iPhones.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:54 pm 

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I have an iPhone 7 or 8 still...

Granted it's spamming steps for a game I play...

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