GreenCells

If you have recently picked up a new cell phone or still have old ones sitting around, you can turn them into cash. Currently, average U.S. cell phone users replace their cell phones every 12 months. This leads to an annual disposal of more than 100 million cell phones. GreenCells goal is to encouraging reuse, and keep as many of these used cell phones out of landfills as possible. 

The reality is that most used cell phones still have value and GreenCells will give you CASH for these phones! If you want to get even more out of your used cell phones, you can also take advantage of our Trade-In/Trade-Up Program. GreenCells’ Trade-In/Trade-Up Program gives you the option to experiment with new phones, trading in every few months for newer model while at the same time freeing you from contracts. With the already discounted used price, plus the trade-in value, it’s a great way to stay on the cutting edge without digging deep in your pockets. We even cover shipping!

Not only can you make some extra cash, you can get those just-in-case phones out of a drawer, back in circulation and help the environment at the same time. Even if your phone has no value, we will always try to provide a 10% off coupon in appreciation of getting green!

These days, not all green is created equal. GreenCells promotes the greenest consumer behavior there is: reuse. Reuse saves you money, frees you from expensive contracts with carriers, and protects the environment. It’s a practical, sensible and satisfying way of life. By purchasing GreenCells’ value-priced, quality used cell phones, GreenCells customers deter these devices from landfills and prevent them from being mined for metals in a very “ungreen” way.

E-waste is quickly becoming more of a concern for the average consumer now that almost half the country has passed e-waste laws.  New York is the latest state to regulate e-waste.  Consumers in that state will be prohibited from throwing e-waste in their garbage beginning January 15, 2015.

According to the EPA, about 10 percent of cell phones are currently recycled. And with the amount of waste accumulated by each American almost doubling from 2.7 to 4.5 pounds per day, between 1960 and 2008, reuse is becoming even more important. 

GreenCells’ niche is to help people confidently choose to extend the life of products by knowing the full-value proposition, i.e., improving the "trust factor" by offering guarantees. Things like 360° shipping, one-year warranty, or by encouraging confidence with reuse programs like trade-in/trade-up.

“We believe there is a significant need for a marketplace that allows for this choice without the feeling you get when you buy something in a flea market, garage sale, or for that matter, eBay. What we offer brings “green” to the masses through value, rather than guilt,” says GreenCells’ Co-President, Brian Moore.

So far, GreenCells' reuse and recycling efforts have diverted 200,000+ mobile devices from landfills. GreenCells brings two key attributes to the reuse trend: trust, via an exceptional warranty (with no monthly fees and no deductible) and value, with savings of 50 to 80% over a new cell phone.

“We have successfully requested that every one of our customers do their part for the environment, whether they meant to or not, by buying a used cell phone. Our expertise and our employees enable these goals by ensuring that each phone shipped is described accurately and works perfectly. As we expand into other products that can be efficiently reused, we will further achieve our goal of a company that is both profitable and environmentally friendly,” says GreenCells’ Co-President, Jay Hines.

It’s the end of an era for some of our heaviest phone data users. AT&T recently released new pricing that transitions from an all-you-can-eat data structure to one where those who consume the most network pay more. Industry watchers expect other carriers to follow suit. Concerns focus on cost to the user. Tiering plans by low and high usage will leave the lower-priced plans with limited capabilities. And, at low usage, or 250 MB, for the AT&T $15 plan (half the price of the original $30 unlimited usage plan), users may easily exceed the threshold by watching a few videos.  The bottom line? Even "high" plan users will have to be careful, and with a time delay for registering of total data usage, they won’t know they exceeded limits until it's too late.

Customers are wary that new contracts today may come with loss of their unlimited data plans, which could end up doubling costs of data.  For this reason and more, customers are saying no to “free” upgrades and yes to freedom from contracts, which GreenCells provides. Today’s customers want to know what they’re paying for—and GreenCells empowers them to buy used cell phones with significant cost savings and the flexibility to upgrade to newer models at any time. There are many benefits to the GreenCells independent approach, which allows customers to purchase a GreenCells upgrade and maintain an unlimited data plan or take advantage of a grandfathered package.

Along with prepaid cards, cell phones may help people without accounts to gain access to financial products.

According to Javelin Strategy & Research, 68 percent of consumers who do not have a checking account do have a mobile device, which they could use to access banking services. As mobile banking becomes more popular, cell phones may play a role in helping consumers to access financial services, according to the research.

But what about security? The experts say mobile banking is safe, with encryption of pin and account numbers. While the future looks promising in this area, experts advise that complicated transactions are still best taken to the bank.

While smartphones seem pretty modern day, it turns out that the legendary inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla (1856 to 1943) predicted mobile phones in 1909.

Popular Mechanics magazine Tech Editor Seth Porges says that Serbian-born electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla, one of the fathers of modern alternating current (AC) electrical power systems, posited in Popular Mechanics in 1909 that it would in the future be possible to send wireless messages back and forth across the globe. He projected this communication via an easy-to-use handheld device that would be available to the masses.

Tesla expected this wireless-messaging wave to bring along with it an entirely new era of technology, Telegraph reports. And he also predicted the coming of "wireless power," which is in its infancy today but is already in use in products like Powermat's charge pads for devices including BlackBerry smartphones and the iPhone.

Porges spoke during the presentation "108 Years of Futurism" and told New York industry members about the magazine's many tech-prediction hits and misses over the past century, among other things, according to Telegraph.co.uk.