I am upgrading my cellphone =-this is a new discussion

contact your local battered womens shelter they usualy will take the old one and fix it for somewoman who may need it to call for help dometimes!

There are groups that get used cell phones that can then be turned over so elderly/poor people can call 911 if they have a problem. They are also used in certain areas where people walk around and call the police/fire if they see a problem. Kind of a walking neighborhood watch.

the place I trade at takes old ones and redo them to give to people in need. and each new phone has its own sim card most of them built in. but I do have to take out another 2 year contract every time one of has to buy a new phone. My battery went out on mine a few weeks ago so I just got it replaced but My daughter is up for a new one but her old one works fine so far so wont change over right now I have nbeen with verizons for 9 years now. my whole family is on that program so it dont cost us extra ro call one another even got my brother to fgo to verizons so we can talk

I noticed in your previous discuusion that you had a Sony Ericsson W80. Here is a link where you can sell this phone. http://www.cellforcash.com/main/Manufacturer.asp?man=Sony%20Ericsson You can also donate old cell phones to soldiers, this site offers a free shipping label but it is for mailing in the States. Perhaps they also have info on Canada. http://www.cellforcash.com/main/Manufacturer.asp?man=Sony%20Ericsson

if yur upgrading yes the old phone is yours, but you can call the company you have as a cellphone provider and as them if they have somekind of cellphone donation return center, if im not mistaken you could recieve somekind of credit for sneding the phone back you would have to check with your provider. as far as the sim card if its a booste or virgin i think that you could swicth the sim to the new phone, i suggest you call your provider first because they changes things all the time that way you dont get stuck...

Yeah that is normal, when you upgrade to a new phone, you get to keep the old phone as you have paid for it. You wouldn't take back anything else you had already paid for would you? Last time my contract ended, I got a new phone and contract with a new company and my old company gave me 25 minutes and 25 texts a month for free for being a good customer as that worked out cheaper for them than disconnecting the number.

You can donate the old phone, often schools will take them. You need the SIM card if you want to keep the same phone number and all of your stored phone numbers. I wouldn't up grade to Wal-mart go to the actually cell phone company, that way they can transfer all of your numbers for you.

Certain companies have their sim cards built in to them. Verizon is one company that has no sim card to take out. You can sometimes have memory cards that you can swap into a new phone if needed? Also, some carriers will upload your information and then download it to your new phone so there is no loss of information.

They always let me keep my old phone because you paid for it,and they put in a new sim card....I didn't ever know you had to turn them in unless you were still under contract and i think then you do,unless they tell you that you do not have too..

I thought the SIM card holds all your phone numbers so I think you could use the old one in your new phone, am I right? Which company do you use? I also have a Sony Ericsson (you can look at my new discussion today) and I don't know which company I can use it with. Our main plan is with Sprint/Nextel, we've been with them a while and we like their service. However, I like my Sony Ericson phone and wouldn't mind to find a company in USA that I can use it with a prepaid plan. If you have old phones you can donate them. That is the best thing to do. Never throw them a way because the batteries have material that harm the environment, so I would always suggest donating them. Pablo

Gee, I see you've already gotten quite a few answers so I guess I won't be of much help. I guess you can give it away or sell it but I'm not sure what the new owner has to do to get it activated. The salesman at Wal-Mart should be able to tell you what to do. Annie

I get 2 new free phone of our choosing every 2 years and then donate the old ones to the women's crisis center in my county. That way they can give them to abused women who need it to call for help when their s/o or hubby's try to get to them.

I think the term you are referring to is "trade in". Is it? Or maby it depends on how much you would be paying. Would you be paying for the whole price of the new phone or trade your old phone and just give and additional payment to have a newer model. If you would be paying for the whole price of the new phone you should keep your old one with your simcard or if you would only be paying for the fee of your upgrade you'd better give up your old phone.

You really dont have to give up your cell phone when you go for a upgrade. I think it is sprint that will take ur old cell phone & recycle it for a nominal fee. Most of the cell phone companies I have seen do not give u any discount for turning in your old phone. But if anyone finds any company that does that please let me know too :-)