Asurion Surveys Consumers About Their Smart Phones; Recycling Old Gadgets With Gazelle

Asurion, the provider of insurance services for mobile device users, announced on Tuesday the result of a recent survey of 3,000 smart phone users. Consumers are in love with their smart phones. Some survey results:

• About 30 percent of survey participants believe their smart phone is more helpful than their significant other: more entertaining or never talks back
• About half of survey respondents have sent racey text messages to their partners
• About 20 percent of respondents would not end a date if the other person spent the entire time on their phone

The survey included smart phone users in the United States. To learn more about Asurion, read this blog post.

If you desk drawer at home is filling up with old cell phones and electronic gadgets, then this may be an option for you. Gazelle, an electronics recycling company, claims that it will pay cash for old gadgets: cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, GPS devices, calculators, tablets, and more.

I haven't used Gazelle, so I don't know if it pays well and provides good data security. I'll bet that some I've Been Mugged readers probably have already used Gazelle. If you have, share your experiences below.

Comments

[Expert witness]

Recycling old gadgets and electronics is the best thing we can do for our environment because their parts would only require repairs. Buying a new one would be so impractical.