Recyling Mobile Phones

pro_gnostic_8

Isn't that a very magnanimous gesture by Vodaphone to refurbish older mobile terminals and donate 'em to the starving peoples of Africa?

OR NOT! Maybe it's the paranoid conspiracy theorist in me, but I can't help wondering if this is a crafty ploy to remove the possibility of thousands of handsets being unlocked and their owners migrating to the more customer friendly "No Time Limit On Credit" environment of O2.

In one fell swoop, has Vodaphone achieved a cosy touchy/feely, hug-the-world aura for the corporation and withdrawn a few thousand units of suspect loyalty from their demographic. If this IS the case, then it's a shabby and cynical exercise.

Has Vodaphone spent a small fortune (sponsoring this entire weekend on Today FM, and setting up unwanted mobile reception facilities in every Phone shop in the country) out of pure altruism? Methinks not.

The Corinthian

Not being a question or even an FYI in the mobile/wireless arena, but a quasi-political commentary, I suspect that this post may be more at home elsewhere.

Dustaz

i have absolutly no idea where to put this

Feel free to move it elsewhere.

Gordon

I propose this thread be the "ball" in "Threadball", akin to "foot"ball and "basket"ball.

And henceforth this thread shall be kicked to Afterhours then to Humanities, humour, science, technology, it'll see a brief stint in personal issues and make its way on to the bubbles forum... where it ends up after that is anyone's guess.

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speedyboy

But you could always trade-in your phone with CPW and get a discount on your new handset and your phone is recycled!!

pro_gnostic_8

True ‘nuff, speedy. Thing is, though, Vodafone want you to give ‘em your old handset for nuthin’. Sickening aspect of the manouvre is that they are playing the charity/guilt- trip gig to achieve this. What scares them is the possibility of these units being unlocked and transferring to O2.

flywheel

Oxfam would be happy to take your old mobile phone(s). Either directly or O2 did have an agreement with Oxfam when they with Digifone that you could drop the phone into an Oxfam 'bin' in any DigiCentre.

You can follow this link for more information:
http://www.oxfamireland.org/upcoming_events/bringbring.html

Also a Q&A doc with more details[PDF file]:
http://www.oxfamireland.org/pdf/Bring%20QA.pdf

HTH,
Brian G

pro_gnostic_8

Hi Brian,
Yeah, I had a look at the 2 links and the motive is admirable.
I cannot knock it. Furthermore, I'ld encourage anyone with an unwanted handset to deliver it prompto to Oxfam.

My beef is with Voda..... them setting themselves up as a conscience-of-the-world org, and using a covert mechanism to remove working units from an open, competitive market. For free, and using the famine card!

Respect,
Jack

Rebel18

The meteor store in cork has a bin for old fones.