Old mobiles and unused gadgets stuffed in your drawers could be worth hundreds - The Sun

OLD tech and unused devices stuffed in Brits' drawers is worth £600 on average, experts say.

UK households are sitting on £16.5billion in total in unused gadgets which they hang on to “just in case”, says online reseller musicMagpie.

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Old tech left unused in drawers is worth an average of £600, experts sayCredit: Getty Images - Getty

That value could drop by £3.5billion over a year as the devices get older and are worth less cash.

Last year, most second hand tech fell by about 20 per cent in value and used iPhones dropped by a 36 per cent average.

MusicMagpie’s Liam Howley said: "There is so much tech people are holding onto that could otherwise help make them money and alarmingly, the value of it is depreciating right before their eyes.

"Mobile phones that get pushed into the back of a drawer, or games consoles gathering dust in cupboards and boxes could be worth far more if they are resold when they're no longer in use.

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"Our research has shown that not everyone is aware their tech could actually be worth something - and they think that it's more worthwhile keeping it for a rainy day, but it's quite the opposite."

The study found that the average person has at least two unused handsets at home.

While 12 per cent have as many as five or more mobile handsets lying around the house unused.

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2020-06-27 08:03:38Z
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