BEST WAYS TO USE YOUR OLD SMARTPHONE

With the release of new smartphones continuously in the world market, the temptation for buying smartphones is growing day by day.Especially  the techies who are always eager to try a new device with a new technology. If a pile of old smartphones is increasing in your inventory of smartphones and it is becoming very difficult for you to figure out what to do with it, then here are some of the things which you can do with your old smartphones.

• Surveillance Camera: Your old smartphone can serve you well especially in case of security-related issues.If you want to monitor your house when you are not in your home, then, in this case, your old smartphone can act as a CCTV camera for your house.There are many apps in the google play store which can be downloaded and used on your smartphone.

• Digital Photo Frame: If you are a big fan of keeping photo albums on your home and does not want to overpopulate your room with your photos than the best option for you is the digital photo album.And your old smartphone can serve the purpose with great ease.The only thing to do is to open the gallery of your smartphone and play the photos in slideshow mode.Other apps like Google Photos can help you express your photos in style.

• Alarm Clock: The next thing to do with your smartphone is to use it as a digital alarm clock in your room.You can set the alarm clock and set it in your room to wake you up every morning with different notifications and tones which you cannot do with a conventional alarm clock.

• Digital Calendar: You can also use your smartphone as a digital calendar.Unlike normal calendar, you can set up reminders and plan your events and days in that calendar and also you can keep a tap on your holiday lists and get notified about it and what else you can keep a tap on the birthdays of your loved ones.

• Portable GPS device: Your smartphone can also serve you as a guide and travel companion in case you plan your trip.It can be used as an on car GPS navigation device for your car in case your car does not have a GPS option and guide you correctly to your destination.You can also carry your old smartphone to guide you through the city roads and find your destination.You will be able to do it with your primary smartphone also but the battery factor comes into picture here.So, save your battery and use the older smartphone for navigation purposes.

• Gaming Device: Gaming on your primary smartphone can drain your battery to a great extent and in order to address this issue your old smartphone can be used.It can be used exclusively for gaming purposes and thus save your primary phones battery power.

• Testing Device: Your old smartphone can be used as a testing device also.Suppose you want to install and test a new software and you cannot use it on your regular smartphone as it may affect the performance of your smartphone, so in that case, your old smartphone can help you do this test.You can also root your old smartphone and use it for testing purposes.

• Universal Remote Control: The old smartphone of yours can be used as a remote control also.Most of the smartphone today consists of IR blaster which can be used to convert a smartphone into a remote control.Many apps in Google Play store can be found which can be used for this purpose.

• Dedicated Media Player: The most common and entertaining use of your old smartphone is to convert it into a dedicated media player, be it streaming online movies or watching offline movies, videos etc.

• Wifi Hotspot: Your old smartphone can be used as a wifi hotspot also.You can turn on the Bluetooth wifi hotspot sharing on your old smartphone and use it as a  router for your primary smartphone also.In this way, you can save the battery of your regular smartphone and at the same time find a new way to reuse your old smartphones.

The above ways are only some of the best ways in which you can use your old smartphone.There are many more ways in which you can use your old smartphone like donating it to the needy person who does not have a smartphone or selling it, which everybody does in order to buy new ones.