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Not Retired: Five Things to Do with Your Veteran Devices

Find out what 5 useful things you can do with your veteran Android phones, ranging from the very technical to the very fun and easy!

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XDA is full of power-users and developers. And both groups, which often intersect, usually love new hardware. Some of us crave the extra possibilities and functionality that a shiny brand-new phone might bring to the table. Whenever I buy a new phone, people often comment on how "my old phone was fine", and that I really didn't need a new one. And they aren't necessarily wrong, either! I don't buy too many phones as I simply lack the cash (typically upgrade every year), but when I see a good deal I take it, and as it happens to be my last two deals were done while I still had functional hardware, even if a bit old.