If your phone is damaged, unlike other mobile phone recyclers who pay more for the phones they want, Phone Recycle Bank will offer you a flat rate price of 40% of the phones recycled value. In the event that your phone is damaged, check how much we'll give you for a fully working mobile using the steps below.
In full working order with a battery
Must turn on and off
Screen must be working and intact
Must include a battery and battery cover
Must not be crushed or water-damaged
Does not power up
No battery or battery cover present
Operating system missing, damaged or corrupt
Faulty keypad
Badly damaged casing
Screen faulty or broken
SIM gate broken or missing
Memory card holder broken or missing
PIN locked
Must not be crushed or broken
Must not present any of the conditions listed in the "Fails to meet requirements" list.
Physically broken in more than one piece
Broken/cracked/snapped hinges
SIM and/or Memory card glued in
Liquid ingress/Water damage
Bent circuit board (a hint would be if the phone is bent at an odd angle of shows signs of having been bent & re-straightened)
Non genuine product (clones or fake phones)
Not UK handset (foreign spec or SIM-locked to a foreign network)
Missing or damaged IMEI label
Blacklisted by CheckMEND (a check is performed when the IMEI is entered)
