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TECHNOLOGY A23
Saturday 12 September

In this May 19, 2015 file photo, Transportation Secretary An- In this file photo from Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, people wait to buy the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
thony Foxx speaks at the Transportation Department in Wash- devices outside an Apple store in Hong Kong.
ington.
Associated Press
Associated Press
Out with the old...iPhones? 4
Automakers commit ways to reuse, resell, recycle

to put automatic BARBARA ORTUTAY About 60 percent of the would rake in $220.
AP Technology Writer phones it collects are re- Glyde.com also offers to
brakes in all cars NEW YORK (AP) — Each furbished and resold. The help you resell your old
year, Apple dazzles its de- money goes toward sup- phone. A recent check
JOAN LOWY voted fans with faster, porting the coalition. The showed the same iPhone,
Associated Press sleeker, more powerful remaining 40 percent of with charger included, get-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten automakers have committed iPhones with better camer- the phones are recycled, ting you $376.10 — provid-
to the U.S. government to include automatic emergen- as and a bevy of bells and according to the group’s ed there is a buyer.
cy braking in all new cars, a step safety advocates say whistles. So, what’s to be- website. It pays for shipping
could significantly reduce traffic deaths and injuries. come of last year’s model? if you are mailing three or — TRADE IN FOR SOME-
Making the technology widely available is part of a new Instead of sentencing it to more phones. The group THING ELSE
era in vehicle safety in which the focus is on preventing a lonely existence in a desk also accepts other elec- Apple will give you store
crashes rather than on protecting occupants from their drawer, there are plenty of tronics such as laptops, credit for old devices that
effects, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Fri- ways to reuse, recycle or video game systems and you can then use for new
day in a statement announcing the commitments. resell older phones. Here digital cameras. gadgets. You can do this
The announcement didn’t specify a timetable for imple- are a few: in a retail store or online,
menting the change. The automakers are Audi, BMW, — $ELL FOR $OME CA$H where you’ll get an esti-
Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, — DONATE TO CHARITY You can always join the mate before mailing in your
Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo. Several charities accept eBay hordes and sell your phone. An online check for
The technology is already available in some vehicles, old phones for donation, phone on the site for a the phone above yielded
but typically as an option in higher-priced models like though it’s worth remem- few hundred bucks, if you an estimated $325 Apple
Cadillac, Infiniti and Lexus. They are also often bundled bering that these groups are lucky. There will likely Store gift card this week.
with non-safety features like heated seats or faux leather probably won’t physically be a flood of the gadgets The video game retailer
interiors, making the overall package more expensive. give your old phones to soon after people start get- GameStop, meanwhile, of-
“If technologies such as automatic emergency braking people in need. Rather, ting their new phones, so it fers cash or store credit for
are only available as options or on the most expensive they work with phone recy- might make sense to wait a old iPhones (along with iP-
models, too few Americans will see the benefits of this clers and sell your donated little. ods and iPads).
new era,” Foxx said. phones to them. There are also plenty of
Automatic emergency braking includes a range of sys- A nonprofit group called other options. A company — REUSE, REPURPOSE
tems designed to address the large number of crashes, Cell Phones for Soldiers will called Gazelle will make Even without cellular ser-
especially rear-end crashes, in which drivers do not ap- take your “gently used” an offer for your old phone vice, you old phone will be
ply the brakes or fail to apply sufficient braking power phone and sell it to a recy- based on its condition, your able to get on Wi-Fi, so you
to avoid or mitigate a crash. The systems use on-vehicle cling company. It will then phone carrier and other can use it to stream music,
sensors such as radar, cameras or lasers to detect an im- use the proceeds to buy information. For example, post on Facebook or do
minent crash, warn the driver and, if the driver does not international calling cards a 64 gigabyte iPhone 6 on pretty much anything else
take sufficient action, engage the brakes. for soldiers so they can talk AT&T in good condition (no you want provided you
The systems could prevent or mitigate an estimated 80 to their loved ones back cracks, major scratches or are in Wi-Fi range. Keep
percent of the rear-end collisions that cause about 1,700 home. scuffs, turns on and makes it for yourself, or load it up
deaths and a half million injuries annually, according to The National Coalition calls), would get you $305 with kid-friendly apps and
a recent report by the National Transportation Safety Against Domestic Violence this week. The same phone games and hand it down
Board. There are about 1.7 million rear-end crashes each works in a similar manner. on Sprint, meanwhile, to your children.q
year in the U.S.q