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We see a lot of products come through the doors here at Gazelle. Some of them are at the end of their useful life, and we shepherd them into the recycling process. At the risk of sounding corny, keeping these electronics out of landfills is awesome in both senses of the word.

More and more, however, we see things that are still pretty new. This is great. It means people are embracing reuse rather than keeping their old cell phones, and laptops in closets and drawers.

In the last couple of days, our first two 3G iPhones have come through. With all the hype surrounding the release of the new iPhone less than a month ago, this may have broken a speed record for reuse. It took a few months for us to get our first Air.

Makes you wonder, what are they upgrading to?…