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Secondary iPhone market is thriving

We often hear about iPhone sales during Apple’s quarterly earnings report, but we don’t talk about secondary sales very much. This is the market where used iPhones in various conditions are bought and sold. I’ve been an active participant in this exchange, often selling my old iPhone or iPad to get the current year’s model.

AllThingsD details a recent Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) report which reveals that 53 percent of iPhone 4S owners got rid their old handset to buy the new one. These re-purposed handsets were predominantly iPhones (49 percent), followed by BlackBerry (21 percent) and Android (15 percent) phones. Interestingly enough, a lot of the iPhones (31 percent) were gifted, and a smaller percentage (18 percent) were sold.

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Band Records Entire Album With iPhone

Don’t have the cash to take your band to the studio to record an album? No problem. It can be done using nothing but an iPhone. But be warned, it isn’t as easy as one might think.

One LIke Son, a band out of Alabama decided to do just that with their third album. Frontman, Stephen Poff and his band set out to tackle the task at the beginning of last year, and now it’s available, says Mashable.

“I feel this is one of our best sounding recordings,” Poff said.

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