Can you remember 11 years ago when Apple did this totally mad thing and released a phone?  It seemed like a gimmick – completely cool, but something that they were going to move on from.  Little did we know as we gazed in awe at its delicate glass surface and sleek metal case, as we watched the screen rotated as we moved the phone around that a new era had begun!  Suddenly the Blackberry looked very old and clunky.

And though we all ‘know’ how to use our iPhones, there are some really clever hacks that work like magic!

Our Founder has thoughts...

Michael Finucane, founder of Smartspot, has been Re-Using and Re-cycling for a long time! As a co-founder of Gamesworld, with his childhood friend, they turned their big idea and small investment into a national chain, eventually bought out by the American giant Gamestop. After almost twenty years of perfecting the trade-in model for Computer and Video Games and Hardware, in 2012 he decided to switch direction, forming Smartspot, which began trading in March 2013.

Working practices have really changed over the years and smart companies use smart practices; be it working from home, remote working, being in the field, flexible working hours, being on call and lots of other permutations that allow companies and their staff to enjoy a more productive modern working environment.  What all these practices rely on however, is being in touch and a company smart phone is an essential part of most people’s ‘tool box’! However, this can be a significant outlay for many companies … when you can buy a Notebook laptop for under €200, it is incredible that...

Throwing Money In The Drawer

56 million second-hand phones were sold in 2014 globally … five years later and the figure is 150 million;