Dead phones have a price. It is smaller, and it is real.
No power, a boot loop, or stuck on the Samsung logo forever. Send it as it is.
A phone that will not switch on is the hardest one to sell privately, because nobody buying on Marketplace will believe you about what is wrong with it and you cannot demonstrate otherwise. It is the easiest one to sell to us, for the same reason: we are buying it for the parts and the possibility, not for a demonstration.
Be aware of the honest split here. A phone that boots can be tested, wiped and resold as a phone. A phone that does not is worth its components, and that is a substantially smaller amount at every model level. We would rather say that here than surprise you with it later.
The one thing genuinely worth trying first is a forced restart: hold volume down and the side button together for about thirty seconds, on a charger, with a cable you know works. A surprising number of dead phones are flat batteries and stuck firmware.
Two exceptions, stated up front rather than buried. Folding Galaxies we buy sealed and unopened only, so a used Z Fold or Z Flip is one we have to decline whatever is wrong with it. And liquid damage we cannot buy at all, however well the phone happens to be working now.
The dead Galaxies we buy.
No power, a boot loop or stuck on the logo, as long as it has never been wet.
Any Galaxy S
S10 through the current generation
Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Watch
Same rules, same courier
Any Galaxy Note
Note 9 through Note 20 Ultra
Any Galaxy A
A14 upward
Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Watch
Same rules, same courier
If you are upgrading, you are not selling. You are part-paying.
If your phone has died and you need one today, a two- or three-year-old flagship is the fastest route to something good without a contract. What the dead one is worth is a real contribution rather than a token.
Take the payout as EpicDeals.co.za credit instead of cash and we add 12% on top. That is us paying you for not needing the money in your account today, and it costs you nothing if you were going to spend it here anyway.
The 12% is only worth taking if you were going to spend it. If you need the cash, take the cash, and we will not make the voucher hard to refuse.
What affects your offer.
Whether it shows any sign of life at all
A phone that reaches the Samsung logo and loops is worth more than one that does nothing on a charger, because the board is probably alive. Describe exactly what it does, including nothing.
Which model it is
This is most of the price on a dead phone. A dead Ultra has valuable parts. A dead A14 does not, and the offer will be honest about that.
Whether it was ever water damaged
This is the answer that decides whether there is an offer at all. A dead phone that was dropped we buy. A dead phone that got wet we cannot, because corrosion carries on spreading. Check the sticker in the SIM tray before you go any further.
Whether the screen is intact
On a dead phone the display is often the most valuable single part left. An unbroken screen on a dead phone is worth declaring.
We still buy it with these.
Choose the closest condition in the calculator and mention anything that is wrong. Your offer already takes it into account.
- Cracked or shattered screen, front or back glass
- Burn-in or a green line down the AMOLED panel
- A battery that swells, dies at 30% or will not hold a day
- Fingerprint sensor under the screen that has stopped reading
- USB-C port that only charges if you hold the cable just so
- Camera with dust, haze or a rattling stabiliser
- Charging port worn, loose or full of pocket lint
- Will not switch on at all
Three ways to take the money.
Cash
Instant offer
Assessed within 1-3 working days of arriving, paid within 5 working days of your offer being confirmed.
+12%
Trade-in voucher
Take it as credit on EpicDeals.co.za instead and we add 12%. Useful if the plan was always to upgrade.
+10%
Consignment
We list it, we sell it, you get 10% more than the instant offer. Most sell within 13 days.
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