Rajesh

Content Writer

Rajesh writes TurnCash's guides on selling used phones, laptops, tablets and other electronics in Dubai and the UAE — what actually moves a resale price, what to do before a pickup, and how to read a device's condition honestly. Where a post points to a price, it points to TurnCash's own live price book on the sell pages, not an estimate.

48 posts on the TurnCash blog

Comparison

Doorstep pickup or an exchange offer: which gets you more

One is a discount tied to a purchase, the other is cash with no strings. They're not really competing — here's when each one actually wins.

16 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

What actually decides the price of a used phone

Every quote starts from a ceiling and works down. Here is what the ceiling is, and the seven things that decide how far below it your phone lands.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Before you sell your phone: a ten-minute checklist

Four things to do before the rider arrives, one thing not to do, and where the bill, charger and box come in.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Trust

Doorstep pickup, the local shop, or a listing: what actually changes

Three ways to sell the same phone. The price is only part of what differs between them.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pickup

What happens at a TurnCash pickup, step by step

The five minutes at your door, in order — so nothing about the handover is a surprise.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Selling a phone with a cracked screen, or one that will not switch on

Damage is a question in the quote, not a reason to say no. What a cracked screen, a dead phone and a swollen battery each mean for the price.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

How to get your data off a phone before you sell it

Signing out matters more than wiping. What each account needs, in Settings, and why the factory reset is ours to do at your door.

12 September 2026 · 3 min read

Devices

What decides the price of a used laptop

A laptop is priced on its specification first and its condition second — which is the opposite of a phone.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Battery health and what it does to your phone's price

Where to find the figure, what the number means, and why a bad battery is a deduction rather than a refusal.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

When to sell your old phone

The phone in your drawer is not holding its value. What the depreciation curve looks like, and the three moments worth acting on.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Do the bill, box and charger change what your phone is worth?

Three accessories, three different answers — and one of them is worth digging through your email for.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Trust

Is it safe to sell your phone online in Dubai?

Three things can actually go wrong. Here is what each one looks like and what to insist on.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Trust

What happens to your phone after you sell it

Where the device goes after the rider leaves, and why even a phone that will not switch on is worth buying.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Backing up an Android phone before you sell it

Google backs up more than people think and less than they hope. Here is the gap, and how to close it.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Backing up an iPhone before you sell it

The backup usually fails for one reason — iCloud is full — and there is a free way around it.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Moving WhatsApp to your new phone

The chat history is the thing people mind losing most, and it is the thing a phone backup is least likely to carry.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read

How-to

Your phone's IMEI: where it is and what it is for

Fifteen digits that identify the handset itself. Here is where to find yours and why anybody buying it will write it down.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

How to check whether your phone is still under warranty

It is the one thing on the list worth digging through your email for, and it takes two minutes to confirm.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Check your own phone the way our agent will

Every surprise at the door starts as a question answered from memory. Here is how to answer from the phone instead.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

You lost the box, the charger or the bill. Now what?

The short answer is: sell it anyway. The longer answer is about which one is worth ten minutes of searching.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Unpairing a smartwatch before you sell it

On a watch, unpairing is the erase, the sign-out and the unlock all at once — and it has to be done from the phone.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Preparing a laptop for sale, Mac or Windows

A laptop carries more accounts than a phone and more licences than anyone remembers. Here is the order to unpick them in.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Why two of the same phone get different prices

Your neighbour got more for the same phone. Here are the five reasons, in the order they usually explain it.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

What a cracked screen actually costs you

The glass and the panel underneath are separate questions, and only one of them is expensive.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Does storage change what your phone is worth?

Yes — and it is the single most common reason a quote comes out lower than someone expected.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Exchange offer or sell outright: which pays more?

The two numbers are not comparable until you take the bonus apart. Here is how to do that in two minutes.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

What your phone is worth after one, two and three years

The shape of the curve matters more than any single number on it — and the shape is the same for almost every phone.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Is it worth repairing your phone before you sell it?

Almost always no, and the exceptions are smaller and cheaper than the repairs people are tempted by.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Why flagships hold their value better than budget phones

It is not about build quality. It is about who wants the phone in three years, and what else they could buy for the money.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

What a non-original screen or battery does to the price

Most people with a non-original part do not know they have one, because the shop that fitted it did not say.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pickup

What our agent actually checks at your door

It is a check against your own answers, not a fresh inspection. Here is the whole list.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Trust

Why a price can change at the door — and what should happen when it does

A price that can never change would mean nobody was checking. A price that changes without an explanation means something else.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pickup

What if you are not home when the rider arrives?

Slots move, plans change, and none of it costs anything. Two things are worth planning for.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pickup

Can you cancel a pickup?

Yes, and it costs nothing — including when the rider is already standing in front of you.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read

Trust

How fast do you actually get paid?

Before the rider leaves, in cash or by bank transfer. Here is why that particular timing is the whole point.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

How to keep your phone worth more

Almost everything that protects resale value costs nothing and happens years before you sell.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Do cases and screen protectors actually help resale?

Nobody pays extra for a phone that was in a case. They pay more for a phone that has not been damaged, which is the same thing.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Charging habits that protect your battery — and your price

The battery is one of the questions in every quote. Almost everything that protects it is about heat.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pricing

Water damage: what it does to a quote

Water damage is the fault that arrives late. Here is how to tell which of three phones you have.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Which phone do I actually have?

The most common reason a quote comes out wrong is that the phone in the quote is not the phone in your hand.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Trust

What “refurbished” actually means

Four words used loosely for four different things. Here is what each one is, and which one your old phone becomes.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read

Pickup

Selling more than one device at once

Most households have three. One free pickup can take all of them.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read

Trust

Selling company laptops and phones in bulk

Two hundred laptops is not two hundred pickups. What changes when the seller is a company.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pickup

Do you collect in my area?

The honest answer is an area, not just "Dubai" — and there is a page that lists every one of them.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read

Trust

Why we ask so many questions about your device

The alternative to the questions is not a shorter form. It is a number that changes when somebody arrives.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

Pickup

What the two-hour slot actually means

Two hours is the window. The visit inside it is about five minutes.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read

Trust

Selling a phone that was given to you

A gifted phone usually has one problem, and it is not the condition.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read

How-to

Keeping your number when you change phones

The SIM is yours and the number is yours. The one that needs care is the eSIM.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read