Who is Phoenix Cellular? Phoenix Cellular is Europe’s number one distributor of refurbished mobile devices and is at the forefront of innovation within the industry. Phoenix Cellular continues to dominate the mobile phone wholesale market

5G has been one of the great slowburners of technological development. The fifth generation of mobile carrier infrastructure can trace its origins all the way back to 2008, when South Korea launched an R&D programme

Waste not, want not. It’s a simple time-honoured phrase that captures an important truth - that the more careful we are with what we have, the less likely we are to ever go without. Sadly,

Environmental issues are at the front of everyone’s minds at the moment. The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has laid bare the stark choices facing us - either reduce carbon emissions drastically, or face devastating

In April 2020, Phoenix Cellular were awarded the coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade, the UK’s highest accolade in recognising success in business and a globally recognised royal seal of approval for UK companies.

The refurbished smartphone market continues to boom as cost and eco-conscious consumers look for alternatives to the expensive and wasteful new device cycle. Worldwide, sales of refurbished phones grew 4% in 2020 despite the pandemic

One of the big questions people ask about buying a refurbished mobile phone is how they know what sort of working condition it is in before they spend their money. Sure, refurbished phones represent a

The UK government’s ‘work from home’ directive officially ended in July. But there is little sign that home working will fade away with the pandemic. According to a survey carried out by the BBC, 70%

UK businesses have had a lot to deal with in 2021. Not only the fall out from a global pandemic, but also the far-reaching implications that the country’s departure from the EU has had for

Just as phone users face a dilemma choosing their next handset from the vast amount of choice out there, so refurbished phone vendors have similar difficult decisions to make - which devices should I absolutely

Pre-owned, used, second-hand, refurbished - there are a lot of names for mobile phones that aren’t brand new out of the box. But when it comes to buying a ‘non-new’ phone (just to throw another

There is a far-reaching popular perception that smartphones are not built to last. In some quarters, this even morphs into the opinion that manufacturers purposefully design smartphones to have a short shelf life as part

Changing your smartphone for a brand new device doesn’t come cheap, especially if you don’t want to be locked into two-year contracts with a network provider. But in recent years, phone owners have cottoned onto

Consumer demand for used smartphones is on the up, word about the fantastic value they represent compared to new devices is spreading and the retail market is being supported by an increasingly professional and reliable

Back in 2014, global sales of second-hand phones amounted to 56 million devices. This year, that figure is expected to break the 150 million mark, rising further to more than 160 million used handsets traded

Mobile networks play a pivotal role in the mobile industry. First and foremost, they hold the keys to network access, so we can all make calls, send texts and browse the net on our phones.

With any business venture, the size of any potential profit margin you can make is a crucial consideration. Sometimes, even the most attractive-looking markets, where sales volumes and revenues appear to be high, can fall

Phoenix Cellular is one of just a handful of businesses to have been awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the 2020 recognitions list. The Queen's Awards is a programme for British businesses and other

Brexit has given us all plenty to think about.  Uncertainty is the order of the day - with negotiations ongoing and the deadline getting closer, many of you might wonder how Phoenix will continue to

Apple, the original smartphone brand and undisputed heavyweight champion of the global market for over a decade, continues to run its mobile device operations according to a very clear business strategy. Whereas its competitors, Samsung,

The pre-owned phone market has come a long way in the past decade. Throughout the Noughties, the second-hand phone trade constituted a semi-formal market at best, with business carried out largely through online marketplaces like