Sprint says it will accept devices from other carriers under broadened phone trade-in program

Sprint broadens cell phone trade-in program

WASHINGTON — Sprint Nextel Corp. has broadened a program under which it recycles old cell phones, saying it is now taking devices no matter which handset maker or wireless carrier they come from.

The wireless carrier said Tuesday that the program is now giving an instant credit to Sprint customers who hand over as many as three eligible phones at a Sprint bricks-and-mortar store when they start service with the company or upgrade their current phone. Credits can be as low as $5 to more than $300, depending on phone, Sprint said. The company accepts more than 900 different handsets.