Kiosks for remote collection of electronic devices for value, and associated mobile application for enhanced diagnostics and services

A method comprising:

• acquiring, by an app executed on a portable electronic device, information regarding the portable electronic device;
• analyzing the acquired information;
• determining an estimated payable amount for the portable electronic device based on the analyzing;
• displaying, on a screen of the portable electronic device, the estimated payable amount for the portable electronic device;
• receiving the portable electronic device in a kiosk;
• further analyzing the portable electronic device in the kiosk;
• and
• displaying, on a screen of the kiosk, a finalized payable amount determined based upon said analyzing the portable electronic device in the kiosk and the estimated payable amount.

A method comprising:

• receiving information associated with a first portable electronic device from a second portable electronic device, the information including an image of the first electronic device captured by a camera of the second portable electronic device;
• receiving the first portable electronic device in a kiosk;
• controlling the kiosk to acquire additional information regarding the first portable electronic device and analyze the first portable electronic device, wherein the controlling is performed based on the information received from the second portable electronic device;
• determining a proposed payable amount for the first portable electronic device based upon the acquired information and the analysis;
• and
• displaying the proposed payable amount.

A distributed kiosk system, comprising:

• a central server;
• a plurality of kiosks, wherein each kiosk includes a portable device receiving arrangement and a payment dispensing arrangement, and is connected to the central server via a network, wherein each kiosk is configured to:
• receive, using the portable device receiving arrangement, a portable electronic device deposited by a client;
• determine values for a first subset of attributes of the received portable electronic device using at least a first evaluation performed by a kiosk and/or an application executed on the portable electronic device;
• identify a second subset of attributes of the received portable electronic device, wherein values for the second subset of attributes remain unverified by said at least one first evaluation;
• determine a first price for the portable device based at least in part on the first subset of attributes, and determine at least a second price based at least on the second subset of attributes;
• and
• dispense payment of the first price and another amount based on the at least the second price at respectively different times.

A distributed kiosk system, comprising:

• a central server;
• a plurality of kiosks, wherein each kiosk includes a portable device receiving arrangement and a payment dispensing arrangement and is connected to the central server via a network,
• wherein the central server is configured to:
• receive from one of a portable electronic device or a kiosk of the plurality of kiosks, a message including a unique identifier displayed by the other of the portable electronic device or the kiosk;
• perform verification of the received unique identifier and the other of the portable electronic device or the kiosk;
• and
• in response to the verification, enable communication between the kiosk and the portable electronic device in relation to evaluating the portable electronic device in the kiosk.