[HN Gopher] E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022
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       E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022
        
       Author : kitkat_new
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-10-15 22:39 UTC (21 minutes ago)
        
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       | throwawaaarrgh wrote:
       | Recycle your electronics:
       | https://www.consumerreports.org/recycling/how-to-recycle-ele...
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       | I bought a certified refurbished phone recently that works as
       | good as new (with a new battery) but is cheaper than a new phone.
       | Even has a new IMEI. The side effect is it's better for the
       | environment. https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/certified-re-
       | newed-ph...
        
         | formerkrogemp wrote:
         | A problem with phones is that the software is only updates for
         | a few years on Android. One to three at best..
        
         | raincom wrote:
         | I'm not so sure about this. I had apple replace battery on my
         | iPhone 8 Plus. Battery life is not good compared to my iPhone
         | 12.
        
         | frfl wrote:
         | How do you know if a refurbished device has a new battery?
        
       | whimsicalism wrote:
       | Five billion seems extremely high - are there really people who
       | go through so many phones in a year that they raise the number up
       | to this?
        
         | twawaaay wrote:
         | I think the same. The number seems completely unrealistic.
         | 
         | I don't know of any person who retires one phone every year.
         | 
         | Also, a lot of phones get second life, being usually passed
         | within families or sold used.
        
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