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[HN] Five billion phones are dead in drawers – carriers want to mine them

Carriers plan to rescue a few more unused smartphones

https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/28/gsma_smartphone_recycling_plan/

There's gold in them thar mobes. Also copper, silver and cobalt

Carriers plan to rescue a few more unused smartphones

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slowneedler

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It would be better to cut out the planned obsolescence of phones. I have a $1000 phone in my hand that is in perfect working condition. In a few months it will no longer receive security updates. I could use this phone for another five years if the manufacturer wasn't so greedy. That would reduce the land fill.