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The way I see it is that phones produced by Apple have the same weight and roughly the same material content as any other phone. Apple provides current software
by heisenbit 8y ago
The way I see it is that phones produced by Apple have the same weight and roughly the same material content as any other phone. Apple provides current software for their phones at least 5 years and these phones tend to get updated and handed down. There are good reasons to believe (see Asymco's blog) that the active lifetime is longer than most of competition. Which leads to my conclusion that the ecological footprint of an iPhone may well be smaller by a factor of 30-50% than any competitors phone irrespective of manufacturing differences where I believe Apple is at least on par.
- LUmBULtERA 8y agoI agree. Anecdote: I bought a used iPhone 6, and then after a time, passed it on to a 3rd party as I upgraded to another used iPhone. I can't believe I'm that unique.
- Waterluvian 8y agoOh my yes. I have an iPhone 3G that my wife uses as an mp3 player. I have an iPhone 4 that we both use as a "this can die in the tub" video player for long bath (spa) evenings. I have an iPad that my son uses for some after dinner quiet time before bath and bed. All of these I bought before I even knew my wife.