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So what happens to old iPhones? Hard to believe they are all in a dump somewhere.
by keymone 7y ago
So what happens to old iPhones? Hard to believe they are all in a dump somewhere.
- ivanhoe 7y agoI still use my iPhone5 as a 2nd phone, and it's still totally usable after 10 years with the original battery and updates from Apple available until recently. I totally see myself buying 2nd hand iphones to my kids as a cheap solution to keep them off my phone (they're thankfully still young enough not to care about the fashion and brands)
- nerdponx 7y agoWhy is it hard to believe?
- indymike 7y agoIn the bottom of dresser and desk drawers all over the world.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIn places like China, where labor is very cheap, they're most likely disassembled into parts, which are then used to repair other iPhones - much like it happens with Android phones. In places where labor isn't cheap, I can't imagine where else would they go but a landfill.
- simonh 7y agoHand an iPhone in to an Apple Store or some affiliated retailers, or online and they will recycle it for you for free. They built a family of robots to automate disassembling them.
- peteretep 7y agoThey go to South East Asia where your motorbike taxi guy is using an iPhone 4.