The sober answer is that if you are living a 'regular' middle-class life in the developed world, your C02 emissions are likely far far above sustainable thresho

The sober answer is that if you are living a 'regular' middle-class life in the developed world, your C02 emissions are likely far far above sustainable thresholds as set by the UN. As such buying a new phone before the old one has completely died out is too big of an environmental cost.