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The ody clearly contradicts the headline: > There are an estimated 16 billion mobile phones worldwide - and in Europe, almost a third are no longer in use. So
by lupire 4y ago
The ody clearly contradicts the headline:
> There are an estimated 16 billion mobile phones worldwide - and in Europe, almost a third are no longer in use.
So that's 5B total, not in 2022.
Then the article goes on to conflate "hoarded at home" from "trashed".
- kurthr 4y agoI was gonna say... "Wow, we throw away 3x more phones that are sold every year!". To be clear 1.35B mobile phones shipped in 2021. That makes the problem (with a 3 year replacement) about 10x smaller than described. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsung-led-smartphone-shipments-for-2021-beating-out-apple-research-says/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsung-led-smartphone-ship... If you'll take that liberty with a headline, why should I trust the rest of the reporting? There's a problem, but not what is described.
- permo-w 4y agoa third in Europe, not a third of the total