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TIL Americans throw out over 400,000 smart phones per day, on average.
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One of many things you should keep your old ones for are when an employer makes you install some kind of app. Just install it on an old wiped phone and use that while connected to Wifi, for instance. No chance they can get to your personal info or take over your main device.
Also, Alfred allows you to use old smart phones as remotely viewable security cameras (free and paid versions). I have one in my garage, for instance.
Or 151 million phones a year. So that’s roughly half the population throwing away their phones every year…. Damn
This is what Fairphone tries to change.
I guess if you have a work phone and a personal phone and they are basically obsoleted every other year, then sure. This is not sustainable.
What? Each?
I’m on my 6th cell phone in 20 years…
“Planned obsolescence and clever marketing pushes Americans into throwing out 400,000 smart phones per day, on average”. <— fixed
My big fat American fingers are used to handling guns, not little touch screbkkxjx
I’m only slightly below that on 300k :/
Probably don’t like something smarter than themselves and feel threatened lol
Each?
Some of you need to stop believing the ‘new phone hype’ lol.
If they don’t how will I get the perfectly fine 2 year old models from my sister and her kids? “What is this iPhone X doing in the kitchen drawer?” “Katie got an upgrade last year.” “Can I take it?” “Sure, it just sits there with the others.” “Can I have all of them?” “If you want but they are old, some have cracked screens.”