The 4$ smartphone

Re:The 4$ smartphone by EliRivers on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:29AM (#11116516)

At that price, I don't need it to be. I could imagine having a box of these and as I destroy each one, recovering only the SIM. Which I then swallow.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by dheera on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @09:08AM (#11117901)

Humor aside, non-durable construction creates more electronic waste. For a place with 1 billion+ people I'd think twice before creating something that won't last.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by chippy on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @09:21AM (#11117974)

How about if it was made with more recyclable material? Or if it was made using recycled material (not the same thing as the first) Phones generally are not recyclable.

I'd imagine there being a balance point of the volume of waste and the environmental effect.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by DanBC on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @09:30AM (#11118017)

> Phones generally are not recyclable.

People recover the gold. One ton of ore gives one gram of gold; you get about a gram from about 40-50 smart phones.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by arikrak on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:18AM (#11117611)

Don't swallow the SIM or the government will be able to track you forever...

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by oneeyedpigeon on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:28AM (#11117654)

Well, for a day or two ...

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by pestaa on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @07:01AM (#11117228)

Sounds like you already have a particular use case in mind.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by fgtx on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @09:31AM (#11118020)

Mr. Pool, is that you?

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