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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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