Help the environment by not buying a new iPhone

Re:Help the environment by not buying a new iPhone by lightgreen on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:18PM (#20947580)

This post makes an unfounded statement that fair phone is more env friendly because it is repairable. This might be true, and the opposite may be true: maybe fairphone is less env friendly because it breaks more often and requires a lot of spare parts. Maybe they produce more toxic waste during production of fairphone.

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Re:Help the environment by not buying a new iPhone by wait-a-minute on Thursday September 12, 2019 @11:07AM (#20952306)

To be fair the post also says, correctly, that what's better for the environment is also using the phone that you already have. IE keeping it longer.

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Re:Help the environment by not buying a new iPhone by cookingrobot on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:13PM (#20953886)

But we should take into account there’s a market for used iPhones. When I last upgraded, I gave my old phone to someone who needed it and prevented them from buying another brand. If (theoretically) iPhones are better for the environment than competitors, that’s a net win.

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