Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness

[@theVHSvlog]

I tore all my old phones apart and used the screens to display individual gifs and put them in birthday cards I have a problem

[@andrewjohnstone7943]

That's sounds like a solution to me

[@sugarmasuka]

how??? that sounds like a great bday card :D

[@Nathan_2120]

theVHSvlog You should make a video about it! Let me know when you uploaded it

[@Ares-5933]

theVHSvlog make a video on it

[@shasterdhari]

How'd you interface with the screens? My friends B-day is coming up and I want to put a potato GIF

[@alantaylorfarnes]

Another reason we hoard phones is because they're so expensive and so fragile so we feel like we need a backup in case our phone breaks suddenly.

[@RosesAndIvy]

Alan Taylor Farnes who the hell has a back up phone??

[@oreocadbury.6226]

I sell my phone to increase the budget so i can buy a better phone.

[@8BitDarkNESsR3v14]

@@RosesAndIvy I do

[@TheCowboy4000]

Or don't trash your phone and get a protection plan on it from your carrier. I always keep a case on mine.

[@wanmanda]

Keep 1. Not 10

[@pancake8386]

If I had a bunch of phones I would ACTUALLY use them until A. They won’t work anymore B. Give it to my parents C. I decide to sell it

[@realprisec]

What's with B ur parents have their own phone

[@telxtaylor]

@@realprisec that's not always true. Lots of parents have work phones that they are not supposed to use for personal apps.

[@realprisec]

@@telxtaylor lol lots of *people* u meant, plus "parents" have already retired .B. give to my child, friend, wife. A lot of choices.

[@telxtaylor]

@@realprisec You are small brain

[@zafea9918]

I use it as my second phone

[@abdullp6]

"You can just take out the battery, like that." "Wow!" We've really lowered our expectations for our phones

[@andersonrobotics5608]

yeah this used to be standard issue a few years ago just take off the back and take off the Li- Battery

[@punnequraq]

whoops i dropped my phone oh no my battery fell out!

[@richtigmann1]

oops!

[@makke2909]

@@punnequraqyou gave me intense childhood flashbacks!

[@drsquirrel00]

It's sad - talking about innovations with phones yet batteries are not removable? That's basically going "lets just take the short way out" verison of "innovation". /me waits for EU to mandate removable phone batteries. Please.

[@unvergebeneid]

Oh wow! You can just pop open your phone and take out the battery?! .... That this isn't standard is really sad. All my phones had replaceable batteries.

[@marsamet128]

Apple does this the most

[@raleo7466]

If people in USA knew that there are another alternatives than Samsung and iPhone... There are Chinese phones which last more time than an iPhone have more memory the same RAM and a good camera just for 150$...

[@MCTogs]

My 2016 Galaxy can do that and it's less than a year old.

[@waltero.8957]

I thought this was a standard (outside of Apple) maybe new smartphones are more restricted. I still have a phone that you can easily take the battery off of.

[@Bobbylim323]

I think my v20 is one of the last flagship phones offering that feature

[@kubiborglar]

3:38 “You can take battery out just like that” and he said “wow” but that was every Android phone that is 5 years or older

[@shreyas9701]

everytime my android crashed and froze and wouldn't shut down - I yanked that battery right out the back like a pair of tv remote control batteries

[@ilikeudonnoodles]

@@shreyas9701 omg! Same, I would take the battery out of my Samsung galaxy note when it wouldn’t work 😂

[@Embattled5211]

@@jellycat4704 Galaxy S5 had the same water resistance as the newest iPhone, a headphone jack, wireless charging and removable battery. It came out in 2014.

[@dvol]

One important problem that was entirely missed here: Software support. There are plenty of phones with easily-replaceable batteries, but even if you could keep finding batteries for that phone forever, even the best Android phones stop getting security patches in 3 years, and iPhones and Chromebooks stop getting them in 5 years. And that's from when they first started to be sold, and those are among the best options we have. What that means is, even if the hardware lasted ten years, your phone would be a security nightmare for at least five of those years unless something changes dramatically. And that's if you buy a _good_ phone. It's easily possible to buy a cheap Android phone and have the updates stop in less than a year. It doesn't have to be like this -- if a PC is actually getting to be 10 years old, you might have other problems, but you can usually at least keep upgrading the software. Even when Microsoft finally stops security patches to old OSes (they supported Windows XP for *twelve years*), you can buy a new OS, or download a free one. But even the "download a free one" option is kind of broken on phones.

[@humanbeing9079]

It's like this because our economy is based on continuous growth. Companies need to make sure we keep replacing our phones and more frequently.

[@eloquenz.5236]

You are probably one of these guys, that haven't ever hered of flashing your phones ROM. "MY APPLE IPHONE is getting slowed down... what can I do?... Damn, Flash it, don't buy a new one.

[@iluvcarz1]

You can update an Android phone unofficially by rooting it and choosing a custom ROM for your phone that has the latest software. Most of the ROMs are community supported, so the support probably last longer than the support from the manufacturers themselves. Though, this step is risky and can make your phone totally useless (bricked) if you don't do it right, but you can reuse your older phone if you successfully do it. I turned my old phone into a "benchmark and development kit" to test my personal projects to see how they run on older hardware.

[@AntonioRandolfi]

I'm looking for a smartphone with removable battery. Beside the fairphone 2 and the LG g5 (wich was a failure), I didn't see other

[@emilcarr7190]

David Masover I second this. Ever since my first computer I've been replacing the software to keep them going as long as I can. When it gets just too slow or loses software support, I uninstall it and install Linux, which increases performance tons and has given my computers and laptops much longer lives than most.

[@paavali1896]

"Everyone has one of these" "A couple of Kindles , Ipads, at least one" 1st world problems

[@maurahennessy444]

lol i dont have one my dad is the only one in my family to have bought a new phone and we still play with it 😂

[@priyansubhagabati8157]

We also have a junkyard like that, it contains few nokias, 5 dollar broken headphones, useless chargers and one smartphone 😂

[@medomustafa2786]

Here In sudan, people are still using Samsung galaxy S2, S2+, SONY XPERIA Z1, Hawaii mate 5, Honor 1 And p 10. The average person here buys a phone every 6-7 years and changes batteries 5 times before buying a new phone.

[@chickennugget6654]

Relative poverty

[@thriller4630]

I don’t have a phone

[@J5wingo123]

Actually, even though companies say that opening up phones voids your warranty, in the USA there is a law against voiding warranties because of the user opening it themself. It's the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and it was passed in 1975

[@eemeli7093]

Technically, someone could sue apple with that law

[@bradavon]

I'm pretty sure we have that law in UK too. You're allowed to repair something you own. Who's gonna sue the likes of Apple though? They can say what they want. Besides you should need to replace the battery until after it's out of warranty.

[@thegummychair1613]

I *wish* I had a drawer like that. Maybe then I wouldn't need to use a $50 phone....

[@marielalopez1034]

The Gummy Chair I’m 9 and have iphone6splus

[@Miko36110]

Mariela López you lucky kid, and you should thank your parents. I'm using the Galaxy S2 btw.

[@smellsliketheonlynirvanaso7715]

i go for the no phone option because i have no friends

[@leroyrockwell4837]

Mariela López I doubt you’re 9

[@She_Gave_Me_Quite_a_Show-_-]

@smells like FeelsBadMan

[@kekedarius4957]

Wow, American consumerism... A drawer full of kindles and iPads? In most parts of Europe we can donate them to charities who then get paid by companies who recycle them.

[@stephenduran8026]

Not all Americans are like this at all, I didn't know people kept old phones until now bc my family and most people I know sell them or give them to charity.

[@yeahh2085]

Note This dude is English

[@AndieBlack13]

Add to that the collusion with the FCC & the tech industry, whereby the systems used (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G) keeps changing so that the old phones literally cannot work anymore, keeping the cycle going on & on.

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

I have super old flip phones in a drawer. You can't donate them, nobody wants them...

[@sikusher]

@@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 You can recycle them though. Idk why he's speaking about phone recycling like it's some sort of innovation, over here in Greece it's been a thing for almost a decade now tbh ._.

[@SugarGaming24]

Most toxic thing in phones? Social media

[@franzeroque1999]

Wow that is so deep

[@jake1173]

Wow that is so deep

[@ronan5427]

Yes ofcourse. I was so stupid and naive before I saw this great comment but now... I am reformed. I wil never touch social media again 😇😇

[@vekbrkic525]

we live in a society

[@drawn6927]

r/imfourteenandthisisdeep

[@FrozenScarp]

That is not even the problem. All these technologies are rather obsolete... Batteries could already be better and have longer lifespans or could be constructed in a customer-friendly way. (Nokia figured that out decades ago) The problem is (much like lightbulbs), companies dont want that to happen. Because if the lifespan of a phone doubles, they sell half as much as they would with a low quality phone. And we have seen that with apple for years. They remove customer-friendly technology and call it "innovation" (e.g. their own charging device or their own headphones) and they steadily reduce battery lifespans and durability, yet they ramp up the prices. They do it every year and every year people buy their stuff... so why would they ever wanna change that?

[@samuelraji8343]

FrozenScarp If these tech companies don't do it, all the leading economies will probably crash.

[@michaelnogas3536]

Except with lightbulbs everything shifted from incandescent to LED. All it takes is one company to disrupt the market to have a shift.

[@FrozenScarp]

no, it took a ridiculous amount of public and political attention, energy saving regulations, insanely profitable technology and a stronger performance at lower cost... led light is just so much better than lightbulbs and the possibility to sell them is from the early 90s... it took 20 years for this lobby to fall and it even took laws FORCING people or public places to use them. if anything that is proof that phones will have this problem atleast for another 5 decades...

[@michaelnogas3536]

FrozenScarp​ if it only took two decades for LEDs why do you think it will take five decades for batteries? Just wondering.

[@Hepsewind]

then why do copanies like Tesla use those there cars would be more viable if they did that

[@BF3blog]

Ah, Graphene... It can do everything but leave the lab.

[@Ricardo-fv2qi]

BF3blog this comment is absolutely underrated.

[@aceofspades627]

BF3blog savage

[@dzabelal7261]

How does one tweet a youtube comment?

[@Tron08]

Take THAT material scientists.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

Dzabel Al, if you really wanted to, you can right-click on the comment's timestamp and copy the link. That link will take you to the video with the comment highlighted at the top of all the other comments.

[@DarshanBhambhani]

People be like “I’m poor lol” and get a new iPhone every 2 years

[@knightwing5169]

Maybe that's why they're poor. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@DPMixing]

And even worse. Keep that old iPhone in a drawer or give it to one of their kids instead of selling it before it depreciates and loses all value.

[@lamprosvlx8596]

200 dollars for a phone every two years isn't expensive

[@aetvrna]

Im a 110 dollar phone I bought in 2017. It suits my needs very well. :)

[@craniumtea5137]

@Austin Martín Hernández Did you count the inflatio of past 50 years i think not

[@MrWestCoastKid]

WOOW we arived in a time where its something special to be able to take a battery out your phone!!

[@KarrasBastomi]

just plain sad...

[@prestigiouscrown6876]

Karras Bastomi just plain boring and a waste of time

[@ashhketchumm]

android peasants

[@TomCatFromMA]

I paid less than $200. for my Alcatel with stereo speakers and other good stuff. Can't take the battery out but at least I didn't pay $750. - $850. for it. Screw Apple and Samsung.

[@Rin-ef2tp]

suckittomcat I can remove my battery from my samsung and I replaced it after using it for 2 years with little effort. I also got it on contract so my calls and data was included which on a sim only contract would still have only saved me about £240 so i dont see the problem

[@EmanuelsWorkbench]

What the industrialized world needs is a policy change requiring manufacturers to be responsible for the disposal of the goods they produce. So TV makers would be responsible for collecting old, returned tvs and disposing/recycling them responsiblity. This would dramatically reduce waste, and with a program such as refunds to technology users (much like bottle returns), people would be incentivized to return their obsolete/useless technology items in order not to lose any deposit they paid for it.

[@RichBordoni]

Emanuel de Matos Amen.

[@RichBordoni]

Another Made Up Internet Subculture You can check out some e-recycling options here (US): www.epa.gov/recycle/electronics-donation-and-recycling Also, my local municipality has a designated drop-off point near the highway dept. (where they keep all the work trucks & equipment, materials, garbage trucks, etc.) for old TVs and other e-waste, so you might want to look into that to see if that's an option in your area. You can also throw old cell phones up onto a site like eBay or Swappa and get some cash while giving your old phone a second life!

[@AaronKlapheck]

This should be a personal issue not a business one. I sell all of my old phones and if I don't need something I find someone who does. I purchase nearly everything used (car, phones, TV, computer, etc.) and once I am done using it sell it back. The problem is a bad mindset. Buying things used and selling them used also means a net loss of nearly nothing. Its what is best for the environment and your wallet.

[@Roxor128]

Not a bad idea. Require the customer be paid 10% of the product's retail price for returning the product and that the manufacturer cover the shipping costs. So, buy your TV for $500 in 2015, then when it releases a cloud of smoke and breaks down in 2020, send it back to the manufacturer and get $50 back at no extra cost to you.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

As much as dislike adding more red tape to businesses, this would provide a much needed incentive to making these devices last longer and easier to recycle.

[@MrTibs_]

My old phones have a one way ticket to my cousins in the Philippines so 🤷‍♂️

[@mrpepero]

Mr.Tibs EXACTLY SAME HAHAHAHA

[@lazuriidkwhattoputhere8719]

The Philippines is always involved in some way

[@aestherielle1524]

Here in the Philippines we always get hand-me-downs from relatives, mostly those abroad (sent by balikbayan boxes ahahahaha)

[@CommentRodent]

Same! Lol.

[@PapeZeon]

Same lol

[@KyleLi]

I don't have a phone graveyard... can I get one of those?

[@juliagreen7307]

Kyle Li same

[@popzstudios6358]

same

[@bobbirdsong6825]

You don’t want one because all it is is a sad place for worn out batteries and expired plans.

[@davidnetix]

I WANTS THOSE OLD ANDROID PHONES

[@davidnetix]

(and tablets)

[@vizthex]

When you don't have a phone graveyard....

[@teamw4954]

vizthex when you don't have a phone

[@Viktor007]

When you live in 3rd world country

[@tryomama]

@@Viktor007 we do have a lot of people have a phone graveyard. There are also a lot of first world citizens doesn't have it.

[@iwrotethis4712]

@@Viktor007 most people in third world countries have phones, the only difference is that they are cheaper and specifically made for them.

[@oAldanitao]

@@iwrotethis4712 "third world" is not even a nice way to describe it. Developing countries: yes. And, in other hand, i am from Argentina and we use just as much iPhones, Samsung galaxy a30 and moto hyper as You all do. In My case My cemetery phone consists of: a really old Samsung flip phone, a Nokia 1100, a Nokia Asha 303 and a moto g1. I just bought the newest Motorola.

[@The_Horizon]

now we have phones which are impossible to even open without destroying the back glass panel.

[@TDNA]

Hi

[@7c-arsaweenaandayamukti614]

Hi verified with low likes

[@The_Horizon]

@@7c-arsaweenaandayamukti614 this was commented before I was verified lol, nobody likes non verified comments

[@funky_galaxy]

*laughs in Samsung user*

[@Healtsome]

My phone turs 7 years old this december and have no further plans changing it untill it dies some day in the future. It's one of the early Android phones. I don't have phone addiction like most people around me it seems. Because I use it as.. well as a phone really.

[@saggypoopface336]

lmao how is he a nerd?

[@ericwalker2434]

Healt Desimal I cannot imagine... You should try the gs8 and just see what you're missing

[@AffeAffelinTV]

Healt Desimal I'm a simple social democrat I see pepe, I want to resocialise him.

[@vizthex]

I use mine mostly for games and reading as I have no social life.

[@KimLaurierx]

you haven't had to charge it once in 7 years? WOW!

[@miguelangelosantos]

That moment when your current phone is like the ones on that pile of phones

[@anticeon]

Miguel Santos me

[@denn1222]

this is why the nokia 3310 is superior in any way

[@Nokia-jd6nu]

Dan that’s me

[@Zikeal-d4l]

@@Nokia-jd6nu Oh, hey. I'm an evolved form of a phone.. kind of, I'm a processor.

[@bintangdilangit3348]

@@Nokia-jd6nu oh my im your fans lol

[@pongchannel.]

I mean tbh that does have some advantages over new phones (which is kinda sad)

[@shivakailash.a6565]

@@Nokia-jd6nu super🤣🤣🤣

[@grayoctagon]

@ 5:55 "imagine your battery charging in minutes instead of hours" I have a Galaxy Note4 and I get it from 0% to 100% in under 20 seconds. And it is no magic, just a second battery and an external charger.

[@Mcdude02]

Holy crap! I just put my phone in the microwave

[@grayoctagon]

+IAreNerd Totally fine, as long as nobody turns on the microwave ;D

[@lilball8956]

0 to 100 n*gga real quick

[@mahanadir]

Samsung fast charging is pretty fast I think compared to other devices I have used! It charges completely in about 45 minutes if kept on power saving and your wi-fi /mobile data is turned off

[@grayoctagon]

+ maha nadir No not "fast charging" ^^ I have a second battery ;D (search for EB-KN910B) If my Note is empty I just switch the Batteries and load the empty one in the *external* charger. It realy takes only 20 secounds :D

[@lprccac220]

Dear Vox, be careful with technocentrism. It is not because technology has been developing so fast that phones and other gadgets get disposed so quickly, and it wasn't because of any lack of technology that we haven't designed more resource-efficient and sustainable phones (and everything else). We need to talk about capitalism, power, and planned obsolescence.

[@pseudonamed]

so true!!

[@pikachulove5468]

I can't agree more with this comment. Well said! I hope Vox does an update to this concept.

[@Drew_Hurst]

True, we have to build better battery tech but greed is part of the decision to not allow for easy battery replacement.

[@tabascosauce3168]

I hate planned obsolescence bc it’s only forwarding the growth of companies and not actually improving our society

[@EmmaAus]

Great comment... & Very much agree. Until last month I was still using my Samsung Galaxy Europa I bought back in 2011, despite the fact I could no longer use any of my apps as they had removed/updated the google play store that it used to use... It was a shame, because it felt almost like being forced to upgrade, even for someone who had no desire for most apps... When google maps stopped working, that was a little sad, although I could at least still use it as a functioning phone. The fact they have removed 2G in most countries means that most people who had absolutely no desire for any kind of smart phone, literally have no choice but to upgrade, unless they go mobile-phone-free... That's a little sad. Somewhat unrelated, but a happier note to end on... The 2011 Samsung Galaxy Europa phone I thought I could no longer use as of last month (as it stopped being able to charge), turns out I found a way to keep using it 😊 I simply needed to buy a simple $4 external battery charger 😊 So the good news is, if you're determined to keep using something, there are often ways to prolong its life... You just have to think outside the box a little 😊 All the best everyone ❤ Emma from Australia.

[@JustinKenward]

For me it's like an archive. A cataloging of where I was at in my life.

[@1MadJack1]

I had phone drawer phones too although it had one portable famiclone for no reason And it's for collection (And possibly nostalgia)

[@pssurvivor]

I always either exchange my phones or resell them on ebay. I don't hoard old gadgets in a drawer. Here in India, the phone refurbishing/repairing community is quite vibrant because you know we are so poor!

[@TexelGuy]

I wouldn't call everyone there poor....

[@pssurvivor]

I know. I was being sarcastic. Not everyone recycles their phones here too, but I do :)

[@ToastyMeadows]

Pallavi Sanyal Good job!

[@mahanadir]

In Pakistan also there's a vibrant used phones market!!

[@hnb193]

Phone re-use/repairing only makes sense if it is economical or not. Unless serious glitches occur phones will last really very long. Nokia, Samsung phones are virtually forever. Currently using a cheap Xiaomi device for last 1 year. Hope it lasts at least 5 years. Meanwhile my 11 year old 2G Nokia phone is still a back up phone for me. Currently running on its 3rd battery. Used just two devices in between the Nokia n Xiaomi.

[@tonk9246]

7:30 Siri: hey Lium, what are you doing for earth day? The robot: i will disassemble you Siri: ok :(

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

The robot: I quit! Siri: Yay :)

[@britt1953]

I remember writing a paper about e-waste in college. I'm happy to see this being talked about more

[@mingqizhong277]

There's a framed image of '毛泽东思想万岁' in the background at 0:03 (translates into 'long live Mao Zedong's thoughts').

[@diiasze3743]

ahhahaha idk maybe vox is trolling peopl

[@ShanXiTV]

ze diias or Vox is communist!

[@diiasze3743]

Nameless Man the vox coporate private media company is communist?!

[@tiffanykushner821]

Nameless Man C’mon, don’t go so far as to say they’re promoting a thought. They’re much more tolerate and accepting than other “traditional” platforms.

[@supportervandeeuropeseunie1625]

diiasze Smartphones are all made in China. Some people are convinced it's thanks to Chinese communism and are happy to show their support of Mao. It isn't the first I see this at an Indian.

[@haydenlamb6309]

I love his voice, he should narrate documentaries (full length)

[@dazednconfused31337]

My Huawei Y550 Android phone died suddenly after 2.5 yrs with bad RAM. I bought a smashed one for £5 and swapped the circuit board over and it works great now :) Just 13 tiny screws, easiest thing I've worked on. Ok, I had to swap & solder the headphone jack too as it had been snapped off the spare but you get the point.

[@andrive]

nice

[@michallabus96]

And that's how it should be done! tl;dr: Enjoying recent tech doesn’t mean we have to waste Earth's precious finite resources. Instead of letting them rot in a drawer, we need to upcycle our old devices (or just sell them - I'd much rather buy a 1 year old iPhone X in good condition, than a brand new iPhone 7 for a similar price), and IMHO most importantly - we must start dealing with the 'Apple syndrome', AKA the upgrade addiction. I’ve fixed my personal electronics numerous times. When my iPod Classic got broken a few years ago (and it was already really dated at the time and had lots of visual wear and tear), I preferred to pay ~$50 for the repair instead of buying a new one or upgrading. The same deal with android phones and tablets. I'm quite a geek/techie/DIY guy, so I generally repaired them myself (and I must confess - replacing the touch panel in an old 7” tablet made me feel proud AF :D). Nowadays my daily drivers are: iPhone SE, iPad (2018) and MBA (early 2015). Each one of them was bought only after my previous phone/tablet/notebook was either a) broken beyond repair/totaled, or b) sold for a fair price to a friend or acquaintance in need. I plan to use them as long as Apple supports them, then sell them and put the money towards a newer, equivalent model. When the batteries get worn out, I'll just replace the MacBook one myself (95€ kit by ifixit) and the others will be replaced by my local Apple Store (just $35 for the iPhone one). If anything gets broken (but the device is not totaled, ofc), they WILL get repaired, as I hate doing unplanned upgrades (AKA throwing away still usable devices).

[@MrFindX]

This is a great series keep it up!

[@DiguYT]

Lmao I don't even have a new phone watching this on broken Nokia X2

[@HaruXen]

Don't Read My Profile Picture Same here 🤣

[@kingkeeper99]

I recently dropped my Lumia 530 on a river by accident, it floated for about 2 minutes while I tried to rescue it. I'm looking this video in it... (there's weird bubbles all over the screen, but whatever)

[@vasu6494]

KingKeeper99 good old Nokia, Back when A company took care to make its phone last longer

[@shankhan547]

I love your username. Its a maze, I fell for it

[@romanyouhoal3664]

What is this a one up contest? i still use an old nokia 3310

[@arbilarmsltd.president3437]

I got my first phone in 2010, my "drawer" contains 1 phone, the other ones in my hand

[@nathankeane7615]

I sell my phone when ever I get a new one

[@bimbotm5789]

same

[@utub1473]

Yep

[@pandepanda31]

That Mao's poster in the beginning tho

[@thomasharrog8845]

Well that's a mouthful!

[@iostr]

andrew johnstone I knew it!

[@mitchellchewy]

maothful*

[@AwesumBear]

all the phones I've ever gotten were just pass me downs 😂😭

[@alolanpikachu7330]

I have 0 phones

[@1MadJack1]

@@alolanpikachu7330 you must be in computer gang or something

[@amireinav1]

Awesum Bear same

[@artysin6331]

I love this dude.

[@markdonahue]

He interrupts other people a lot though. It seems like he only does it because he's excited, but still

[@shasterdhari]

Artysin I love how interested he is in the topics and actually asks proper questions

[@oiya100]

What's his name?

[@Tasurincci]

He feels overeager, but I like his enthusiasm.

[@Teen-Conor]

You want his tika masala ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@axipixel5811]

Sell your old devices for cheap on Ebay and at garage sales. Hell, even Goodwill and most thrift stores take smartphones nowadays. Re-use is even better than recycling, plus you get money back. A lot of people can and will use these older phones, especially younger people. Even flip phones still have a significant base of users. Even if its' broken, put it on the market for parts, and the repair scene being talked about here will eat it up to keep other phones going. Also, you can keep using old, outdated phones that no longer get Android updates by installing an open-source android version like LineageOS, which is getting ready to launch Android Oreo on phones as old as the Galaxy Note II. The biggest thing is you just don't /need/ a new phone. A note II with an updated OS is still a perfectly capable smartphone capable of doing every single thing you need it to do and still run very smooth. I know so many people that could save thousands of dollars and reduce so much waste by just realizing their whole family doesn't need a new smartphone and tablet every two years. The old one is perfectly fine. Smartphones and cell phones, especially if you replace the battery and treat it with care, will last decades just like your car can if you treat it well. The idea you need to replace them constantly is created by Apple, its' disgusting practice of planned obsolescence, its' disgusting practice of purposefully getting in the way and trying to stop repairability at every turn in legal action and actual design of the phone, designed to prevent any tampering, and its' disgusting practice of filling phones with massive amounts of bloatware, all to pressure you into buying a new, shinier, thinner phone you don't need so they can make money. The Iphone X is the ultimate example, the ultimate epitome and symbol of this wasteful norm that is modern smartphone. It is not necessary for anyone to own as the Iphone 8 is still a very high-end smooth-as-ice fast phone, massively overpriced, is marketed universally for its' physical design, look, and features its' competitors like Samsung have had for three years, pretending that Apple just invented it today and they've never heard of it before. And... 3D emojis???

[@drsquirrel00]

Reduce comes before Reuse too.

[@mfslavko]

Don't think we didn't notice that Mao Zedong poster in the background.

[@tamerlane9889]

He's post

[@pepbobmc]

pretty based

[@Iloveak123]

I am still using my iPhone 5s, bought in 2013.

[@kqay]

Iloveak123 i been using my iphone 5 for 5 years lol

[@areobatman2240]

phones used to have removable batteries. now they don't, guess why? profit from phones bought from people whom their phone battery stopped working. (of course not all companies do but majority of them)

[@KLK01]

Ezio Marchioni bought*

[@marsamet128]

I can remove mine easily and this design was made last year

[@neha1123]

Ezio Marchioni with no slots for micro SD card for extra memory coz guess what running out of internal memory means buying a new phone

[@annyongpanda]

I have an LG phone with a removable battery and boooooy do I like the convenience. It's actually funny watching people walk around with external battery packs hooked up to their phones while they're out because their phone doesn't have a removable battery.

[@doloresumbridge3801]

Ezio Marchioni Or less waste ???

[@corrda1993]

When my phone stopped working for calls I started using it for music when I got my new phone. I work in a chemical lab so it was useful to not have to worry about getting my new phone literally dissolved when I listen to music.

[@TheKisshu1997]

I laughed a little at this video.. he was surprised to see someone take the battery out without a screwdriver, and then he acted like he had just come up with the best idea ever; a battery charging in minutes. The OnePlus 3 phone can do that already... and I resently changed the battery in my Samsung Galaxy s4 just by taking the cover off and putting a new battery in... now it's gonna last another 3 years..

[@daenerysstormborn3327]

Toto I have the same phone, lol.

[@Matanumi]

yeah I have the S3 it still does that. why are people surprised? phones should've been doing this the whole time. if you want to make it waterproof thats fine but otherwise user removable battery at least!

[@cookehmonstashe5332]

Matanumi like the s5 waterproof and removable battery

[@nateroy4042]

CookehMonstashe THERE'S A Big difference between water resistance and waterproof. The s5 is only at a ip67 rating while the S7 and s8 are ip68.

[@nateroy4042]

Mark The Gr8 What are you talking about?? I'm not arguing about that. I'm arguing about how people mix water resistance and waterproof like they're the same thing. Last time I checked, the s5 is not waterproof. I was just telling someone the true rating of these phones.

[@MsHojat]

Everyone has a large number of old mobiles that work? Hello no, that sounds crazy. Even if they're broken, they can still be sold to be fixed and reused.

[@ajvast]

Mshojat you don't?

[@imjoaquinthedog4584]

Most people have their own little collections of old phones. I, personally, have 3 phones and a tablet in my collection, since I only started recently.

[@SandeshPoudel01]

Introducing yourself as a "techie" and being surprised to see the battery removed? Nice script, man.

[@Meaxis]

I mean in 2014 phones you could even take off the back and remove the battery (see Samsung Galaxys Wave & Wave 2 for instance)

[@dtcdragon7164]

How Ironic.

[@marstanjx]

OMG, Why are there Mao Ze Dong on the back

[@bredebremnes]

Mars Tan I was wondering the same thing. Fqing communist

[@coryhrycuna6707]

Look at all these kids thinking they're first. How cute.

[@coryhrycuna6707]

BadBlueBoys99 I've been dead inside for years, you'll have to do better than that

[@SeaOdeEEE]

111111111111 Wow doesn't that sound a little extreme?

[@vulta_8105]

Cory Hrycuna no you

[@coryhrycuna6707]

You know even I am not sure. I made a comment mocking all the children that feel the need to write "First" in the comment section and people pop up telling me to commit suicide. I agree, quite extreme.

[@juicicle5171]

Sad life, can't state an opinion without being swarmed with little kids.

[@tatiana2133]

Imagine a FairPhone (maybe 5th edition) where you can change the holders for the battery. Example; "This holder can do 2 simcards, an SD card, and for 3300mAh battery. This is the same but has 3 simcard holders and for 4000mAh"

[@diaberumonk3580]

we replace our phones every couple of years because it's more profitable for companies to design their products to become obsolete.

[@5pctLowBattery]

Was scheduled to upgrade my iPhone 6 this year. But since AT&T (not sure about other companies) no longer offer $100 for new phone upgrade, I didn't upgrade my phone this year. Not paying $700+ for iPhone 7 or $1000+ for the up coming iPhone 8. But the performance on the old phone has diminished , Siri doesn't even understand me anymore.

[@ian1064]

justmejr315 lol just don't buy an iPhone, all the old don't ericsons from 2011 work like they're new

[@TexelGuy]

iPhones are updated just to get slower so you buy newer ones. It's a fact. Older iphones with the latest software are much, much slower than the software they came with day one. Switch to android if you want a lasting phone.

[@Combatsmithen]

For months and months I was getting pestered to update my Ipad 4 to IOS 10. It kept downloading the update and I had to keep deleting it to get my storage space back. Eventually I gave up and updated it. Now the Ipad stutters a little bit when swiping screens. I'm glad I don't have an Iphone

[@R0CKETFOX]

"This... This can blow up if I smash it?" "Yes.." *grins mischievously* "No, don't do that!" Haha 😂 that was a great part to the video.

[@sree101]

I was just researching about ways to recycle my gadget graveward. Nice timing on the video. Fairphone has compromised on bulkiness. Swapping the display or the battery is not a daily task. So a couple of screws on the way is no issue. Most phones, changing the display is a challenge even for technicians. So simplifying it, is vital. Battery is a risk which we all choose the ignore. Especially after the Samsung issue, it has to be a main issue.

[@Someone-kl6dp]

i display my old phones give them respect for saving your lives in those years

[@quwokka-e5l]

My old phones are now my servers for my personal cloud :)

[@exxonrcg]

Hundeherz any special software you use?

[@quwokka-e5l]

no not really, there are a lot of guides on the internet how you can do it. IOS, windows or Android.

[@rabidL3M0NS]

I've never heard of people storing all their old phones in a drawer before... Am i the only one who doesn't?...

[@DevilDude]

Depends on how many phones people cycle through. It might be a lot more common to see them in bigger families. Multiple people switching to a newer phone and not getting rid of the old ones through either selling or just throwing it out.

[@nmqo]

I had the galaxy S2 before I got the S5 from my mom when she switched phones and its under my bed still.

[@Juan_shot]

I don't because I sell them

[@MyGUNZ123]

rabidL3M0NS maybe because you are poor

[@itzari1574]

That is very rude...

[@tacoconch7678]

Still rocking my Galaxy S3. What number are they up to now?

[@EpicEric2002]

Taco Conch 8

[@SantiagoMonroy5]

s8 and is the greatest phone out

[@user-ok8yq6nc6x]

S3 was great but I recently got a s8

[@bigmanwilfred4955]

Taco Conch 8

[@THEADVANCEDGAMERTAG]

Taco Conch on my s8+

[@kevinmillard1323]

phones WERE sci-fi not too long ago but then they kept getting smaller, cheaper, and more advanced all the while being spread across the world so thats cool

[@patrickgpking]

Everyone does not have this, I have one brick phone for if/when I or a friend lose/break a phone. We are not all replacing our devices when shiny new ones come out.

[@patrickgpking]

It's still a cool video.

[@danbrown1344]

This dude was actually surprise that a phone battery can ignite like the Samsung recall didn't happen?

[@chaterkanal]

Dan Brown true

[@boyinthepenaltybox]

Dan Brown : he probably has an iPhone

[@ericwalker2434]

boyinthepenaltybox All batteries can explode if touched the wrong way, including iPhone batteries.

[@grahammcdonald]

They don't explode in the sense of a bomb, but turn more into a lit firework. (Thermal runaway)

[@rajendrasingh977]

what kind of scientist is he, right?

[@mal_3157]

Vox makes me curious about things I didn’t even know I was curious about

[@papulrocks794]

I've a burial site for my phones. If in future some intelligent species discovers it, they'll know how important phones were to us.

[@littlegloom]

GradeA's Kid Dolphins are intelligent

[@jeradskerritt1680]

Google's PROJECT ARA was trying to combat this.

[@forgottozhonya957]

Jerad Skerritt too bad it was cancelled

[@Yuhara_rev]

Jerad Skerritt it's cancelled tho

Why was it cancelled?

[@mkks4559]

4:37 “What’s the most toxic thing in the phone?” In most cases, its user.

[@whereeveritgoes]

I can't convince myself that even if I nuclear blast my phone into dust and have it sprinkled into the ocean, someone would still be able to find a piece of dust from it and manage to extract the dark secrets I kept and downloaded. :/

[@Jay-vz7og]

WHAT are you doing with your phone? Never mind, I don't wanna know..

[@doomtucker7895]

@@Jay-vz7og waluigi hentai

[@nqh4393]

CP I assume?

[@chayimadinaandyael]

You're connected to the internet. Someone already has your dark secrets.

[@LintangCahyaningsih8]

Sadly those prying tools won't work on new phones with back glass. You'd need a stable heat source to melt out the glue just to open them.

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

The hardware is not the only reason why a smartphone becomes obsolete. - If you are lucky you get about 3 years of security updates and maybe 1 or 2 upgrades for an Android smartphone. - And that's it! After that the OS becomes more and more obsolete and less compatible with apps. It also becomes a ticking security bomb.

[@saunabelt]

"What if we could design a phone that just lasted longer?" - I believe that's called a Nokia 3310. We had it but then we wanted more from our phones.

[@ErnestJay88]

I'm sells my old phones so there is no "junk drawer of sadness"

[@guillaumelafleche9477]

Great video, and thank goodness for people like that fixing tutorial lady. I have a huge box of e-waste in my basement that I'm hoarding until the recycling channels mature and we stop shipping that stuff to poor countries.

[@hameley12]

We have ecoATM in Rhode Island. All you have to do it's charge the cellphone, click on 'master reset' (restores the original factory settings deleting your personal data on the internal storage). And the ecoATM scans the cellphone, you have a drop in for the charging cable, within 20 mins you have between $30 to $100 dollars (or more if the cell it's in perfect condition). Everyone please do e-cycle, it helps the earth.

[@sghaiermohamed2905]

planned obsolescence.

[@kalidesu]

Is it all Trumps fault?

[@jeromeorji1057]

Where is Trump's hand in any of this?

[@SparkMyke]

I still have my Nokia N8. 6yrs later and the 12MP Carl Zeiss camera takes better pictures than most of today's smartphones. Micro HDMI port, a replaceable battery, memory card slot, dual sim, FM Transmitter...............I could go on. And don't get me started on the number of times it has dropped and still functions 100%.

[@SoybeanCC]

0:04 Why is there a picture of Mao in the background?

[@muante_mt]

Taking battery out and he said "wow" lol as if he never heard or see one before

[@terrysham4940]

Can we please have a follow up on this topic? It's fascinating and high time that more consideration is given in the climate change era we live in

[@Totukee]

" You can take out the battery just like that" GUY: "Wow". Really 😂😂

[@jakeliew1067]

“junk drawer of sadness” what graystillplays would say lol

[@draggyrex9235]

3:42 you know were really in the future when removable batteries are awesome

[@Impossible_Fishy]

“So the battery will explode?” He should never get a LiPo

[@besmartgaming7695]

not first but neither do I want to be proud by telling how much free time do I have

[@Sandman-ge8jz]

0:02 I like your picture of Mao in the background lol

[@azzamalhanif9197]

Good thing i live in Indonesia, i can sell even the most broken gadget for some lucrative money. Well, i believe it is better than keeping it.

[@lukeland6741]

Me As a Grandpa: Grandchildren: Why Don't You Use Thi- Me: *NOH I LOVE MY PHONE AND YOU SHOULD LOVE YOURS TOO* Now I Know Why My Grandpa Doesn't Want To Change XD

[@marwahmaher8574]

The idea of the fairphone is amazing 👍👍,I hope it'll be available all over the world near

[@funyannyan1414]

0:36 Did you put that phone to your drawer now? Im Curious cause it's been a year.

[@Kyan-eg1po]

But the thing is, software support ends, while the world moves on. My phone likely won’t get Android Oreo, and when there’s a couple more Android updates after it, it won’t be supported anymore.

[@Mary42877]

Kyan2005 yeah, my phone still works great but i don't have the newest android and eventually it might get inconvenient... You can buy the new Windows, you can't get new android on an upsupported device:(

[@dalzy25]

Mary42877 you heard of rooting and custom roms boi

[@dalzy25]

@@bowgartfan Its hella hard to hardbrick a modern android device. Trust me, ive bricked my new phone a few times but all i had to was go into recovery and reset my phone. Anyways, if ur phone isn't supported anymore, its going to be quite old. So you might as well try to flash it to squeeze a few more months outta it.

[@MejorContoneo]

I really like this guy. Saw him in a green energy commercial at NatGeo during the 2000s. I'm so happy that Vox was able to pick him and help him spread his message about green living and climate change :)

[@drifter4training]

kinda sad for the modular phone, project ara was suspended

[@Na0uta]

"Everyone has one of these" Vox, you might be out of touch. Most people I meet have one phone that's pretty shitty and like 3 years old.Let alone a drawer full of the old ones when they could have sold them for cash somewhere.

[@shibarinos7079]

Another Made Up Internet Subculture just think of the poor kids and other people's friends . It's not like anyone has 2 or more phones

[@sebastiantrus6733]

I have a blackberry phone from 2006 and I still use it as an mp3 player

[@coneman8855]

I have a phone that has been running for more than 4 years by now

[@fluffy_husky]

4:17 is that a flip phone? oh wait....

[@Niedzwiedziuszkin]

ClimateLab is probably my favourite Vox series. Cheers to all you guys!

[@stuiesmb]

The fairphone is great, except for the fact that it's ugly af

[@NicoMyers]

Plus it seems to have 3 year old specs. I love the concept but it's just lacking performance and I think it would be best utilized for tech education at a school.

[@TheAkramCat]

wait replacable batteries are a thing of the past now? didn't realise, im not rich enough to buy a 1000$ phone that goes one step forward and two steps back i guess

[@LabGecko]

I've been using a Fairphone 4 since it released and *_love it!_* If I drop it and some part breaks on it, including the screen, camera, etc., or I want to upgrade at some point, I just replace _only that part_ because Fairphone keeps inventory of those and makes them easy to swap out. And unlike old phones, these are well designed so no battery-falling-out issues. I think this was a missed opportunity to show that Fairphone's business model works by changing the "buy a new one" business model of Apple and other brands.

[@dr.negative3167]

why my jealousy of other people''s phones collect in the junk part of my mind cuz i dont got one ;C