What to do with old electronics?

1. 2019-01-24 at 5:01 AM UTC

   #21
    Acolyte

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny no, not really. this isnt the 80s or 90s where ICs are the size of a casino chip. modern day ICs are just a few nanometers thin and the amount of golds used is almost non-existence.

   
   "Magann: In very rough numbers, there are 10 troy ounces of gold (or about three-fifths of a pound) per ton of smartphones. Ten thousand phones weigh one ton. [With gold selling for about $1,580 per ounce, that would yield $15,800.] Mar 20, 2013"
2. 2019-01-24 at 6:08 AM UTC

   #22
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by 
   "Magann: In very rough numbers, there are 10 troy ounces of gold (or about three-fifths of a pound) per ton of smartphones. Ten thousand phones weigh one ton. [With gold selling for about $1,580 per ounce, that would yield $15,800.] Mar 20, 2013"

   
   questionable source.
   
   
   

   To learn more about gold and how it is removed from discarded devices, I spoke to Sean Magann, vice president of sales and marketing for Sims Recycling Solutions—North America, a division of the global re-use and recycling firm Sims Metal Management.
   How much gold is in a smartphone?
   Magann: In very rough numbers, there are 10 troy ounces of gold (or about three-fifths of a pound) per ton of smartphones. Ten thousand phones weigh one ton.

   
   anyway assuming that what he said is true, and assuming that he meant the PCB of these smartphones [since 95% of smartphones are just plastics and glasses and aluminum] which weight only like 20-30grams,
   
   youd need around 50 phones to get a kg of smartphone PCBs which still contain lots of iron shieldings. so a tone would be like 50,000 smartphones.
3. 2019-01-24 at 6:43 AM UTC

   #23
    Acolyte

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny questionable source.
   
   
   
   
   anyway assuming that what he said is true, and assuming that he meant the PCB of these smartphones [since 95% of smartphones are just plastics and glasses and aluminum] which weight only like 20-30grams,
   
   youd need around 50 phones to get a kg of smartphone PCBs which still contain lots of iron shieldings. so a tone would be like 50,000 smartphones.

   
   In any case, not bad for something you're getting for 100% free.
4. 2019-01-24 at 11:09 AM UTC

   #24
   omn5;pvl Houston
   Zok is a nigger
5. 2019-01-24 at 12:13 PM UTC

   #25
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by  In any case, not bad for something you're getting for 100% free.

   
   have you ever actually seen 50 thousand smartphones ?
6. 2019-01-24 at 12:56 PM UTC

   #26
   

   cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]
   Open a robot research and development.
7. 2019-01-24 at 2:03 PM UTC

   #27
    Acolyte

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny have you ever actually seen 50 thousand smartphones ?

   
   I've seen a million smart phones, and I've loved them all.
8. 2019-01-24 at 3 PM UTC

   #28
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Go to apartment complexes and throw them in the dumpsters
   
   Make sure they're the ones that are clearly marked "NO PERSONAL ELECTRONICS"
9. 2019-01-24 at 3:03 PM UTC

   #29
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by  I've seen a million smart phones, and I've loved them all.

   
   ok.
10. 2019-01-24 at 3:40 PM UTC

    #30
     Acolyte

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny ok.

    
    You said, "youd need around 50 phones to get a kg of smartphone PCBs which still contain lots of iron shieldings. so a tone would be like 50,000 smartphones", but that's not true. In very rough numbers, there are 10 troy ounces of gold (or about three-fifths of a pound) per ton of smartphones. Ten thousand phones weigh one ton. [With gold selling for about $1,580 per ounce, that would yield $15,800.
11. 2019-01-24 at 4:03 PM UTC

    #31
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by  You said, "youd need around 50 phones to get a kg of smartphone PCBs which still contain lots of iron shieldings. so a tone would be like 50,000 smartphones", but that's not true. In very rough numbers, there are 10 troy ounces of gold (or about three-fifths of a pound) per ton of smartphones. Ten thousand phones weigh one ton. [With gold selling for about $1,580 per ounce, that would yield $15,800.

    
    well if you take his numbers, its 10 thousand smartphones per tonne. this means a smartphone is like 100gram. like i said, a smartphone is like 95% plastics and aluminums and glasses and what not.
    
    so the pcb weights just a fraction of that.
12. 2019-01-24 at 4:10 PM UTC

    #32
     Acolyte

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny well if you take his numbers, its 10 thousand smartphones per tonne. this means a smartphone is like 100gram. like i said, a smartphone is like 95% plastics and aluminums and glasses and what not.
    
    so the pcb weights just a fraction of that.

    
    The calculation is already taking into account the non-valuable materials contained in the phones.
13. 2019-01-24 at 4:39 PM UTC

    #33
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by  The calculation is already taking into account the non-valuable materials contained in the phones.

    
    idk, 100 grams sounds too light for a phone.
14. 2019-01-24 at 4:56 PM UTC

    #34
    

    Ghost Black Hole
    Put Tinder on all of them and make 100 fake chad profiles and set up dates with 100 thots and stand them all up.
15. 2019-01-24 at 5:13 PM UTC

    #35
     Acolyte

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny idk, 100 grams sounds too light for a phone.

    
    The average smartphone weighs about 120 grams. An IPhone from 2016 weighs 138 grams. The heaviest phones out there are no more than 195 grams.
16. 2019-01-24 at 7:41 PM UTC

    #36
    

    esbity African Astronaut
    I have like 6-7 old phones guys.
    
    I think they'll go in hotel rooms this summer.
17. 2019-01-24 at 7:58 PM UTC

    #37
    

    Mel Gibson Houston
    Congrats, the Mexican maid gets to make an easy $100.
18. 2019-01-24 at 8:06 PM UTC

    #38
    

    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by  The average smartphone weighs about 120 grams. An IPhone from 2016 weighs 138 grams. The heaviest phones out there are no more than 195 grams.

    
    so he was lying.
19. 2019-01-24 at 8:23 PM UTC

    #39
    

    esbity African Astronaut

    Originally posted by Mel Gibson Congrats, the Mexican maid gets to make an easy $100.

    
    The maid doesn't clean inside of appliances.
    
    I need some more systems anyways.
20. 2019-01-24 at 9:39 PM UTC

    #40
    

    cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]

    Originally posted by esbity The maid doesn't clean inside of appliances.
    
    I need some more systems anyways.

    
    Fees
    
    You meed a way to make more fees.
    
    Remember?