Scrap Cell Phones aren't worth much for Gold Recovery

If your stacking cell phones you get for free then that's great, but if your paying for scrap cell phones then you might consider the low recovery value in a single mobile phone, about $1 on average, $2 at best.
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Selling your cell phones can be more profitable, often bulk lots sell for $2-$4 per phone and much more for newer models.
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[@itillbeme1]

After having worked with a lot of refiners: Refiners do not and will not share accurate information on their precious metal recycling. The numbers they publish are not the TRUE numbers, they make a lot more in the extracting process than they let on. The numbers in how much they extract are closely guarded, and you can take that to the bank.

[@noed.martinez9358]

Hi. To a degree you are correct, it is the older phones that have the most gold. If you are going to do gold recovery get the older phones not the newer ones.

[@Reasonist]

Hey Ben, I came across something of note while I was scrapping a Blackberry the other day. I was depopulating the mother board of IC’s I happened to crack the top off of the corner of one, and imbedded in the chip was a layer of MLCC’s. Above it was layer of gold plated something. There was green fiber bottom layer of the chip with a distinctly different solder pattern than any cell phone IC I’ve picked off. Thickest IC I’ve come across comparably but not the largest IC on the board either. High grade chip I’m thinking. Anyways, I just wanted to share that back ✌🏼thanks for all the great video’s mate 👌🏼

[@shaneyork300]

I remember my 1st phone I got scrapping it was a Samsung Smart phone, I was really exited thinking I hit the jackpot for gold recovery. Then I looked it up and seen this video. So I never scrapped it. I've got a box with a bunch in it now. Not as exited when I get them now as I was with the 1st one. But I guess that goes with everything, the 1st is almost always the biggest rush!!!

[@crphililps2594]

hi ben ....Dont forget there are other precious metals in phones.....one for example is iridium in touch phone screens....check it out.....we are running out of iridium at a rapid rate . Happy scrapping!

[@rogriguezaadj1]

How to take apart a cell phone with screwdriver and not touching the screws love it.

[@jakubstary3490]

such beautiful pieces and scrap for gold? oh yeah that would fit my collection

[@luckylinda63]

I am new to your channel. thanks for tutorial. Very helpful!! Linda from Southern California

[@PwnzTube]

Yea i wouldn't buy them right now but getting em free they are fun to take apart while watching some television or something. Im trying to convince some people that opening a digital recycling plant would be a little profitable if done on a large scale and also help the community with the ever growing problem of all our technology filling up the landfills. Your videos are great to show people who know nothing about the process Thanks so much for putting them up all the time

[@bantalee2002]

good stuff Ben. as you said they make good filler when doing the final processing from computer boards.

[@perryseay480]

you also have to figure in the batteries which are lithium ion they are wortb money also and the screens are worth money also if they work, people will pay 100 dollars or more... so if people are smart you can make a lot more!!!!!

[@mattyreardon3593]

Blackberries gave the most gold I have found. I worked at The tip for a while. I pocketed a mobile phone nearly everyday I was there. Didn't cost me a cent.

[@perryseay480]

But you are right the newer the phone the lesss gold but if you can find super old cell phones and car phones you will expect a lot bigger return!!!ohones from 80 and early 90s

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[@MrHollabk]

Ben, thanks much for this upload. I have a question though.. Dont you think you would have gotten much more out of the phone boards if you would have removed the green solder mask? From my expirience the "visible" gold plating is not all you can get from these type of boards. I usually remove the green solder mask in boiling water /w Lye to check whats under the surface.Cheers Buddy

[@vasilelebedov1845]

nice I'm from Romania,Europe and your idea is very cool

[@vanbemme]

nice ben thanks!!

[@borispetrov6575]

thanks for video

[@niculanicolaeofficial9114]

Not even 1 dolar per phone. The majority even the older ones, even tablets haves no more than 1g of ic chips per piece. And the yeld is just 0.5g of gold per 100g ic chips, 5g gold per kg ics, and there is the main gold on phones. Even boards that have gold under green mask solder is just flushed and not plated. So for en gros phones have just 1 point gold each, so will take 100 phones for 100 points gold meaning 1g gold,for most of them.

[@keenanj5849]

There’s a huge circuit board in that nokia he bothered not to show…😂