What’s a smartphone made of? - Kim Preshoff
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2018
- What kinds of valuable rare minerals are in a smartphone? Take a closer look and consider the sustainability of phone production.
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As of 2018, there are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 kg of gold, 875,000 of silver, and 40,000,000 of copper. How did this precious cache get into our phones--and can we reclaim it? Kim Preshoff investigates the sustainability of phone production.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, directed by Compote Collective.
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Phone companies need to stop coming out with new models with barely perceptible upgrades every six months. And make planned obsolescence obsolete.
That is capitalism for you. It's a systemic problem.
If people would think like that in the past we would still be stuck using telegrams to communicate today
Rain Laurimaa iPhones come out every year, plus they’re made with many eco-friendly practices and recyclable materials. In addition, they use robots to disassemble phones safely and efficiently. Apple’s really trying to push people to recycle their old phones and devices to help prevent a lot of the issues shown in the video. It’s always good to use your phone as long as it lasts too.
I May Have Miscalculated
Nothing wrong with upgrading every year as long as you recycle it responsibly
Rain Laurimaa Consumer’s choice
“By 2019 it’s expected that...”
Me in 2021: hmm yes very interesting
Me in 2024 : Hmm, yup really interesting
same but I'm in 2024
Still using a 6 year old Galaxy Ace. Proud of not having money
Still using a samsung s 5 mini and i see no need to upgrade as it works fine
480p?
Still use a 6 month old s9.
using my GS4 since 5yr
I liked my galaxy ace style. They had a flaw with the charging port giving out, but otherwise were a solid phone that got the job done. I got mine on a sale for $30 when they were regular $130. I ended up giving mine to a friend when I upgraded to a used galaxy s4.
You forgot that how Nokia 3310 is made of vibranium
And yeah not to forget it was stolen
vibranium-adamantium alloy
And steel I’m pretty sure
There was a guy who froze one of those phones with Liquid Nitrogen and then smashed it with a hammer. The Nokia still turned on just fine
Nokia #1
@@Danilego emmmm don't mention him
That said, at least 50% of this awareness message / video viewers watches it on a smartphone. Food for thought.
The smartphones aren't the core issue. The speed of consumers buying new ones as a trend is. That food isn't as nutritious for our thought as you think.
@@TuanNguyen-ko9wz vietnam muôn năm
In most of the developing world, a smartphone is the only way that poor people or people in rural areas can access the internet. Also, lots of homeless people have smartphones as their only method of communication with loved ones and social services.
Computers consoles and tablets are all worse than phones
@@lostinthelookingglas Again, as someone here has said, the problem isn't the phone itself, it's the rate at which people buy them even if their last phone still works perfectly fine. Judging by the data, average lifespan of a phone nowadays is 2 years. And good quality phones can last way longer, maybe with ocassional battery changes. Even after someone buys a new phone, chances are they are not gonna recycle it in a specific way the manufacturer designed it to be recycled, because the infrastructure in most parts of the world makes it hard for customers to do so.
The title is a bit misleading. The content was about the impact of "what's in a smartphone" on our society and our planet.
yeah. I found the question interesting, now I just feel bad :(
Left wing propaganda... I am dissatisfied.
well, they did explain *something*
So basically it's a clickbait
@@edwickson what's the opposite of clickbait cos this title is bland.
A better title could be "how smartphones are killing the world and you are the reason for it "😅
We are far from creating 100% earth friendly smartphones since the components used in circuits and batteries are highly necessary to optimize a phone's performance. Mining is not going to go away either even with sustainable smartphones and is going to be a crucial part of the global economy for the next decades, at least.
We can, however, start discussions with our local governments to hold accountable mining companies to reinvest their own money recovering communities living near mining areas and watching closely the work conditions established.
Especially when she said copper, tin, Aluminium and lead. I mean what does she want, Tin, copper and Aluminium are all Extremely important in modern society. (technically literally every metal she mentioned is extremely important, but people know what those are and have a better understanding of why they are important)
it is not possible to to have 100%. The closest we will get is 99%
My cell phone is made of the blood sweat and tears I bought it with
Jason its a figure of speech from Winston Churchill
You forgot about your house ,family,limbs and dignity
r u army??
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Most of that comes from the underpaid kids that made it.
Next time when anyone ask me "why r u still holding ur 4yr old phn?"......I'll jst forward this video link.
well actually old phones are worse in some cases
well only if it is thrown in with the ewaste
smort, I don't see the point in changing phones when you don't need to. I'm gonna have mine till the screen starts glitching and I cannot physically use it anymore.
A smartphone is just a regular phone that went to college.
University, you mean.
No, dropped out of college and became a successful entrepreneur.
Ba-dum-tss
@@fangus3272 dont be mean
That means those latest, nochless, 34 GB RAM, fast charging are from MIT.
Thank you so much for addressing the environmental impact of smartphones - I had never heard of it before this video!
Incredible animation 😊😍
Doesn't need to say.
Always...isnt it...🔥
agree
You need to watch Kurzgesagt. You'll love the animation on those videos.
Not so smart of a phone are they? We need to make an actual smart phone that can easily be recycled, doesn't pollute, and can't be harnessed to poor working conditions. Obviously easier said than done but that phone is a literal metaphor. Everything is bright and shiny only on it's surface.
Here’s an idea for a video: oxytocin, what does it do?
Orion D. Hunter Either you’re joking or you really don’t know what oxytocin is.
Robert Simon, Orion D. Hunter answer is actually kind of accurate, he is referring about the drug letting all your dopamine flow in your brain at once.
Leonardoi7 Oxytocin’s not a drug.
Robert Simon, It IS some kind of a drug, a biological drug or just a chemical compound used for chemical reactions inside a biological unit as a part of neurological processes. There are also situations which these biological robots use C43H66N12O12S2 as a drug for stabilizing neuro electrical functions so called emotions.
Mid Hunter Uh-huh. That hormone’s responsible for that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when someone hugs you. It’s not called the “cuddle hormone” for nothing.
Again the best ANIMATIONS ever.
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It has always been quite hard for me to connect the dots between elements and function in smart phones, this helped! I know mostly it was about where these materials come from, but that was fascinating as well. I never knew the environmental impacts of creating technology either. And for a visual learner like me, the animation was captivating and engaging (as always). Love you, Ted-Ed! 💜
Ted Ed educates the world in a new perspective way!! Love all your vids!!
Thank you for making a video on such an important topic! It's a pity you didn't mention Fairphone and what are they trying to do with their modular phones.
Can't believe such a simple small thing like a smartphone has such a deep impact and it's has so many components inside such a palm sized device
'What are Smartphones made of ?'
*Smartness* :P
Lol
Oh gosh no words to describe Ted ED I love their animations and their narration style. It makes even a rowdy clique silent. Thanks Ted ed
My phone is made of cat pictures and videos.
I just love your channel, so entertaining and educating.
During Nokia 3310 launch period (2000's): We will be having flying cars in 2018
2018 : New Nokia 3310
XD
The animation on this video looks so smooth and good
This episode is so important and valuable, I actually spent the last year with no smartphone, despite being a Software Engineer.
This made me a little bit worried, regards of how smartphones are slowly taking our planet limited, precious resources.
Generally, we are making our planet smarter, by its Demolition.
But, the question is, For how long will the planet last?
I feel an awkward energy between myself and my smartphone after watching this.
I feel so smart after watching this☺️
This was eye opening, thank you ted ed!
Thank you for spreading awareness! ❤️❤️❤️
When they talk about the pollution it players a creepy music
very nice topic to make a video on. Love you TedEd. Very useful.
thankyou.
Thank you for always wonderful videos!
I wish this video contained what it said in the title and explained more what a phone is made of and how each element contributes instead of glossing over those parts while only highlighting the secondary negative effects of phone production
Ted-Ed: What's a smartphone made of?
Me: Pasta.
But I still don't know what Apple is made of...? organic material...?Why is it more expensive than the mixture of gold copper silver....?
That is the power of advertising
Work,systhems,branding,income,wage..
Research and Development.
Miriam Tong wdym?
smart.
Wow,
That is quite informative..
Thank you.
Nice work.
I never knew that my phone took that much resources... Thanks Ted-ed!
I think this can be concluded that everything humans made surely have pros and cons.Only natural things are pure.
but humans are natural an they also ha e pros and cons... does that make our creations natural? Therefore natural has pros and cons
Anthrax is natural but it ain't good.
Hey! I was always curious about this! Thanks for this video TED-Ed!.. 😊
Well,but we are also watching ted ed videos on a smartphone.
Ted ed videos really teaches me new and interesting things
Loved this video ❤️ Amazing vid
I made a nokia phone into a sledgehammer, does that count as recycling?
I’m fairly new to reading so I was excited that I recognised that quote from murakami
What about 'regular' (old) phones? How do they compare in terms of eco (un)friendliness and impact on the world?
Well... Fliphones, feature phones even pagers contain these elements , the only difference is that they contain these elements in low quantities. But yeah a smartphone is way worse than an old phone.
Next question
*What is nokia made of?*
My dream is to get 1k subs without any Videos Vibranium and Adamantium
ofc
But without a smartphone i couldn't have got to watch this beautiful knowledgeable video :(
So in 2019 there will be 4 billion people without phones? How are they going to watch great videos like these?!
PC
Tablet
Finally some good content😌
This is a very educating video.
So now, I wanna know how they exactly recycle old and broken phones? Is there any profit to amassing the used,old and broken phones for recycling? Because I think if there's profit to it, then, maybe people and companies will start taking smartphone recycling more seriously..
This video needed to be done. Thank you. :)
I lived 2.5 years with a smartphone and have been living without one for more than 2 years now and guess what : it's easily doable ! :)
Are you still smartphone free in this day and age?
@@plasticlope7995 Haha. No. But I bought second hand 🙂
@@plasticlope7995 I changed because my last wasn't useable anymore
Thanks, I like this short-documentary :)
This info was much needed, people, reality check!
Thanks for the lesson, getting a phone soon not wasting it
Sustainable smart phone idea! Paper airplanes that we use pencil on to reuse and throw to our message’s destination. You can also play games like tic tac toe and hangman. When the paper’s totally worn out, recycle it. It worked pretty well in second grade.
Thank you for the information you're the best💖💖💖
Now I'm glad that I've been using the same iPad for 5 years
Japan is currently encouraging its citizens to donate their old phones so they can make gold and silver medals out of them for the upcoming 2020 Olympics.
yes that's correct
Clearly they're made from *pure-anti-boredom-addiction-goodness* ...sweet sweet smart phone addiction 🤤
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Aspect Science and strong radiation
You're... weird
Smartphones are killing creativity and not letting people to wonder in their own great mind which can make our world a much beautiful place than it is now.
The music is just adds to the happiness it needs to be different
And I hoped this was about what components a smartphone consists of, like battery, antenna, touch screen, processors, etc.
Proud of using the same entry level smartphone from the last 3 years because I don't have money to buy the new one. 😜
Anyways Video presentation and out-of-the-box topic was just mindblowing.
Some people/kids want to pay 1000 euro on a phone to only play video games on it. Instead of buying a good PC that they can't break, it will be useful for more than 15 years and won't distract them from learning at school as most of the kids do now a days
I used to work at Samsung as Machine Operator: Sorting Process and the smallest chips that I handled so far are those size of grain of sand.
sorry for my bad english.
There's really more than what meets the eye. Never been guilty of owning one before I watched this. 😭🤔😓
we need phone update app, so instead changing your phone to the new version, you only need to download the patch.
I love science and history videos from TedEd!
A video I have never thought about.
Hats off to you guys
Awesome and informative video
Thank's
Thank you for sharing
Love your riddle videos
Thx for information
I got a TED-ED plan for zero ad while watching this. How fitting! I wish you good luck with plan for zero!
Watch this on LENOVO A2010 (2015)
, now I hope we have same motivation about our phones 🙏
And watching this on phone
Smartphones should be made to last 5-7 years with software updates every 6 moths or so for new features.
1:34 it was the music from NatGeo Genius: Einstein
Blood sweat and tears.
That what mine is made up of from the money I earned.
I started learning elements and i like them
I love how you used Murakami's quote a a a a
4:21 the green leave from Apple's environment logo
And then there is the Fairphone: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone although only solving some of the problems, this seems to be the best effort yet.
And no I am not advertising for the company, but because I am a proud owner of a Fairphone and support the ideas behind the product. If any other company sells a similar smartphone regarding ethics and environmental protection, I would always also support that. Maybe there already is one that I am unaware of, so just leave a comment if you know some.
Here’s a conundrum for you Ted Ed, if all of the electronics we have made from these really polluted materials, then how are we going to watch your videos saying to not buy and electronics?
okay but what is a nokia made of?
Vibranium
STALINIUM
Nokianium
The hair of mighty Zeus
Nokia is diamond!!
2:50 that what i was talking about... When people say someday robots gonna take the world ... Or any thing like that... how do you know we have the enough sources? To develop that lvl
There should be ongoing research into new development of smartphone hardware
Watching this on my phone...... I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.
I wasn't expecting this context
Great video. Awesome channel.
You forgot they also have the best element. Element of surprise.
Haruki Murakami
Watching this on my new Nokia.
Just one problem: there shouldn't be any lead or mercury (or any other heavy metal) in a modern smartphone! The European Restriction on Hazardous Materials (RoHS) banned heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium), which are used in lead solder (63/37 tin/lead alloy, that melts at about 180 ºC), for the manufacture of any kind of electronics, and since most companies sell phones in Europe, they use lead-free solder.
Mam you are a best teacher
wow
never thought about that
I have a question. I have an old Nokia phone and once it was lying under my TV remote. When I got an SMS, the remote suddenly started changing channels and the volume also started going everywhere. Then today I tried it again by calling my phone and putting it right next to the remote, and again the same thing happened. But then the remote stopped working and the batteries had died. Can you explain what happened? Please.
When are you going to include New Zealand in your global maps?