What’s a smartphone made of?

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What’s a smartphone made of? - Kim Preshoff

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5 жыл бұрын

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.
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@nischalprajapati6157 5 жыл бұрын

Phone companies need to stop coming out with new models with barely perceptible upgrades every six months. And make planned obsolescence obsolete.

@NahrAlma 5 жыл бұрын

That is capitalism for you. It's a systemic problem.

@cv4809 5 жыл бұрын

If people would think like that in the past we would still be stuck using telegrams to communicate today

@Nazenko 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Nazenko 5 жыл бұрын

I May Have Miscalculated Nothing wrong with upgrading every year as long as you recycle it responsibly

@Nazenko 5 жыл бұрын

Rain Laurimaa Consumer’s choice

@matthewlastname3692 3 жыл бұрын

“By 2019 it’s expected that...” Me in 2021: hmm yes very interesting

@manavtiwari5321 5 ай бұрын

Me in 2024 : Hmm, yup really interesting

@zarianobilo9525 Ай бұрын

same but I'm in 2024

@Yathuprem 5 жыл бұрын

Still using a 6 year old Galaxy Ace. Proud of not having money

@yasminroberts9841 5 жыл бұрын

Still using a samsung s 5 mini and i see no need to upgrade as it works fine

@antimageantimage3424 5 жыл бұрын

480p?

@ANTSMR_Dango 5 жыл бұрын

Still use a 6 month old s9.

@timoonn 5 жыл бұрын

using my GS4 since 5yr

@OSRS_KQs 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@kunalkolhe20 5 жыл бұрын

The title is a bit misleading. The content was about the impact of "what's in a smartphone" on our society and our planet.

@mongislort6440 5 жыл бұрын

yeah. I found the question interesting, now I just feel bad :(

@alioth7677 5 жыл бұрын

Left wing propaganda... I am dissatisfied.

@mongislort6440 5 жыл бұрын

well, they did explain *something*

@edwickson 5 жыл бұрын

So basically it's a clickbait

@kunalkolhe20 5 жыл бұрын

@@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 "😅

@Reg3e 5 жыл бұрын

That said, at least 50% of this awareness message / video viewers watches it on a smartphone. Food for thought.

@TuanNguyen-ko9wz 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@thuydohong5430 4 жыл бұрын

@@TuanNguyen-ko9wz vietnam muôn năm

@lostinthelookingglas 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@kifflom498 4 жыл бұрын

Computers consoles and tablets are all worse than phones

@marks9127 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@betreyaljustice6096 5 жыл бұрын

My cell phone is made of the blood sweat and tears I bought it with

@zotoda 5 жыл бұрын

Jason its a figure of speech from Winston Churchill

@darylrazon4872 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot about your house ,family,limbs and dignity

@zotoda 5 жыл бұрын

r u army??

@zotoda 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntN1bMleuavZpJc.html

@cai6972 5 жыл бұрын

Most of that comes from the underpaid kids that made it.

@75vivektrivedi 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot that how Nokia 3310 is made of vibranium And yeah not to forget it was stolen

@sampreetbharali1421 5 жыл бұрын

vibranium-adamantium alloy

@abdullahimran6012 5 жыл бұрын

And steel I’m pretty sure

@Danilego 5 жыл бұрын

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

@aoli8142 5 жыл бұрын

Nokia #1

@jirehchoo2151 5 жыл бұрын

@@Danilego emmmm don't mention him

@estebanduvanzzDelgado 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@speedy01247 5 жыл бұрын

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)

@richtigmann1 5 жыл бұрын

it is not possible to to have 100%. The closest we will get is 99%

@PowahSlapEntertainmint 5 жыл бұрын

A smartphone is just a regular phone that went to college.

@ginismoja2459 5 жыл бұрын

University, you mean.

@GAMEOVER-yy6zj 5 жыл бұрын

No, dropped out of college and became a successful entrepreneur.

@vannessa0105 5 жыл бұрын

Ba-dum-tss

@senecagordon5472 5 жыл бұрын

@@fangus3272 dont be mean

@abhaysharma9317 5 жыл бұрын

That means those latest, nochless, 34 GB RAM, fast charging are from MIT.

@Alex-pe7ec 4 жыл бұрын

Next time when anyone ask me "why r u still holding ur 4yr old phn?"......I'll jst forward this video link.

@yetet 4 жыл бұрын

well actually old phones are worse in some cases

@yetet 4 жыл бұрын

well only if it is thrown in with the ewaste

@zarianobilo9525 Ай бұрын

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.

@eh9885 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for addressing the environmental impact of smartphones - I had never heard of it before this video!

@myc_upoftea 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible animation 😊😍

@abhaysharma9317 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't need to say.

@averageconsumer007 5 жыл бұрын

Always...isnt it...🔥

@sujathanatraj422 5 жыл бұрын

agree

@FelipeeGz 5 жыл бұрын

You need to watch Kurzgesagt. You'll love the animation on those videos.

@robertsimon2885 5 жыл бұрын

Here’s an idea for a video: oxytocin, what does it do?

@robertsimon2885 5 жыл бұрын

Orion D. Hunter Either you’re joking or you really don’t know what oxytocin is.

@z3r0sn1ff3r 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@robertsimon2885 5 жыл бұрын

Leonardoi7 Oxytocin’s not a drug.

@midhunterx 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@robertsimon2885 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@JimmyGeorge1 5 жыл бұрын

Again the best ANIMATIONS ever.

@richtigmann1 5 жыл бұрын

@delusion9849 5 жыл бұрын

During Nokia 3310 launch period (2000's): We will be having flying cars in 2018 2018 : New Nokia 3310 XD

@rempuiafanai7103 5 жыл бұрын

My phone is made of cat pictures and videos.

@RaviVanam99 5 жыл бұрын

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....?

@ardaunaltay8763 5 жыл бұрын

That is the power of advertising

@mshbeatbox 5 жыл бұрын

Work,systhems,branding,income,wage..

@Grebanche 5 жыл бұрын

Research and Development.

@SriVidhyaKalimani 5 жыл бұрын

Miriam Tong wdym?

@sujathanatraj422 5 жыл бұрын

smart.

@jnjbhvhjinbox329 5 жыл бұрын

The animation on this video looks so smooth and good

@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 5 жыл бұрын

'What are Smartphones made of ?' *Smartness* :P

@senecagordon5472 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@rubygross7684 5 жыл бұрын

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! 💜

@Noukz37 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sandeepjacob6371 5 жыл бұрын

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

@akshatshrivastava5947 5 жыл бұрын

Ted-Ed: What's a smartphone made of? Me: Pasta.

@beautay4472 4 жыл бұрын

I feel so smart after watching this☺️

@gmmg8734 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ashishsangwan6796 5 жыл бұрын

I feel an awkward energy between myself and my smartphone after watching this.

@brentjemuel3298 5 жыл бұрын

Ted Ed educates the world in a new perspective way!! Love all your vids!!

@You-rc5yj 5 жыл бұрын

So in 2019 there will be 4 billion people without phones? How are they going to watch great videos like these?!

@jaipao9527 5 жыл бұрын

Tablet

@KyoushaPumpItUp 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@discovaria9507 5 жыл бұрын

yes that's correct

@TheNebster 3 жыл бұрын

I made a nokia phone into a sledgehammer, does that count as recycling?

@fusionx587 5 жыл бұрын

When they talk about the pollution it players a creepy music

@c4yyd3nc3 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one here for school •_•

@daveywavey14 3 ай бұрын

me💀

@xSuperMu 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@alisajjad2478 5 жыл бұрын

I think this can be concluded that everything humans made surely have pros and cons.Only natural things are pure.

@dvl973 5 жыл бұрын

but humans are natural an they also ha e pros and cons... does that make our creations natural? Therefore natural has pros and cons

@Lewa500 5 жыл бұрын

Anthrax is natural but it ain't good.

@adruvanniekerk8301 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TommoCarroll 5 жыл бұрын

Clearly they're made from *pure-anti-boredom-addiction-goodness* ...sweet sweet smart phone addiction 🤤

@lightyearahead 5 жыл бұрын

35 views- 84 likes and 4 dislikes

@laurenpinkiepie8663 5 жыл бұрын

Aspect Science and strong radiation

@firebow2810 5 жыл бұрын

You're... weird

@abhaysharma9317 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@priyanshjain7506 3 жыл бұрын

Finally some good content😌

@georgegummadi1507 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ahsanabbas6622 5 жыл бұрын

Well,but we are also watching ted ed videos on a smartphone.

@aparnadasgupta1872 5 жыл бұрын

Hey! I was always curious about this! Thanks for this video TED-Ed!.. 😊

@SuicideBunny6 5 жыл бұрын

What about 'regular' (old) phones? How do they compare in terms of eco (un)friendliness and impact on the world?

@TheGamesMaster6 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@IB-ow3gt 5 жыл бұрын

This info was much needed, people, reality check!

@kk_aep 5 жыл бұрын

okay but what is a nokia made of?

@vanguard616 5 жыл бұрын

Vibranium

@playbabethebookshelf6249 5 жыл бұрын

STALINIUM

@rajaselvam37 5 жыл бұрын

Nokianium

@TommoCarroll 5 жыл бұрын

The hair of mighty Zeus

@jayfawn8478 5 жыл бұрын

Nokia is diamond!!

@AllIsWellaus 5 жыл бұрын

When are you going to include New Zealand in your global maps?

@amanninawe2375 5 жыл бұрын

Next question *What is nokia made of?*

@oremooremo5075 5 жыл бұрын

My dream is to get 1k subs without any Videos Vibranium and Adamantium

@furious3028 5 жыл бұрын

ofc

@antaramahanty1020 5 жыл бұрын

And watching this on phone

@victor9 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot they also have the best element. Element of surprise.

@austinmoon6974 5 жыл бұрын

My phone has potassium??? So bananas are basically my phone's cousins???

@Kassidar 5 жыл бұрын

And here I thought they were made of the tears of sweatshop workers.

@Amit_Pirate 3 жыл бұрын

Prediction : in 2020 their will be 3.2 billion users of smart phone. Reality : in 2020 their are 5.15 billion users of smart phone.

@jasontungjw 5 жыл бұрын

A video I have never thought about.

@byby7697 5 жыл бұрын

we need phone update app, so instead changing your phone to the new version, you only need to download the patch.

@zeropointzero 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't want a tree hugging video, I just want to know what's in a phone.

@esim101 5 жыл бұрын

You quoted colorless Tsukuru! :D

@maureenantoun2426 4 жыл бұрын

*In 2020 there should be about 5 billion smartphone users*

@nilsp9426 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ANKITKUMAR-pc8uz 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, That is quite informative.. Thank you. Nice work.

@ayrem 5 жыл бұрын

I wasn't expecting this context

@souravbhatt4811 5 жыл бұрын

Smartphones should be made to last 5-7 years with software updates every 6 moths or so for new features.

@ianlachey1726 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@jayfawn8478 5 жыл бұрын

I love science and history videos from TedEd!

@corgimations 5 жыл бұрын

0:36-0:42 Scandanavium Europium Yttrium Samarium Thulium Neodymium Terbium Lanthanum

@lichesswithjashanpro2851 4 жыл бұрын

Mam you are a best teacher

@henryyin7414 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it’s the same thing with computers iPads and such

@D.KlWA-aG 5 жыл бұрын

The music is just adds to the happiness it needs to be different

@prfm_setya95 5 жыл бұрын

Watch this on LENOVO A2010 (2015) , now I hope we have same motivation about our phones 🙏

@Piffsnow 5 жыл бұрын

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 ! :)

@plasticlope7995 2 жыл бұрын

Are you still smartphone free in this day and age?

@Piffsnow 2 жыл бұрын

@@plasticlope7995 Haha. No. But I bought second hand 🙂

@Piffsnow 2 жыл бұрын

@@plasticlope7995 I changed because my last wasn't useable anymore

@ISYRAFIJAL 5 жыл бұрын

Watching this on my phone...... I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.

@rubygross7684 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sasoribi 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for always wonderful videos!

@bubulumkhoayabulelaibenath6369 5 жыл бұрын

This touches on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment for a circular economy.

@eiolenimea 5 жыл бұрын

4:21 the green leave from Apple's environment logo

@Jet-Pack 5 жыл бұрын

And I hoped this was about what components a smartphone consists of, like battery, antenna, touch screen, processors, etc.

@GRBtutorials 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@airwiki 5 жыл бұрын

I never knew that my phone took that much resources... Thanks Ted-ed!

@Basic_Cat 3 жыл бұрын

I got a TED-ED plan for zero ad while watching this. How fitting! I wish you good luck with plan for zero!

@bungercolumbus 5 жыл бұрын

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

@jeffb3357 5 жыл бұрын

It's good to know this, but the problem is that most of us are helpless even with this knowledge - how do we know which places are good to take e-waste for recycling? Why aren't the authorities regulating recyclers to avoid problems like this? When I trade in my phone how do I know where it goes? Why don't phone companies lower my bill once my phone is paid off so I have incentive to keep using my current phone rather than getting a new one? The problem has more to do with the opaque system that is in place, which has been set up so that most people have little hope of trying to avoid making the problem worse even if they want to.

@Eyadsgaming14 5 жыл бұрын

So we need a phone made of herbs 🌿

@mohrauf4504 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@xxKEVZxx 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for spreading awareness! ❤️❤️❤️

@strawberryjam9145 5 жыл бұрын

Ted ed videos really teaches me new and interesting things

@yogeshsarma7038 5 жыл бұрын

ok..i did not expect such a dark video!!!!

@sujathanatraj422 5 жыл бұрын

very nice topic to make a video on. Love you TedEd. Very useful. thankyou.

@AlexVoxel 5 жыл бұрын

This was eye opening, thank you ted ed!

@cripplingdepression213 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@keven2074 5 жыл бұрын

I’m fairly new to reading so I was excited that I recognised that quote from murakami

@evilpatrick9562 5 жыл бұрын

Watching this on my new Nokia.

@R2Cv1 5 жыл бұрын

Wait... silica... _There's sand in my phone???_

@Napsteraspx 5 жыл бұрын

There should be ongoing research into new development of smartphone hardware

@laylaaaih 4 жыл бұрын

bruh I was just watching this for a project but now I just wanna destroy it

@bungercolumbus 5 жыл бұрын

I am 13 years old and I only bought 1 phone my whole life. And when you think that there are people who bought 10 phones their whole life and they are 30/40

@SriVidhyaKalimani 5 жыл бұрын

Le SpoderMan tbh 13 is rly young to get a phone. But it’s not like ur gonna get ur next phone when ur 26, ull probably get it in a yr or so...

@eduardomagallanes2811 5 жыл бұрын

One thing this video is missing is how people who do take your phone whether you sell it or donate it can still access data on it. That needs to be addressed also in the kinda ethics portion of the video.

@ixo666 5 жыл бұрын

the fairphone is an alternative - certainly not the latest on the market, cheapest or complete guilt-free but it is far better than the other phones when it comes to sustainability, repairability and fair work conditions and wages

@fistinair 5 жыл бұрын

But without a smartphone i couldn't have got to watch this beautiful knowledgeable video :(

@vatsaladitya5227 5 жыл бұрын

wow never thought about that

@zealotbr 5 жыл бұрын

Haruki Murakami

@noaccessable 5 жыл бұрын

A problem is not just lack of old phone recycling. Everything else needs to be recycled. Wondering what most important thing it would be. Don't think it's a phone

@brosch91 5 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this on a computer I built 5 years ago so...go me? not really...old computer hardware consumes more power than newer hardware does so...there is pros and cons to everything in this world. On a related note I bought a refurbished galaxy S7 Active last year and I see no reason to upgrade it anytime soon. As soon as I buy the tools I'm gonna replace the battery in it to keep it going another couple years hopefully. What's nice about upgrading later is you get a more satisfying and substantial upgrade compared to people who upgrade every year or two when the time does come for an upgrade, at least that's the way I see it. Realistically you really don't need the newest smartphone unless you play demanding mobile games a lot.