The growth of the refurbished phone market

Did you know that approximately 350,000 mobile phones are thrown away every year worldwide? Almost 16% of the carbon footprint of all digital technologies by 2025, will be from phones alone. This is a result of expensive manufacturing costs and the exploitation of depleting resources with a high CO2 footprint. Furthermore, currently, only 80% of the components used to manufacture smartphones are recyclable.

Nowadays the average lifespan of a smartphone is close to only 3 years! People will often change their smartphone for a newer model even though their older phone is often still working very well.

On a positive note, the second-hand/refurbished smartphone market is going from strength to strength: with almost 225 million refurbished smartphones sold to date.

Just to reiterate, the refurbished smartphone market is on the rise As technologies advance, the cost of new smartphones has also increased quite significantly in the last decade with some costing €1500+. This is why people are turning to buy refurbished smartphones from websites like www.smartphonesteve.ie, reducing their costs whilst still receiving a Grade A refurbished smartphone in pristine condition. Supporting our #planetearth and a sustainable future for us all.