{"id":1022,"date":"2008-06-11T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T20:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2016-04-05T14:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T14:29:29","slug":"where-do-all-the-iphones-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/where-do-all-the-iphones-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do All the iPhones Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1042\" title=\"apple-iphone\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2008\/06\/apple-iphone.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"379\" height=\"179\" \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>image courtesy of apple.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m kinda tired of hearing about the shiny, new <a title=\"iPhone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/\">iPhone<\/a>. Granted, it is an incredible piece of technology, and will probably further revolutionize the way we utilize mobile services, much like the first iPhone did.<\/p>\n<p>But, honestly? I&#8217;m kind of tired of technological waste.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it. Where are all the year-old iPhones going to go when gadget ghurus decide they want the latest version? Who is going to buy them? Especially in this economy.<\/p>\n<p>For companies that claim to be eco-conscious, Apple seems to be more worried about the green in its pocket, than green living.<\/p>\n<p>What is Apple planning to do with all of the old, outdated iPhones? I hope they have some sort of recycling plan. They could make a cool art exhibit, utilizing some kind of structure-sculpture base. Probably not the best doggy chew-toy.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m all about technological innovation (I DO work for a technology company), but it seems as though we live in this fast-paced, throwaway society, where something that was worth $500 only a year ago, now has devalued immensely. We need to take some responsibility. What about a trade-in program, where you get $50 off a new iPhone? The parts can then be recycled to create the next generation of iPhones, instead of using new resources.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I will buy one for nostalgia sake, and in 10 years it will be worth something. Maybe I can sell it to a museum.<\/p>\n<p>What are your ideas for recycling the old iPhones, even if you don\u2019t plan on getting a new one?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sick of hearing about the fabulous, shiny, new iPhone.<br \/>\nYou want to know why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-voip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164403,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions\/164403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}