iFixit’s Basic Phone Repairs that Most of Us Can Do
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2014
In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%. The newest generation is significantly less repairable than its predecessors, which means that a broken screen on the S5 will be much harder to repair. And getting those materials out of the ground has environmental consequences.
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