What Keeps Us Up At Night

Wait, Steve Jobs is Dead? | iPhones & Sustainability

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CW: Brief talk of miscarriage. Today Allicia takes the reins and discusses the remarkable crappiness of what it takes to build an iPhone. Are the devices we rely on actually as good as they seem?

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Sources: 

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/technology/iphone-china-apple-stores.html 
  • https://u.osu.edu/iphone/3-the-manufacture-of-the-iphone/ 
  • https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-iphone/ 
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone 
  • https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/smartphone-manufacturing-is-unethical/ 
  • https://mossy.earth/guides/lifestyle/sustainable-and-ethical-smartphones 
  • https://fortune.com/2015/09/28/apple-sorkin-children-factcheck/amp/ 
  • https://amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/08/schoolchildren-in-china-work-overnight-to-produce-amazon-alexa-devices
  • https://www.channelnews.com.au/apple-admits-to-using-child-labour-to-build-iphone-x/ 
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-child-labor-2012-1?amp
  •  https://www.lifewire.com/where-is-the-iphone-made-1999503 
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegatron https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn 
  • https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-starts-manufacturing-iphone-13-india-2022-04-11/ 
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park
  • https://www.mechead.com/manufacturing-journey-iphone-factory-floor-retail-store/
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