It may seem crazy, and you had never imagined, but you iPhoneand above all you Apple Watchare made with a part of goldwhich although it is small, the group of all the devices makes a large amount of it, and, therefore, money for Apple every time you recycle one of this equipment.
Let's see how much money the gold inside your iPhone can be worth, and why Apple uses it, having many other materials for it, and not even bragging that they put it in, although I already told you that you are not going to make gold, never better said, by selling the same as this one.
Is there gold in iPhones and Apple Watches?
Well yes, although many will not think so, there is gold in iPhonesHowever, it is not something exclusive to these, and there are many electronic devices that have it, so your old PC, or a console that you no longer use, will also be formed with this chemical element.
In iPhones there are approximately 30 milligrams of gold in their average composition, although it will depend on the exact model, which gives us a very low price value. However, the Apple Watch, despite being cheaper, has more quantity, reaching 50 milligrams of 18 karat goldwhich would be equivalent, in this material alone, to about 5 euros today. Not bad, especially if we think about a Series 3, which would barely have a buyer anymore.
This is where Apple makes profits in its Trade In system, giving you a check for your next device, if you hand in the previous one, no matter how old it is. And it is that a person cannot extract gold Just like that, Liam robots are needed, which Apple has working on a piece-rate basis, thus managing to reuse that gold for future devices, reducing costs.
In case you don't know these robots, they not only collect the gold from old iPhones, but they are capable of disassembling 1.2 million devices per year, classifying the components by type, which is very useful for recycling or reusing them.
And why is gold used? Simply because of their conductivity properties since it is one of the materials that reacts the least to corrosionso it will last longer in good condition, and will give the device premium quality.
In summary, yes, gold exists, however, you will not be able to extract it on your own, nor will it be an amount that will make you a millionaire, therefore, it is a simple, curious fact that we would like you to know. Of course, for Apple it is very important that you recycle your iPhone, since they will be able to extract it, and although a phone or watch is barely more than a few euros, the millions they recycle each year are equivalent to those millions of euros that are saved in costs for future manufacturing.
And you, did you know this information? Would you like to know what other devices you have at home are made of this material? Leave us a comment with your opinion about it.
