HOBI Weekly Blog Recap 8/13-8/17

Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, technology, and electronic recycling news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 8/13-8/17. New smartphone shows hardware innovation is slowing down While the latest smartphones to hit the market have been impressive on the inside, on the hardware side of things the handsets aren’t showing…

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HOBI Mobile phone chargers

EU aims for common mobile phone charger to cut down on e-waste

For the past decade, the European Commission has been pushing handset manufacturers to introduce a common mobile phone charger after citing more than 51,000 tons of electronic waste yearly from old smartphone chargers alone. There have been many complaints from both Apple and Samsung users on the inconvenience of using different mobile phone chargers. Whether…

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