Power up 2018 by changing your iPhone battery – we can help
Stung by the revelations from Apple about slowing iPhone performance? We’re here to help. Bring your phone and the new battery to an upcoming Restart Party and we can work with you to give some new charge to your older phone.
What Apple didn’t tell us about iPhone batteries and performance
Apple admitted it has released software updates reducing performance for some of its iPhone models, when the capacity of the battery degrades. However they didn’t address the exact circumstances and why users are not notified. We think we deserve more transparency from them and other manufacturers.
How to make an iPod better than new
Mp3 players have two major advantages as a music-listening device over your phone: they have longer battery life and more storage. And with a bit of patience, you can make an old one better than new.
Corporate “utopias” vs. messy, human realities
While Apple’s recycling robot represents an important recognition of the need to “close the loop” it is also a mascot for an unreal future still based on mindless buying and discarding with little regard for people and planet
The footprint of those iPhones
The estimated manufacturing footprint of 80 million iPhone 6 projected to be sold (6,460 kilotonnes) will be greater than the total annual carbon footprint of the London boroughs of Westminster, Lambeth and Camden – of over 770,000 people and all of the business activity in three central areas of one of the world’s richest cities.