smart phone gold recovery

[minthethtun]

Can these phone circuit cards yield more gold? In Myanmar, China is buying at a high price.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Can these phone circuit cards yield more gold? In Myanmar, China is buying at a high price.

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There is Gold in there but I doubt it is much, most is in the chips/ICs.
But the boards may be refurbished and may have value as that.

 

[Martijn]

Or china is paying a premium to take the high tech chips out as they are boycotted by america to get those from e.g. the dutch ASML.

 

[Darkthirty]

Are there any PMs in 1990s bag phones?

 

[Yggdrasil]

Are there any PMs in 1990s bag phones?

What is a bag phone?

 

[Darkthirty]

One of the earlier cell phones AKA brick

 

[Yggdrasil]

One of the earlier cell phones AKA brick

I can relate to brick, bag phone I have never heard about.
And then you had the movable phones, almost needed its own trolley

 

[Yggdrasil]

One of the earlier cell phones AKA brick

Anyways, there should be some high grade components inside so I'd guess much more PMs than its modern counterparts.

 

[Proffshuggarn]

One of the earlier cell phones AKA brick

I remember that kind of cell phone. When I worked as an ambulance paramedic back in the 20th century, they were firmly mounted in the ambulances, both near the driver and in the back of the "infirmary cab". Real classics and just like @Yggdrasil writes there should/might be a lot of goodies to find in it.
/Dennis

 

[Shark]

Many of those bag phones were satellite phones. I remember a few years ago cell phone companies were offering to trade them for the latest cell phone with a free years subscription. My old partner had one that he originally signed a life time contract on. He never gave in and kept it until he died. We did a lot of work in remote spots that cell phones still won’t work even today. That old bag phone worked 100% of the time. He paid 19.99 a month for 30 minutes air time.

 

[Darkthirty]

Many of those bag phones were satellite phones. I remember a few years ago cell phone companies were offering to trade them for the latest cell phone with a free years subscription. My old partner had one that he originally signed a life time contract on. He never gave in and kept it until he died. We did a lot of work in remote spots that cell phones still won’t work even today. That old bag phone worked 100% of the time. He paid 19.99 a month for 30 minutes air time.

Not sure about service, but they're selling for $30 on ebay.