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Memory shortage spurs smartphone makers to melt used memory off old devices, then re-solder it onto new products — recycled memory to keep budget phones affordable; 'reballing' adoption to 2x by 2027. (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 24 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

While this is a sign of very problematic times, it’s kinda good we do this. Reduce -> reuse -> recycle.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Idk if it's still the case but phone memory used to go bad over time, reducing in size and speed with usage

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  • [–] 10 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Not sure, but you might be confusing memory with storage?

    Pretty sure memory stays as speedy and keeps its capacity over time. Though the software we run on the devices seems to constantly grow, which gives an impression of devices being more sluggish. But in reality, it is the software that is less efficient.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 hours ago

    Both can fail. Failing NAND flash (solid state storage) usually results in reallocated sectors or slower reading due to retrying reads on bad sectors. Slow read/write can also just be a symptom of a nearly full drive. Failing DDR# memory can cause software freezes, crashes, or other random behaviour because usually there's no error correction at that level (ECC isn't common for consumer devices). Lots of detectable errors (through ECC) can cause a slowdown as it needs to redo the read/write.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    From an environmental standpoint, I don't think this has much benefit. Using old tech as-is is great, but the energy used to dismantle and re-engineer old parts at that level probably exceeds the energy needed to build new.

    It's only beneficial in that you don't need to break ground on a new factory to do it.

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