All tangled up

What about sustainability? Ive seen videos of phone recycling plants but surely this is only less bad right? Although a lot of the precious metals can be recovered that plastics and toxic materials used will doubtfully be used in their original state again and their processing is going to make harmful substances bio-available. Why cant i have a phone with a life-time guarantee? One that I don't want to throw away.....

Harmony

My mobile is one of a few possessions that I take everywhere with me and I use it to talk to people hundreds of miles away and this ability blows my mind. Its opened up new opportunities and friendships and improved my relationship with people I already know. Sadly though my relationship with it is not so good. For instance i want to know is how much energy it has and if it needs some juice to wake it up, but I have to have a small conversation with it to find out, (Opening it up, waiting for it to wake up, and looking for the battery symbol) surely there must be a more fluid and natural way of finding this information out?

Actions speak louder than words

As part of the research i listened to how people interpreted the actions of others around them and how this could possibly link in with their mobile phone. Here are just a few of the statements i heard

'It has the power to make or break my day in a matter of seconds'

'Sometimes I want to tell my girlfriend i mis her without sending a text or calling her'

'My phone is like my best friend...it knows all my secrets'