{"id":5374,"date":"2016-05-11T23:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T17:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2016-05-11T23:07:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T17:37:38","slug":"apple-iphone-innovation-sustainability-eco-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Enough with the Cameras, Apple\u2019s Next Innovation Should Be an Eco-Friendly iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"container page-content\"><p><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span><\/p><\/div><p>nother Apple launch event.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another series of predictable reactions from fanboys and haters alike.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another set of topical marketing posts (right on cue, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2QmhZSJREL\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zomato<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, definitely, another thing for other phone companies to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rip off<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> get inspiration from.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get this out of the way: Whether you love \u2019em or hate \u2019em, Apple is the mobile phone industry lodestar. Other companies can claim innovation and hyperbole with futuristic videos and promises of never settling, but Apple is the company to follow. Even Android loyalists (raises hand) have to admit: If Steve Jobs hadn\u2019t unveiled the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/unboxing-iphone-11-apple-event-tim-cook-tik-tok\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iPhone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on January 9, 2007, we wouldn\u2019t even be having the OS debate now.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features by Apple that were initially mocked, soon became standard. When Retina Display came around, incredulous pundits debated the need for so many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/oneplus-6-india-launch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pixels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per inch. Today every phone company tries to cram more pixels with every iteration, disregarding their own \u201ccan-human-eye-even-register?\u201d arguments. More recent examples include the \u201cnotch\u201d and the exclusion of the 3.5mm audio port (the latter taking \u201ccourage\u201d, according to marketing head Phil Schiller). Just a few years later, several critics \u2014 most notably Samsung \u2014 have incorporated these features into their devices.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this industry, Apple is the Pied Piper (no <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reference intended).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Whether the irrational <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/millennial-tubelight-salman-khan-bollywood-fandom\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fandom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around it is warranted is another debate. But one thing\u2019s certain, when the folks from Cupertino make an announcement, executives and designers from every <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mobile phone company are paying attention.<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>If Steve Jobs hadn\u2019t unveiled the iPhone on January 9, 2007, we wouldn\u2019t even be having the OS debate now.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure, other companies have innovations too. But they tend to be prototypes, half-baked, or with lacking discernible use case. Take the example of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.huawei.com\/in\/phones\/mate-x\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huawei\u2019s headline-ready folding phone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that faced production snags after a much-hyped announcement. Or the difficulty of real-life usage of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/modular-phones-hype-851085\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">modular phones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Motorola and Essential. When Apple has an innovation, it\u2019s not just consumer-ready, but it\u2019s built an entire ecosystem around it. \u201cIt just works,\u201d as Jobs famously said.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which is why, slowing sales be damned, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/apple-tim-cook-trillion-dollar-amazon-iphone\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the most powerful and influential mobile phone company in the world. Its innovation and design labs subsidises your low-cost Chinese flagship killer. It also de-risks innovation: Apple\u2019s loyalists will test and make something trendy, so companies with lower appetite for volatility can take the leap, worry-free (look at what happened with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/airpods-everything-else-thats-wrong-with-apple-iphone-7\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AirPods<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or \u201ctruly wireless earphones\u201d as they are now called).\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s get to another truth of the industry: Mobile phone technology is not going to exponentially change in the near future. Sure, processors will get faster, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/technology\/opporeno2-camera-phone-ultra-dark-mode\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cameras<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have the few more perfunctory megapixels, but this is not innovation as much as your annual increment is (sorry for giving HR ideas).<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why I feel Apple\u2019s next innovation should come from somewhere else altogether. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/indian-mom-middle-class-sustainable-living\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s look at some facts: Global e-waste is growing every year, and will reach <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ei.columbia.edu\/2018\/08\/27\/growing-e-waste-problem\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60 million tonnes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by 2021 \u2014 that\u2019s the weight of 350 million smartphones. More importantly, this relatively small amount comes with a massive amount of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ceh\/risks\/ewaste\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harmful elements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s estimated that e-waste contributes to only 2 per cent of America\u2019s landfills, but to 70 per cent of its toxic chemical waste. And that\u2019s not to mention the human cost. Many of these rare elements are extracted after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2017\/03\/09\/the-human-cost-of-our-obsession-with-smartphones\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">risky mining and processing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>When Apple has an innovation, it\u2019s not just consumer-ready, but it\u2019s built an entire ecosystem around it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s worse is that our phones last 1.5-2 years on average \u2014 you know this anecdotally when your \u201clatest\u201d device magically stops working. It\u2019s as if an internal clock has been triggered, something that several tech giants, including Apple, have been accused of deliberately doing. Phones have low hand-me-down-ability and specialised recycling facilities are too few and far between for more than dedicated green warriors to make the effort. As a result of this, people are also tired of needing to upgrade <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/smartphones-window-seat-train-bus-transport\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Several \u201cupper-middle-class\u201d folks will now make do with a 25k phone, knowing they will need to change phones again in 15 months. Design uniformity and almost-mandatory protective cases have nullified the badge value of expensive phones, too.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Apple were to make their devices last longer or more eco-friendly on disposal, it would have a tremendously positive environmental impact. It would also inspire the army of copycats to do the same. In an age where there\u2019s increased awareness of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/earth\/what-it-means-to-raise-a-child-in-the-era-of-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climate change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, surely following an eco-friendly trend will become as important as adding a screen notch.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if Apple were to actually make devices last longer, it would also mean everyone could just calm the bejeesus down and collectively drop out of this hype-fuelled 100-to-101 yearly race, and focus on actual innovation. The first iPhone took years to prototype, test, and get right. How great would it be to have some of those engineering minds trying to solve a real problem rather than figure out how to cram more megapixels into a selfie camera, or turn your face into a fucking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/they-came-they-conquered-world-emoji-day\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">emoji<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some might be compelled to say that increasing device lifespan will negatively affect Apple\u2019s revenue. In the short term, definitely. But look at it this way \u2014 if a company assured you a phone will last at least three years, you probably wouldn\u2019t mind shelling out over 50k for it. And as more people increasingly ditch Apple for Android, this could actually help the company stem the drain. Don\u2019t forget: Apple makes a huge chunk of its revenue from services. So having a larger base at the risk of lower hardware revenue might not be an altogether bad pitch to investors already nervous about slowing top-lines.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to mention the impact such a move will have on goodwill and branding. In a time of increasing cynicism and hate for Big Tech, Apple could gather some serious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/grub\/bittersweet-gourd-saga-karela-food-bitter-gourd-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">karma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> points by doing what it\u2019s often done in the past \u2014 standing up for something it believes in. This is a rarity in tech today, and could even provide a moral high ground for Android loyalists to switch over, especially as Google is increasingly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/inside-google-three-years-misery-happiest-company-tech\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">showing flexibility<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on its \u201cDon\u2019t Do Evil\u201d mantra.<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Global e-waste is growing every year, and will reach 60 million tonnes by 2021 \u2014 that\u2019s the weight of 350 million smartphones.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be fair to Tim Cook and his team, Apple has already started some efforts in this direction. Last year, it opened up the technology of its recycling facility, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/in\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/apple-expands-global-recycling-programs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daisy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to other phone companies. In 2018, it was globally powered by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/in\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/apple-now-globally-powered-by-100-percent-renewable-energy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clean energy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and now works only with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/in\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/apple-tops-clean-energy-goal-with-new-supplier-commitments\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suppliers who do<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, too. But there needs to be more. The green outlook that\u2019s friendly for press releases needs to be built into the product itself. Responsibility cannot be offloaded onto the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/technology\/fake-tech-reviews\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consumer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it will be expensive, and possible scary for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/employees-resource-manager-corporate-culture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">employees<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and investors. It\u2019ll involve deviation from the \u201cmoar! moar!\u201d hardware thinking of recent years. But no other company can pull it off. And if it starts with phones, it will eventually work its way into all of consumer tech.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple has two things that can help it get there: An incredibly loyal user base, and very deep pockets.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, and courage. 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