Your iPhone uses more energy than a refrigerator

[Misfit]

http://theweek.com/article/index/248273/

How much energy does it take to power your smartphone addiction?

The average iPhone uses more energy than a midsize refrigerator, says a new paper by Mark Mills, CEO of Digital Power Group, a tech investment advisory. A midsize refrigerator that qualifies for the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star rating uses about 322 kW-h a year, while your iPhone uses about 361 kW-h if you stack up wireless connections, data usage, and battery charging.

 

[Blobbenstein]

for some an iphone is cooler than a fridge.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I really hate that studies or whatever like this are all about how iPhones do this or that. Seems to position iPhones as the worst offender, when I'm sure all smartphones are similar.

Anyway, this won't change my iPhone addiction.

 

[beancounter]

Nope.

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/s...hone-doesnt-use-much-electricity-refrigerator

 

[Amy SF]

Much of modern technology has a rather large carbon footprint. I think the only telephone that doesn't would be two cans tied together with a string, but you wouldn't be able to call grandma on her birthday with that particular contraption. If we want to reduce our carbon footprint while taking advantage of modern technology, we have to find other ways to do it.

 

[CrazyCatLady]

Someone once told me that it costs 70p a year to charge an iPhone. Not sure where that info came from but I'm guessing then it's incorrect lol xxx