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Yes, older mobile phones (including "button" phones or feature phones) generally contain more gold per unit compared to modern smartphones.
Higher Concentration in Older Units: Older electronics, including older phones, often had higher amounts of gold in their connectors and circuit boards compared to the miniaturized components in newer, thinner smartphones.

Gold Content per Phone: While it varies by model, on average, a mobile phone contains around 36 mg of gold.
Significant Amounts in E-waste: A tonne of discarded mobile phones has significantly more gold (up to 100 times more) than a tonne of gold ore, making them valuable for recycling.

Recycling Requirements: To put it in perspective, it takes roughly 41 smartphones to recover 1 gram of gold, but with older, less efficient components, the gold is often more concentrated in key parts.

However, both old and new phones contain gold in their circuit boards, connectors, and processors, making them valuable, but older phones from the 1990s and early 2000s tend to have thicker plating and larger components, resulting in a higher yield per phone

So where do I get those phones....
Wow it seems I have 2 back in my home town

This afternoon one cobbler repaired my shoe, he told me if I get spoilt phone or laptop that his ready to buy them

I was like what will you do with them, he said they sell them to Kano

How much he go buy ham

2k or 3k just lol 😂

adeoyekay:
This afternoon one cobbler repaired my shoe, he told me if I get spoilt phone or laptop that his ready to buy them

I was like what will you do with them, he said they sell them to Kano

Oluhgbengaa:
How much he go buy ham

2k or 3k just lol 😂

I didn't even ask for price self

It takes approximately 30 to 40 modern smartphones to produce 1 gram of gold.

As of April 2026, 1 gram of 24-karat gold in Nigeria is approximately ₦207,000 – ₦209,000 NGN. Prices fluctuate daily based on market conditions, with 22K gold trading around ₦190,000–₦191,000 per gram. International spot prices are roughly $130–$145 USD per gram for high-purity gold.

To produce 1 gram of gold from modern laptops, you would need to process approximately 15 to 30+ laptops.

While earlier, heavier electronics contained more precious metals, modern laptops and phone have become much more efficient, resulting in lower gold yields per device.

Laptop RAM contains small amounts of gold, primarily found on the edge connectors (gold fingers) and sometimes within the memory chips themselves. While amounts vary, older DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 modules generally contain more gold (0.05–0.2g per stick) than newer DDR4/DDR5 (0.04–0.08g). Average yields often fall around
per module, though this fluctuates by type

What they are looking for has to be more than just gold. People assume just because a phone isn't switching on anymore then information on it can't be accessed.

RealityKings1:
What they are looking for has to be more than just gold. People assume just because a phone isn't switching on anymore then information on it can't be accessed.

The only wisest comment here, information are what they are looking for here.

What they are looking for is more than gold.



Capisce?

RealityKings1:
What they are looking for has to be more than just gold. People assume just because a phone isn't switching on anymore then information on it can't be accessed.

This is laughable. What kind of information would matter in 2026 era, when there aren’t any info stored on devices in 2002! Hahaha