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We sleep with it, eat with it, freak out if it goes missing for five minutes.
Yep.
Your smartphones are practically family these days.
But once the bright, shiny new one arrives,
the old phone gets ghosted, dumped into a drawer to collect dust.
Love at first swipe, ghosted at first upgrade.
Why the Cold Goodbye?
And more importantly, can old phones get a second shot at life?
Of course they can.
But why is it so difficult?
Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm He Yang.
For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Yu Shun in the studio.
First on today's show.
Your smartphone knows you better than your best friend.
From birthday reminders to breakup playlists, your old phone has been there.
But once a shinier model comes along, it's benched forever.
With an estimated 6 billion idle mobile phones in China from 2021 to 2025,