Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. Batteries also last longer in cool conditions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

A single cell phone, for example, is composed of between 500 to 1,000 different components — many sourced from countries that aren’t well-known for safe mining practices, human rights, or environmental practices. In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2010

Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Lithium ion battery failures were big again this past year. percent of the 3 million Note 7 phones sold. That's fewer than 1,000 defective phones worldwide and under 100 in the U.S. That's fewer than 1,000 defective phones worldwide and under 100 in the U.S. The product lasted just three months. The effect?

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