Unbelievable how they know all of the chips just by looking at the phone model.” “The phones aren’t reusable?” “Of course not!” He laughs. “They’re five years old. Who wants them? Even in Africa, the market isn’t so good for these anymore.” Even in Africa, where the living standards are often lower than the poor villages that supply labor to Guiyu, they want to upgrade to something better. It’s the modern mindset, the source of Guiyu’s scrap.
