What is the most ethically-made smart phone?

[foolishmortal]

I’d like the net, when getting a video, to see what content advisories it might have and I’d like GPS and the ability to find it, via the internet, if I lose it (that would unnerve conspiracy theorists, but it still is possible for them to listen in, unless the battery is removed, as our priest told us, based upon actual government listening in on mobsters’ sacramental confessions, long before the film, “Eagle Eye,” said it).

I’d like to not by “made in China” (even if chips in it and other parts may be made there, as it would be that less would be made there), I’d like it to treat its employees humanely and I’d like it not to fund Planned Parenthood (though most don’t, interestingly). I’d like it not to have Microsoft programs, as they, by Gates’s fiat, have teamed with Merck to do population control via vaccines.

I’d like to buy used, but I don’t know if it would be unsupported by the carrier too soon. I wonder if a phone no longer made bypasses these concerns.

Maybe such a phone doesn’t exist, but which is most ethically made and why? I don’t want anyone harmed in the making of my phone. Thanks!

 

[Havard]

I would suggest emailing one or both of these c|net editors who cover the phone industry:

Brian Bennett, Senior editor, phones

Lynn La, Associate editor, phones

Don’t forget to follow up here and let us know what you find out!

 

[EddyDRR]

Your criteria self-conflicts.

 

[foolishmortal]

Thanks Harvard, but do they care about how ethically things are made?

Eddy, You need to tell me how my criteria contradicts itself. Maybe it means never buying one, but I don’t see contradictions.

 

[EddyDRR]

Thanks Harvard, but do they care about how ethically things are made?

Eddy, You need to tell me how my criteria contradicts itself. Maybe it means never buying one, but I don’t see contradictions.

What difference is the labor on a chip than the labor on a phone?

It’s still Chinese components.

It’s like someone feeling self-righteous because they don’t kill the animal whose meat they eat. It’s still dead, and you’re still eating it.

If it’s got Chinese components, you’ve failed in the totality of your quest.

Sure, only "part’ of the phone is “evil” and contributes to “evil”… but you feel good about the part that isn’t?

I’m not thrashing you, just don’t see the consistency or logic in this mentality.

 

[SonCatcher]

Some of Nokia’s high-end phones are built in Europe. (I don’t have a specific list but think it includes their polycarbonate shell models).

However, they are effectively shutting them down later this year in favor of Chinese production. :sad_yes:

 

[Catholic90]

I like the iPhone.

It works very well for me. I can access the Internet, use the GPS, watch videos, text, have it as my address book, it is my calendar and appointment reminder, it has my “to do” lists, it has the Dropbox app so I can access files I have on my home and work computers from my phone (which is SUPER cool!), check my email, send emails, including pictures I have just taken, find it via the net if I lose it, use the darn good camera and video camera, and even make and receive calls once in a while!

My son has the new iPhone 4s. Siri is super cool too! He can speak a text, and he can have his texts read to him. When he calls another with the iPhone 4, he can do “facetime”, meaning they can see each other.

 

[Havard]

Thanks Harvard, but do they care about how ethically things are made?.

I would be surprised if the folks over at c|net haven’t been keeping tabs on ethical production concerns, but you won’t know unless you ask. They may even have a special staff writer that covers the ethic of production.