A few days ago, the news that "the recycling price of old mobile phones has soared five to six times" has attracted attention on the Internet, and related topics have been on hot searches many times. According to CCTV News, most personal recycling points in Beijing said that not all categories of used mobile phone recycling prices have increased, but only some Android mobile phones have increased, and the increase can be up to ten times. The main reason for the price increase isThe reason is that the memory chips in these mobile phones can be reused after being disassembled, and the market demand is huge.
The increase in the recycling price of used mobile phones is mainly affected by the tight supply of traditional memory chips in the current market.
Zhang Heran, director of the Electrical and Electronics Department of the China Material Recycling Association, said that because of the rapid development of the AI digital economy, the demand for high-end chips is increasing, and the materials for producing chips are actually similar.
In this case, the production capacity supply of high-end chips is relatively high, and in comparison, the output of low-end chips will be reduced.
If chips are disassembled from used mobile phones, the used mobile phones will make up for the shortage of low-end chips, which will lead to an increase in the recycling price of used mobile phones.
Zhang Heran pointed out,The price increase is just a short-term upsurge in the industry. Recycling prices are already falling, and prices are dropping every day. The prices are different every day.
In addition, experts also said that due to the amplification effect and emotional bubble in the market, extreme statements such as "the price of scrapped mobile phones has skyrocketed fifty times" and "three old mobile phones can be replaced by one iPhone" have emerged. Some recyclers in the industry may also take the opportunity to hype and mislead the public.
When consumers choose whether to recycle old mobile phones, they need to make a comprehensive balance based on their personal needs and do not follow the trend casually.