The Real Price of your Cell Phone

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How much do you think is the price of your phone? You probably know what is the price in the store. Mobile phones nowadays can go from $200 to $1,500 easily.
But what is the real price of the phone? How much does it cost to make a phone? How much do big companies make?
You have probably seen a couple of videos of cheap labor in Asian countries. This documentary takes a deeper look into some of the shameful secrets of the multinationals who produce our mobile phones.
Big mobile companies are the big winner of the mobile revolution. Their profits explode. But at what human and environmental cost?
Did you know that a mobile phone is sold every 57 seconds? That means there are more mobile phones on the planet than toothbrushes.

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