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It seems that the Note FE will be the Note 7's swan song in this world — Samsung has officially announced that it will be green-lighting mission “recycle Note 7”. As a result of the operation, the manufacturer expects to recover 157 tons of rare metals, all of the OLED display panels, memory chips, and camera sensors, and use them for repairs or flat out recycle them.
With the amount of smartphones that get manufactured and thrown away each year, the impact that the industry has on the environment has raised some valid concerns. It is expected of a large company to take responsibility for the proper disposal of dead handsets and the re-use of their parts, and it's commendable that Samsung is making the effort, instead of burying the containers of Note 7 units in a deep black hole and hoping that the shame will be gone with them.
source: Samsung (translate)
