Under that pile of spare keys and obsolete cables is an IoT device: Samsung pushes useful retirement project for older phones

Er, we mean 'distinguished', 'seasoned', 'battle-tested'

Smartphones have a finite usefulness before they’re stuffed in a drawer, or shipped to a recycling facility where they’re disassembled and melted down for raw materials. Hoping to extend that short lifespan is Samsung, which was pushing a program called “Galaxy Upcycling at Home” at CES 2021 earlier this week.…