Henri Sivonen

How can the storage configuration of iPhone 16 Pro have this large an impact on kg CO₂e figures? Surely the kg CO₂e contribution of the variable component is tiny in comparison to everything else that goes into a phone? The transport contributes 3% for the base model. Can the logistics for non-base configurations be this inefficient?

Or do the ISO standards turn dollars into kg CO₂e, so that the margins that Apple makes on the upgrades show up in kg CO₂e?

Mar 26, 2025 at 9:04pmPhanpy
Show threadHenri SivonenMar 26, 2025
Last week I learned that iPhone 16 Pro, iPad Air, and MacBook Air have recycled cobalt and lithium in the batteries but iPad Pro and MacBook Pro don’t have that claim.
Show threadUtkarsh GuptaMar 27, 2025
@hsivonen Even weirder that jump from Pro to Pro Max has a much smaller impact. Surely the bigger phone would have more emissions during production & over the course of the lifetime?
The thing with the storage might be the yields of the chips with higher storage is significantly lower - but I would assume that these chips are designed specifically so they can be binned? Lower yields would also explain the jumps in pricing.