[rimliu]

  > Everybody is ok with throwing away
  > perfectly working devices

People do that? All the iPhones I ever owned were passed on to someone. The oldest are not in the useable state right now I guess, but I hope they were given for recycling not just thrown away.

[dagw]

I don't know about throwing away, but I certainly know several people who have a drawer full of old smartphones they're never going to use again.

[ceejayoz]

You might encourage them to reach out to a domestic violence shelter or something. Plenty of folks would be ecstatic to have an old smartphone.